MEGALOPOLIS TRAILER Just this weekend American Zoetrope released an initial trailer for Francis ford Coppola's anticipated Megalopolis.  The film is set to debut at Cannes.  I have wondering (hoping?) if it might be a TFF #51 selection.   Here's the trailer from YouTube and JoBlo: THIRD TRAILER FOR THE BIKERIDERS This past week we got a new poster for Jeff Nichol's The Bikeriders which world premiered at Telluride in September.  A day or so later Focus Features dropped a third teaser/trailer for the film .  Here that is from YouTube and JoBlo Upcoming Movies ..read more

RASOULOF DIFFICULTIES (Rasoulof photo via IMDb) A week ago I wrote that among the titles that had just been added to the lineup for the 77th Cannes Film Festival that Mohammad Rasoulof's The Seed of the Sacred Fig was  a film worth watching as a possible selection for TFF #51. Now, Jordan Ruimy/World of Reel reports and not surprisingly, authorities in Iran (Rasoulof's home country) are putting pressure on producers and cast members of the film to keep the film from being screened at the Fest.  A number of people connected to the film have been banned from leaving Iran.  Raso ..read more

 CANNES ADDS TITLES We got the announcement Monday that the Cannes Film Festival had, as expected, added some new films to a variety of sections.  In all 13 new films were added including three to the Palme D'or competition lineup.  Of those three, two have some serious chance at a Telluride play, I believe. Here's the complete list of added films per Variety: Un Certain Regard “When the Light Breaks,” Rúnar Rúnarsson “Niki,” Céline Sallette “Flow,” Gints Zilbalodis Cannes Premiere “Vivre, Mourir, Renaitre,” Gaël Morel “Maria,” Jessica Palud Special Screenings “Specta ..read more

ANOTHER EARLY OSCAR LOOK Joey Magidson of Awards Radar has posted his first set of picks for the 2025 Oscars and as has been my way, I've looked through them for possible TFF #51 titles.  Magidson has divided them into two parts.  Part One went up last Friday focusing on "Above the Line" categories.  Part Two will be posted later this week. Here's what I'm seeing from Part One beginning with films Magidson thinks are Best Picture contenders: Blitz-Steve McQueen Conclave-Edward Berger Maria-Pablo Larrain The Nickel Boys-Ross SNL 1975-Reitman Queer-Gaudagnino Bird-Arnold ..read more

First, my apologies for not having a post up last Monday.  I was finishing up a very, very busy weekend and just ran out of time. DADDIO FULL TRAILER Sony Pictures Classics has delivered a full trailer for Christy Hall's Daddio starring Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn. This follows a teaser that was released a few weeks ago. The TFF #50 selection  is set for a limited open on June 28th. Here's the IMDb description for those who didn't see the film at the fest: "A woman taking a cab ride from JFK engages in a conversation with the taxi driver about the important relationships in the ..read more

CANNES LINEUP REVEALED Early this morning the Cannes Film Festival officially revealed most of its lineup.  This is of particular interest to Telluride Film Fest followers because most years there is a substantial cross over from Cannes to T-ride.  The average is somewhere around 7-8 films per year.  So let's see what Cannes 2024 will be screening.  Per Variety: OPENER “Second Act,” Quentin Dupieux COMPETITION “All We Imagine as Light,” Payal Kapadia “Anora,” Sean Baker “Bird,” Andrea Arnold “Caught by the Tides” (“Feng Liu Yi Dai”), Jia Zhang-Ke “Emilia Perez ..read more

FINAL CANNES SPECULATION All of the anticipation about what films will be selected for the 77th Cannes film Festival comes to a conclusion on Thursday when the bulk of the films that have been invited will be revealed.  The unveiling is set for 11:00 AM Paris time.  That should mean I'll have the skinny in Thursday morning's regularly scheduled post.  A quick note here, however, is that may mean that Thursday's post doesn't go up as early in the morning as it usually does.   With that, here are the final two Cannes spec pieces that I'll pass along with my guesses ..read more

MORE CANNES THOUGHTS  With a week left until the announcement of the lineup for the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, I've added a look at analysis from Deadline as to what may be in and out. Those films that Deadline mentions that feel like a Telluride possibility include: Parthenope- Dir: Paolo Sorrentino Bird- Dir: Andrea Arnold Conclave- Dir: Edward Berger Touch- Dir: Baltasar Kormakur Deadline also mentions Frances ford Coppola's Megalopolis is still possible but uncertain due to Coppola's aiming for an IMAX release. The piece also includes a listing of a number of f ..read more

VANITY FAIR'S TOO EARLY OSCAR PICKS AND TFF I'm continuing my current project of scouring early Oscar prognostications for possible titles that might pop up at the 51st Telluride Film Festival.  Today's source is Joe Reid of Vanity Fair. These predicted films seem to me to have the best chance at TFF (listed in the order they are presented in the article): Megalopolis- Dir: Frances Ford Coppola Hard Truths- Dir: Mike Leigh Blitz- Dir: Steve McQueen Bird- Dir: Andrea Arnold The End- Dir: Joshua Oppenheimer Conclave- Dir: Edward Berger The Actor- Dir: Duke Johnson The Piano Lesson- Di ..read more

OFFSCREEN CENTRAL'S EARLY OSCAR LINE AND TFF  I'm continuing my current project of scouring early Oscar prognostications for possible titles that might pop up at the 51st Telluride Film Festival.  Today's source is Offscreen Central.  For this source I looked at Best Picture Predictions first and then for other possibilities from the acting, directing and screenplay categories. From their Best Picture predictions: Blitz Conclave Long Day's Journey Into Night Maria Megalopolis The Piano Lesson And from other category predictions: The End The Actor Queer Parenthope Oh, Ca ..read more