[Editor's Note: What follows is the first part of CL Contributor Anthony Nicholas' epic Fall Movie Preview. Look for more next week on Daily Loaf.]

With a mostly disappointing summer season (and that includes you Cannes Film Festival) now over, it's time to quit complaining and start looking forward. There's a multitude of new films and new directors to watch out for, and some surprisingly daring studio fare as well.

Please note: Many of the films on the list are currently being talked about for release by the end of the year, but it's a good bet that many of them will end up opening in 2011. Hey, I can still hope …

Here are my most anticipated films for the rest of 2010:

This article appears in Sep 9-15, 2010.