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If this question were raised before the summer, I hands down would have said THE COMMUNE; however, I went on a vacation to Europe during the summer, and I ended up seeing it at the Irish Film Institute. THE COMMUNE currently rests snuggly in the bottom tier of films from this year. Needless to say, I'm deeply upset.
A huge part of me, now, wants to say ELLE has my vote. I've heard nothing but great things, and I've been super curious about it for the past few weeks. But, at the end of the day, Park Chan Wook is on my list of directors whose work I will see without hesitation (Vinterburg was previously on that list, though THE COMMUNE has challenged his place on it), so this one is sort of a no brainer. My Old Boy for the win.
Like the commenter below, I have already been able to watch The Commune, as it has already been released here. Unlike him, however, I liked it well enough, though it doesn't measure up to the best Vinterberg efforts. It is definitely a step up from Far From the Madding Crowd.
That disqualifies it from the poll, which means The Handmaiden gets my vote. The exquisite Lady Vengeance is one of my favourite movies and Old Boy is almost as great. At the very least, Park's movies are always thrilling and engaging. Farhadi, the filmmaker I know best in this list after him, is more difficult to relate to with his more intellectual and intimate family stories, that rely on an admittedly less flashy style. Farhadi is intriguing but Park is exciting.
Enjoy the festival you lucky ones.
My most anticipated movie for the rest of the year is The Salesman, Asghar Farhadi is one of our greatest living filmmakers and I am there for whatever he puts on screen.
Paul Verhoeven HAS to get my vote here for ELLE. Here's a guy who has had a whirlwind of a career and has lacked the respect he's deserved since SHOWGIRLS. But people forget how much fun STARSHIP TROOPERS was. I am excited to see what he does with an amazing actress like Huppert in a story that seems like something he might have tackled in the 90's. Maybe this is a nostalgic pick more than anything else, but I'd love to see Verhoeven do what so many other directors from his era (here's looking at you, Walter Hill) have been unable to do, i.e. find relevance in a new cinematic landscape.
Full disclosure: I don't live in Chicago. And I don't have any plans to attending this particular festival because I've actually seen a couple of these titles at the local festival here in Melbourne.
But I did want to butt in and proclaim my admiration of Graduation, the new Christian Mungui flick. It probably won't score well in a poll featuring films more provocative filmmakers like Paul Verhoeven and Park Chan-wook, and I probably enjoyed The Handmaiden - Park's best in years - more, but Graduation is a really brilliant, subdued film from a director who constantly wrangles terrific, authentic performances from his actors.
If I was nearby, I wouldn't mind checking out A Quiet Passion because after Sunset Song, I realise Davies is a director I need to devote more time too, and because Cynthia Nixon was lights out in the last film I saw her in - James White. Actually, who am I kidding? in all honesty, I would crack and go straight to see The Handmaiden again.
"The Commune" has already played here in Switzerland: It is pretty much the worst movie I've seen at the theatre all year, bad wigs and all. I have no idea what happened to Vinterberg.