Todd Haynes's Carol, which premiered at the Cannes film festival to stellar reviews, is expected to be one of the heavy-hitters this fall season, and with the Weinstein Co. behind it, you can at least expect it to get as big a push as possible. Rooney Mara won the Best Actress prize at Cannes for her performance here, in which she and Cate Blanchett share screentime equally as the lead. Based on a Patricia Highsmith novel from the 1950's about a lesbian romance, and from Haynes, who directed Velvet Goldmine, Far From Heaven and I'm Not There (also with Blanchett), I think this is definitely one of the ones to watch out for.
