[caption id="attachment_34316" align="alignright" width="100"] Philip Kaufman[/caption] We love assembling a bunch of smartypants for a sidewalk event – especially around a wonderful celebration like Telluride Film Festival's 40th anniversary. This weekend, specifically Sunday, September 1,1:15 p.m., we’ll have the literary celebritati in town for the Big Event...
Werner Herzog and Telluride Film Fest's newest venue: Telluride Film Festival co-director Gary Meyer, who became a director seven years ago after #33 remembers when he first came to the annual celebration of film and filmmakers. "I sadly missed the first year of the Telluride Film Festival,...
[caption id="attachment_34358" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo Credit: Clint Viebrock[/caption] Telluride has its fair share of star-laden premieres, but the SHOW has a strong tradition of non-fiction, which has equal footing with features. Hands down, the one with the loudest Internet chatter among the docs in the 2013 Telluride...
Please note: Whenever available, posts contain links to trailers for the films for your previewing pleasure. [caption id="attachment_34355" align="alignleft" width="200"] Photo Credit: Clint viebrock[/caption] In Telluride, as regulars know, the full list of films, filmmakers and tributes are not released until the first day of the long...
[caption id="attachment_34351" align="alignleft" width="300"] photo credit: Pamela Gentile[/caption] "The first time I came to Telluride there were three wonderful tributes, a selection of discoveries from around the world and classic films presented with such love that I felt this was my new home. Thirty-nine years later, I...
The leaves are starting to change. That means that the Telluride Film Festival is upon us. In the run-up to the Big Event, 37-year Telluride Film Festival veteran Todd McCarthy of the Hollywood Reporter raps in retrospect. [caption id="attachment_34296" align="alignright" width="300"] Todd McCarthy writes about his...
[caption id="attachment_31094" align="alignright" width="223"] TFF #40 by Dean Tavoularis[/caption] Many years ago, Telluride Film Festival director and co-founder Bill Pence proclaimed his on-going allegiance to the town. “There would be no Telluride Film Festival without Telluride,” he said, “We try to thank the community in ways that...
[caption id="attachment_31094" align="alignright" width="223"] TFF #40 by Dean Tavoularis[/caption] "No matter what kind of year I have had, if I come to Telluride, it’s been a good year," Werner Herzog, honored by Film Fest's newest venue Lights! Camera! Action! The 40th annual Telluride Film Festival officially begins with...
[caption id="attachment_31094" align="alignright" width="223"] TFF #40 by Dean Tavoularis[/caption] Just in time for the 40th Anniversary of the Telluride Film Festival, the Nugget Theatre (now operated year-round by the Festival), will undergo a digital cinema conversion that will enable filmgoers to enjoy the latest, most state-of-the-art...
Telluride Film Festival Cinematheque at the Wilkinson Public Library Presents: Werner Herzog Summer Series As we rapidly approach the 40th Anniversary of the Telluride Film Festival and the unveiling of the new Werner Herzog Theatre in Town Park, this will be the last opportunity pre-Festival to...
