Well, I think The Great Gatsby is a good entertainment and everything but it's an average movie. Its performances are fine so as art direction, photography and costumes but it was too much for Fitzgerald's story. But I agree that it was far a better choice than Grace Of Monaco. Cannes didn't receive Gatsby very well but GOT was much worse based on what I read.
I can see Macbeth opening Cannes but on competition I don't know...Saint Laurent was running up this year so it's a possibility...let's wait and see!

Imagine Michael with that AMAZING cast over there...it would be a DREAM. On the other hand, if it's released this year, which I think is more possible, it might receive a premiere by the end of November or December, like TWOWT. I wanted it to be released on a festival but...
About Slow West, it's probably finished but on wednesday we'll know because TIFF will announce more films! And on the following weeks too. It's definitely a film to be screened over there!