In light of my recent post where I strategically picked out ten films that could be included in this year’s 66th Edinburgh International Film Festival, I’ve expanded it to include another forty films I would like to see hit the cinema screens in Edinburgh between June 20 – July 1.
From Steven Soderbergh’s Magic Mike to Josh Radnor’s Liberal Arts and Stephen Elliot’s Cherry, this list is purely a dream of mine and by no means reflects the contents of the yet-to-be-announced programme, however much I’d like it to.
The programme will be announced on May 30, when we can see how many of the below fifty make it into the festival’s official selection.
Wish list:
1. Magic Mike
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer and Olivia Munn
2. Revenge Of The Electric Car
Director: Chris Paine
Starring: Danny DeVito, Tim Robbins and Jon Favreau
3. Love Bite
Director: Andy De Emmony
Starring: Jessica Szohr, Timothy Spall and Luke Pasqualino
4. Undefeated
Director: Daniel Lindsay and T.J. Martin
Starring: Bill Courtney, O.C. Brown and Montrail Brown
5. The Wedding Video
Director: Nigel Cole
Starring: Lucy Punch, Miriam Margolyes and Michelle Gomez
6. The Imposter
Director: Bart Layton
Starring: Adam O’Brian, Anna Ruben and Cathy Dresbach
7. Shadow Dancer
Director: James Marsh
Starring: Andrea Riseborough, Clive Owen and Gillian Anderson
8. The Possession
Director: Ole Bornedal
Starring: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Natasha Calis and Kyra Sedgwick
9. Pusher
Director: Luis Prieto
Starring: Richard Coyle, Branson Webb and Agyness Deyn
10. The Sweeney
Director: Nick Love
Starring: Ray Winstone, Hayley Atwell and Damian Lewis
11. Now Is Good
Director: Ol Parker
Starring: Dakota Fanning, Jeremy Irvine and Olivia Williams
12. Premium Rush
Director: David Koepp
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Shannon and Jamie Chung
13. Killing Them Softly
Director: Andrew Dominik
Starring: Brad Pitt, Ray Liota and Richard Jenkins
14. On The Road
Director: Walter Salles
Starring: Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund and Kristen Stewart
15. Caesar Must Die
Director: Paolo Taviana and Vittorio Taviani
Starring: Cosimo Rega, Salvatore Striano and Giovanni Arcuri
16. Butter
Director: Jim Field Smith
Starring: Jennifer Garner, Ty Burrell and Yara Shahidi
17. Take This Waltz
Director: Sarah Polley
Starring: Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen and Sarah Silverman
18. Twixt
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Val Kilmer, Elle Fanning and Bruce Dern
19. The First Time
Director: Jon Kasdan
Starring: Dylan O’Brien, Britt Robertson and Craig Roberts
20. Comes A Bright Day
Director: Simon Aboud
Starring: Craig Roberts, Imogen Poots and Kevin McKidd
21. Cheerful Weather For The Wedding
Director: Donald Rice
Starring: Felicity Jones, Luke Treadaway and Elizabeth McGovern
22. Bachelorette
Director: Leslye Headland
Starring: Isla Fisher, Kirsten Dunst and James Marsden
23. Wish You Were Here
Director: Kieran Darcy-Smith
Starring: Joel Edgerton, Felicity Price and Teresa Palmer
24. Wrong
Director: Quentin Dupieux
Starring: Jack Plotnick, Eric Judor and William Fichtner
25. Farewell, My Queen
Director: Benoît Jacquot
Starring: Diane Kruger, Léa Seydoux and Virginie Ledoyen
26. Tabu
Director: Miguel Gomes
Starring: Teresa Madruga, Laura Soveral and Ana Moreira
27. Captive
Director: Brillante Mendoza
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Mercedes Cabral and Maria Isabel Lopez
28. Barbara
Director: Christian Petzold
Starring: Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld and Rainer Bock
29. Beasts Of The Southern Wild
Director: Benh Zeitlin
Starring: Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry and Levy Easterly
30. Hello I Must Be Going
Director: Todd Louiso
Starring: Melanie Lynskey, Blythe Danner and John Rubinstein
31. Save The Date
Director: Michael Mohan
Starring: Lizzy Caplan, Alison Brie and Martin Starr
32. Simon Killer
Director: Antonio Campos
Starring: Brady Corbet, Mati Diop and Michaël Abiteboul
33. Smashed
Director: James Ponsoldt
Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul and Octavia Spencer
34. The House I Live In
Director: Eugene Jarecki
Starring: Eugene Jarecki
35. My Brother The Devil
Director: Sally El Hosaini
Starring: James Floyd, Fady Elsayed and Saïd Taghmaoui
36. The Last Elvis
Director: Armando Bo
Starring: John McInerny, Griselda Siciliani and Margarita Lopez
37. Violeta Went To Heaven
Director: Andrés Wood
Starring: Francisca Gavilán, Thomas Durand and Christian Quevedo
38. Payback
Director: Jennifer Baichwal
Starring: Eric Schlosser, Margaret Atwood and Conrad Black
39. Cherry
Director: Stephen Elliot
Starring: James Franco, Heather Graham and Dev Patel
40. Cosmopolis
Director: David Cronenberg
Starring: Robert Pattinson, Jay Baruchel and Juliette Binoche
41. Ai
Director: Doze Niu
Starring: Wei Zhao, Youting Zhao and Eddie Peng
42. 360
Director: Fernando Meirelles
Starring: Jude Law, Rachel Weisz and Anthony Hopkins
43. Red Hook Summer
Director: Spize Lee
Starring: Limary Agosto, Sumayya Ali and Turron Kofi Alleyne
44. Predisposed
Director: Phil Dorling and Ron Nyswaner
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Melissa Leo and Tracy Morgan
45. Lawless
Director: John Hillcoat
Starring: Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf and Guy Pearce
46. Celeste And Jesse Forever
Director: Lee Toland Krieger
Starring: Rashida Jones, Emma Roberts and Andy Samberg
47. Bliss
Director: Adrian Vitoria
Starring: Jim Caviezel, Noel Clarke and Montserrat Lombard
48. Darling Companion
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Starring: Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and Dianne Wiest
49. Sound Of My Voice
Director: Zal Batmanglij
Starring: Brit Marling, Christopher Denham and Nicole Vicius
50. Liberal Arts
Director: Josh Radnor
Starring: Zac Efron, Josh Radnor and Elizabeth Olsen
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