For many years, the iconic critic Roger Ebert was a regular at the Telluride Film Festival – and many other similar gatherings around the globe. After Ebert lost his battle with cancer in April of last year, the Telluride Film Fest's top two directors, Julie Huntsinger and Tom...
Telluride Film Fest down. Now Toronto. Pete Hammond writes in Deadline/Hollywood about the race for the golden statue. With the last gasp of the Toronto International Film Festival now upon us (it officially closes Sunday,) the Oscar race has become further defined, particularly with input from Venice...
It was meant to be a remix of the David & Goliath story, with the Telluride Film Fest being the underdog and Toronto the towering giant. And so far the outcome fits the outcome of the story, however dubious: Telluride #41 was a critical and popular success, with...
Not only is the Telluride Film Festival done and gone, so is the After the Telluride Film Fest, but the reviews keep rolling in. We think one from The Wall Street Journal online is particularly good. The very first thing I saw at this year's Telluride Film...
Hope you enjoyed reading our review. This one is from First Showing. Alex Billington and I are on the same page. Out under the stars, breathing quietly, staring up in awe wishing they'd never go away...
It’s a bird. It’s a plane – not. It’s “Birdman,” a winged version of Superman and all the other hollow comic book super heroes at the center of pow!, wow!, bang, snap, crackle and pop orgies, the “toxic crap” (according to “Birdman’s” fictive New York Times critic) at...
Telluride Film Festival announces its schedule for AFTER TELLURIDE FILM FESTIVAL (ATFF) running Tuesday, September 1 – Thursday, September 4, 2014. ATFF will take place at the Palm and Nugget theatres. Single tickets and passes will be sold at both venues starting Tuesday. Single tickets...
The cat is out of the bag. The Telluride Film Fest’s lineup was published hours ago. Now the speculation about the movies that are actually here is heating up. Take this story by Pete Hammond from deadline.com. The 41st Telluride Film Festival, which has become a...
41st edition plays host to 25 new feature films in its main program. Tribute programs honoring Volker Schlöndorff, Hilary Swank and the 35th Anniversary of "Apocalypse Now." The people who make the popcorn seem to know what they are doing. Let’s give them a hand. And so do the...
Ken Burns is one of Telluride’s favorite sons, since 1985 a regular at the Telluride Film Festival (August 29 – September 1), where is he also a board member. In truth, the iconic filmmaker has a 20+year relationship with the town, which he is known to describe...
