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Jurors: Gong Li (president), Jacques Audiard, Ulrich Felsberg, László Kovács, Francesca Neri, Yesim Ustaoglu, Yevgeni Yevtushenko
 Competition Films I Have Seen:Ranked in order of preference My Golden Lion: Oasis (South Korea, dir. Lee Chang-dong) - From a premise that should repel, Lee concocts an indelible semi-romance with bursts of sudden poetry and the teeth of a saw. Far from Heaven (USA, dir. Todd Haynes) - Screen feels like plate glass; lensing only stiffens already-inert movie. Hanks, Mendes well outside their zones. The Magdalene Sisters (UK, dir. Peter Mullan) - Not the freshest conception or most finessed style, but its carefully heightened realism packs a real punch. Frida (USA, dir. Julie Taymor) - Was the set awash with imaginative excitement or was everyone asking for clearer direction? Best passages are nuttiest ones. Dirty Pretty Things (UK, dir. Stephen Frears) - Tense. Brims with talented actors but script feels schematic, especially at climax. Frears is so hit-and-miss. Road to Perdition (USA, dir. Sam Mendes) - Screen feels like plate glass; lensing only stiffens already-inert movie. Hanks, Mendes well outside their zones. Competition Films I'm Curious to See: Ranked in order of interest; more on this year's lineup here (opens in a new window) Dolls, Japan, dir. Takeshi Kitano The Tracker, Australia, dir. Rolf de Heer House of Fools, Russia, dir. Andrei Konchalovsky Man on the Train, France, dir. Patrice Leconte Julie Walking Home (The Healer), Germany/Canada/Poland/USA, dir. Agnieszka Holland Sidebar Films: Full info not readily available about non-competition screenings. If you've got the scoop, let me know!
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