A Dangerous Method
It doesn't seem like five minutes since we were praising the likes of Somewhere and Meek's Cuttoff at Venice Film Festival 2010 and the event has rolled around again.
And trust me there are a whole host of movies that we should be getting excited about - possibly that may find favour with the Academy next year; you never know.
So with Venice Film Festival now underway we take a look at some of the movies that you absolutely should be looking out for.
- A Dangerous Method
A Dangerous Method is the favourite with the bookies to walk away with the Golden Lion at the end of the festival as David Cronenberg returns to the director's chair.
It's the first film for the director since Eastern Promises back in 2007 - the project sees him reunite with Viggo Mortensen.
Oscar nominee Keira Knightley, Michael Fassbender and Eastern Prmises actor Vicent Cassel complete a very impressive line-up - no wonder everyone is excited.
The movie follows the founding fathers of psychoanalysis, Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud, and their complicated relationships with a brilliant and beautiful patient, Sabina Spielrein.
A Dangerous Method is released 10th February 2012.
- Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
The adaptation of the John Le Carre novel looks set to be one of the best political thrillers of 2011 when it hits the big screen later this month.
Tomas Alfredson, the man behind Let the Right One In, is in the director's chair and he has assembled one hell of a British cast - that alone is enough to get excited about.
Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, John Hurt, Mark Strong, Ciaran Hinds, Toby Jones and Benedict Cumberbatch are all present - I told you it was impressive!
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6's echelons.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is released 16th September.
- Ides of March
George Clooney's last directorial outing, which was Leatherhead, wasn't too successful - but that hasn't detered him form getting back in the chair.
His new project Ides of March sees him direct, star in as well as pen the script as he returns to the big screen for the first time since The American.
Based on the play by Beau Willimon the movie follows an idealistic staffer for a newbie presidential candidate gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail.
Ryan Gosling, who has had a great year with Crazy, Stupid Love and Blue Valentine, is also on the cast list alongside Evan Rachel Wood, Marisa Tomei, Paul Giamatti and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Ides of March is released 28th October.
- Shame
It's been a busy year for the incredibly talented Michael Fassbender as a second porject of his is set to be screen in Venice.
The movie sees hism team up once again with Steve McQueen, the director who shot him to fame in Hunger, in the director's first movie since that debut success.
Brandon (Fassbender) is a 30-something man living in New York who is unable to manage his sex life.
After his wayward younger sister (Mulligan) moves into his apartment, Brandon’s world spirals out of control.
Shame is released 13th January 2012.
- Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights is one of the most celebrated romance stories of all time and, much like Jane Eyre is re-visualised and re-adapted regularly.
This year sees the Emily Bronte novel re-worked once again for the big screen as Kaya Scodelario and James Howson take over the famous roles of Cathy and Heathcliff.
Andrea Arnold, who brought us Red Road and Fish Tank, is in the director's chair for the movie for the first time since the acclaimed Fish Tank back in 2009.
A poor young English boy named Heathcliff is taken in by the wealthy Earnshaw family where he develops an intense relationship with his young foster sister, Cathy.
Wuthering Heights is released 11th November
- Carnage
Carnage has already won over critics and audiences at the festival as Roman Polanski makes a successful return to the chair.
And is seems that actors are lining up to work with his as he bagged three Oscar winners for his latest project: Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, Jodie Foster and John C. Reilly are all on the cast list.
Tells the story of two sets of parents who decide to have a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a schoolyard brawl.
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