The Bru's Premature Take on the Cannes 2012 Line-up - A Prejudiced Preview

The line-up for the upcoming shindig on the Croisette was announced a couple of weeks ago. It is incredibly phallocentric. It is also somewhat safe, as always. But Cannes remains the crown jewel of all film festivals and this year (at least on paper) looks to be one of the stronger ones. In this premature and prejudiced preview, I will go through every film 'in competition'. There will be trailers (where available), brief synopses, and my take on their chances of tanking or triumphing. I'm not going to predict any winners, because I haven't seen any of these films - the festival will be the first time anybody will have seen most (if not all) of them. So, without further ado, here is the line-up for the Cannes Film Festival 2012:

BAFTA 2012 Should-Winners

The 2012 BAFTAs will be handed out today. Because the ubiquitousness of the award ceremonies, it is a futile effort to predict the winners or dish out one's own wish list. If you predict for one ceremony, you predict for them all. There will be a full-on Oscar post later in the month, but I felt obliged to write up my BAFTA nominations for two reasons:

1. BAFTA got one thing very right - nominating Drive for a few awards.
2. BAFTAs are a little bit more wide-reaching in their nominations and having categories dedicated to British films, some of the unsung heroes of yesteryear get their name mentioned amongst the industry behemoths.

What follows is a should-winner list, not predictions. Same rules apply to previous should-winner lists: I must have seen at least 3 films in any given category to pick a should-winner. What do you think?