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38th_tff_poster_layers "This festival (the Telluride Film Festival) is characterized by its small size and friendly atmosphere. If there were a few key words to describe Telluride, they might include 'intimate' and 'down home,' just as easily as 'monumental' and 'important," Boulder Daily Camera


Even without a pass, the 38th annual Telluride Film Festival, 9/2 – 9/5, has something for almost everyone.

The Telluride Film Festival opens with free films sponsored by Ralph and Ricky Lauren. The five film premieres start Wednesday night, August 31, just after dark  – and a day before the cat is let out of the bag about screenings on the long weekend to come.

(Thursday at noon, when the embargo is lifted, Telluride Inside… and Out releases four different posts about this year's Festival, interviews recorded live with Festival co-director Gary Meyer about the features, the tributes, documentaries, shorts and special programs and who's coming to town.)

29 August, 2011 /

[click "Play" to hear Jesse's interview with James Anaquad-Kleinhert]

 

By Jesse James McTigue

Horses, helicopter It may be impossible to watch Wild Horses and Renegades and not be outraged.

The documentary film calls attention to the politics driving the strategic and systematic extinction of wild horses on public lands; an initiative born through the Bureau of Land Management’s cooperation with the extractive industries to access protected lands for their own purposes – primarily drilling.

The film screens at 7 pm this Wednesday, August 31st, at the Palm Theater. The evening begins with a reception at 6 pm that will include food from local restaurants, art exhibits, a silent auction and a poetry reading by Michael Blake, author of “Dances With Wolves”. The film’s director, producer and cinematographer, James Anaquad–Kleinhert will be on hand to introduce the film and answer questions.

29 August, 2011 /
[click "Play", Susan chats with Sarah Rosenberg and Luis Cardenas]

 

Mountainfilm in Telluride and Aspen's Wheeler Opera House announce their third annual joint production: MountainSummit: Mountainfilm in Telluride. The event bookends the Main Event, the annual of gathering of the tribe in Telluride, which happens over Memorial weekend and opens Telluride's summer festival season with a bang: lots of conversations about preserving and protecting endanger people, places and ideas.

MountainSummit takes place Thursday,  August 25 – Sunday, August 28. Among the films to be screened are “Magic Trip,” about the 1960s travels of writer Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters, Christopher Paine's “Revenge of the Electric Car,” a follow-up to Paine's 2006 documentary “Who Killed the Electric Car?”, and “Happy,” a multicultural examination of the universal truths about happiness, produced by Tom Shadyac ("I Am").  The event closer and what a grand finale it is: "Shakespeare High."

24 August, 2011 /
[click "Play" to hear Ryan Wilson's interview with Katie Karrow and four of the young people]

 

by Ryan Wilson

Speak Editor's note: If you attended the graduation of Telluride's Class of 2011, you saw the notion of American exceptionalism in action: a group of young people who excelled in the classroom and on the mountain being rewarded for their achievements with scholarships to top colleges. True, we live in a small town, but that does not mean an absence of big opportunities. Telluride teens with aspirations have lots of places to turn for support. The following story by the Wilkinson Public Library's Ryan Wilson illustrates that point.

Ever wonder what teenagers today are thinking?  On Saturday, August 27, 5:15 p.m., Program Room, Telluride's Wilkinson Public Library, a group of 11 Telluride teens open a window into their minds at the premiere of their short documentary film "Speak." 

24 August, 2011 /

by Jim Bedford

The-Smurfs-movie-poster-02-550x810 CrazyStupidLove The Nugget Theatre in beautiful downtown Telluride shows movies all year long and screens two films this coming week before the Telluride Film Festival takes over the Nugget and much of the town.

Friday through Tuesday, Aug 26-30, THE SMURFS (PG) are back and blue, very blue. With the talents of Neil Patrick Harris, Hank Azaria, Katy Perry, George Lopez and Paul Reubens. Serious family fun!

Also Friday through Tuesday, Aug 26-30, CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE. (PG13) brings together Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore, Emma Stone, Marisa Tomei and Kevin Bacon, in a comedy about relationships.

The Telluride Film Festival takes over the Nugget from August 31 through September 8 so enjoy the SHOW! The Nugget will be back with movies every night again starting Friday, September 9.

See the Nugget website for trailers and reviews, and below for movie times.

24 August, 2011 /

by Jim Bedford

Captain-america-retro-movie-poster Jamie+Foxx+Horrible+Bosses The Nugget Theatre in beautiful downtown Telluride shows movies all year long and screens two new films this coming week.

Friday through Thursday, Aug 12-18, in CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER (PG13), during World War II, Steve Rogers volunteers for a top secret research project that turns him into Captain America, a superhero dedicated to defending America's ideals.

Also all week, in HORRIBLE BOSSES (R), three friends (Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis) conspire to murder their awful bosses (including Kevin Spacey and Jennifer Aniston), something we've all wanted to do sometime. Yes, it's a comedy.

See the Nugget website for trailers and reviews, and below for movie times.

11 August, 2011 /

by Jim Bedford

Movieinfo2011-com--harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-2---Photo-2 Disney-winnie-the-poo-movie-2010-01-copy The Nugget Theatre in beautiful downtown Telluride shows movies all year long and screens two films this coming week.

Friday through Thursday, Aug 5-11, in Disney's new WINNIE THE POOH (2011), Eyeore has lost his tail, and Winnie the Pooh and his friends hold a contest to get him a new one.

Continuing all week is also HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS Part 2, where the fabulous eight movie series of J.K. Rowling's not-just-for-kids books comes to an end -- and a beginning. Long live Harry Potter!

See the Nugget website for trailers and reviews, and below for movie times.

03 August, 2011 /

Passholders w:o W2s BERKELEY, CA – Telluride Film Festival (September 2-5, 2011), presented by National Film Preserve LTD., will, for the first time, present the best moments from the 37th Telluride Film Festival on its inaugural TFF 37 DVD two-disc set. Proceeds of each purchase directly benefit the National Film Preserve, LTD.
 
TFF 37 DVD set features highlights of filmmakers and Festival guests as they share their insights and anecdotes about the films that made the 2010 Telluride Film Festival such a success. The two-disc set contains recordings of all the Noon Seminars, Conversations Series, and interviews from the Tributees. With nearly six hours of footage, viewers can relive their favorite moments of the Festival, or see them for the first time, with plenty to keep them busy until the upcoming 38th TFF, September 2-5, 2011.

23 July, 2011 /

by Jim Bedford

Bad-Teacher-Thumbnail Super-8-Thumbnail The Nugget Theatre in beautiful downtown Telluride shows movies all year long and screens two films this coming week.

Friday through Thursday, July 8-14, SUPER 8 continues at the Nugget in the best tradition of Steven Spielberg movies, sort of an E.T. meets meets CLOSE ENCOUNTERS. Wonderment abounds!

Also playing all week is Cameron Diaz in BAD TEACHER, showing Justin Timberlake and every student she has that she just doesn't give a F. Very funny and irreverent.

See the Nugget website for trailers and reviews, and below for movie times.

06 July, 2011 /

By Elisabeth Gick

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What makes the Compassion Festival a festival rather than a conference or symposium? The short answer is that a festival is more fun than a conference. There is art, there is food, there are things to look at, touch, hear, smell and taste.

The Compassion Festival, to be hosted this coming weekend by the Telluride Institute, may not have all those tempting ingredients, but a good number of them.

05 July, 2011 /