THE CANNES LINEUP
- Turkish master Nuri Bilge Ceylan returns to Anatolia with "Winter Sleep."
- The mythical Dardenne Brothers offer up "Two Days, One Night," starring Marion Cotillard.
- Two septuagenarian godfathers of British cinema are on the bill: Ken Loach ("The Wind That Shakes the Barley") with red-scare period piece "Jimmy's Hall," and Mike Leigh ("Naked," "Vera Drake") with art biopic "Mr. Turner."
- Jean-Luc Godard, who butchered the spoken word in "Film Socialisme," goes the rest of the way with "Farewell to Language."
- Bennett Miller ("Capote," "Moneyball") goes for the hat trick, with the help of Mark Ruffalo and Channing Tatum, in the wrestling pic "Foxcatcher."
- Atom Egoyan looks to give Ryan Reynolds some gravitas in the child-snatching thriller "The Captive."
THIS PAST WEEKEND IN SAN FRANCISCO
- "Heaven Adores You," a documentary about the late singer-songwriter Elliot Smith.
- Taiwanese master Tsai Ming-liang ("What Time Is It There?", "I Don't Want to Sleep Alone") is back with "Stray Dogs," about an impoverished Taipei family.
- A French legend offers up a five-part miniseries, clocking in at 225 minutes, an examination of the world of art, "Agnes Varda: From Here to There."
- From Argentina's Menolo Nieto, a labor-organizing drama "The Militant."
TRIBECA LEFTOVERS
- Angus MacLachlan, writer of 2005's "Junebug," writes and directs "Goodby to All That," starring TV comedian Paul Schneider as a divorced father looking for romance.
- A mystery involving intercut stories, from Italy, "Human Capital."
- Another generation of Coppola, Gia (Sofia's niece), translates stories by James Franco with "Palo Alto."
- Keith Miller follows up "Welcome to Pine Hill" with the gangland tale "Five Star."
SCRAPS FROM BERLIN
- Richard Linklater spent 12 years filming kids growing up for his drama "Boyhood."
- An even more recent film from Tsai Ming-liang, "Journey to the West."
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