Venice Film Fest Lineup Shaping up

Peter Knegt over at Indiewire tips Variety’s article about what might show up. Knegt widdles it down to a list for us. Here is part of it:

Below is the full list of films the article notes (not listed is Soderbergh’s film, which isn’t explicitly noted in the Variety story though one can probably assume it’s “Contagion” and not “Haywire”). Read Variety‘s story here, and check back with indieWIRE Thursday when we’ll have the officially announced lineup.

In Competition:
“Alps,” directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
“A Burning Hot Summer,” directed by Philippe Garrel
“Carnage,” directed by Roman Polanski
“A Dangerous Method,” directed by David Cronenberg
“Dark Horse,” directed by Todd Solondz
“The Exchange,” directed by Eran Kolirin
“Faust,” directed by Alexander Sokurov
“Himizu,” directed by Sion Sono
“Killer Joe,” directed by William Friedkin
“The Ides of March,” directed by George Clooney (Opening Night)
“Last Day on Earth,” directed by Abel Ferrara
“The Moth Diaries,” directed by Mary Harron
“Poulet aux prunes,” directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
“Quando la notte,” directed by Cristina Comencini
“Seediq Bale,” directed by Wei Te-sheng
“Shame,” directed by Steve McQueen
“Terraferma,” directed by Emanuele Crialese
“Texas Killing Fields” directed by Ami Canaan Mann
“Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy,” directed by Tomas Alfredson
“L’ultimo terrestre,” directed by Gipi
“W.E.,” directed by Madonna
“Wuthering Heights,” directed by Andrea Arnold

(MORE at Indiewire)

The official list drops on Thursday. But a couple of thoughts – Clooney and the Lido go together like bow ties and tuxedos. But Mary Harron, Andrea Arnold, William Friedkin, Abel Ferrara, Steve McQueen — and of course, ROMAN POLANSKI and DAVID CRONENBERG! This looks to be the festival not to miss. Too bad I shot my wad on Cannes. No regrets!