Daydreams of Cannes

USA Today reports on the lineup for next month's Cannes Film Festival, and we pick through it to craft a wish list of movies we're hoping to see in the coming months.

• The Coen Brothers, who have been on a spectacular roll, return with "Inside Llewyn Davis" starring Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake and some adults.
• Sofia Coppola, who got back on her game with "Somewhere," shows promise with another juicy tale of privileged young women, "The Bling Ring."
• The brilliant Jia Zhangke ("The World," "Still Life," "24 City") returns from a long break from feature films with "A Touch of Sin."
• Arnaud Desplechin ("Kings & Queen" and "A Christmas Tale") offers "Jimmy Picard," starring Benicio del Toro and the wonderful Mathieu Amalric. 
• Francois Ozon, whose "In the House" opens this week in New York, already has his follow-up ready to unspool: "Jeune et Jolie (Young and Pretty)," which features Charlotte Rampling.
• Veteran actress Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, who starred in Ozon's "5x2," sat behind the camera for "A Chateau in Italy."
• Steven Soderbergh presents his swan song, the Liberace biopic "Behind the Candelabra."
• Iran's Asghar Farhadi follows up the Oscar-winning "A Separation" with "The Past."
• A father-son story? A road movie? Alexander Payne ("The Descendants") promises both in "Nebraska."
• J.C. Chandor, who wowed with his debut, "Margin Call," serves up a sophomore effort, "All Is Lost."
• Japan's prolific pulp master Takashi Miike ("Audition") presents "Shield of Straw."
• BEWARE: The last time Nicolas Winding Refn and Ryan Gosling got together, they tortured us with "Drive." They are teaming up again for something called "Only God." (As in, "Only God can help us now.")
• BEWARE II: The insufferable Baz Luhrmann, who will never be forgiven for the horrific spectacle "Moulin Rouge," will not only present "The Great Gatsby," but he'll do his best to desecrate the literary classic by screening it in 3-D. 

Bonus Track
Here's the exhilarating trailer for Sofia Coppola's "The Bling Ring," near-perfection in less than a minute, a joyful retro explosion of music and graphics: