«This Thing Called Love» (1940): TCM host Illeana Douglas admitted that her
favorite festival moment was sitting in the
audience and listening to fans laugh at Melvin Douglas,» her grandfather and the co-star of this rarely screened comedic gem (which received an encore showing on Sunday).
Some of the best - received films at earlier
festivals will get their North American launches here, including «Life is Beautiful,» Roberto Begnini's Cannes winner about an Italian clown who fights the Nazis with laughter; Rohmer's heartwarming love story «Autumn Tale,» which charmed Telluride
audiences; Ken Loach's «My Name Is Joe,» with Cannes best actor winner Peter Mullen as a recovering alcoholic facing tough times; Theo Angelopoulos» «Eternity and a Day,» this year's Cannes winner; «The General» (1999) which won Boorman the best director prize at Cannes, and the Cannes and Telluride
favorite «Claire Dolan,» by Lodge Kerrigan, with Emily Watson («Breaking the Waves») as a prostitute who thinks she can detach from her work.