Telluride Film Festival

On Sunday of the 44th annual Telluride Film Festival I separated from Susan and our group. We had been moving in lockstep most of the weekend, but I had to see "Lean On Pete." When I rejoined my companions and answered questions about the film, one...

Presented by the National Film Preserve, today the Telluride Film Festival announces its official program selections for the 44th edition of theLabor Day Weekend event. TFF’s annual celebration of artistic excellence brings together cinema enthusiasts, filmmakers and artists to discover the best in world cinema in the...

Presented by National Film Preserve LTD., the Telluride Film Festival, a prestigious annual gathering for film industry insiders, cinema enthusiasts, filmmakers, and critics, takes place every Labor Day weekend in the picturesque town of Telluride, Colorado. The 44th edition of TFF runs September 1-4, 2017. The 44th Telluride Film Festival proudly...

Telluride Film Festival, presented by National Film Preserve LTD., is proud to announce its 2017 Guest Director, Joshua Oppenheimer. The award-winning documentarian is set to select a series of films to present at the 44th Telluride Film Festival running over Labor Day Weekend, September 1-4,...

Tuesdays at the Palm are presented by The Telluride Film Festival, Palm Arts, and the Telluride R1 School District. Chicago International Children’s Film Festival takes place Tuesday, May 9 at 2:15 p.m. Appropriate for the whole family! FREE TO ALL Running time is 73 minutes. The Telluride Film Festival,...

Telluride Film Festival Cinematheque is collaboration between The Telluride Film Festival and Wilkinson Public Library. On Monday, April 3, 6 p.m., the featured film is FIVE EASY PIECES (1970), part of the "Road Trip" series. Free to all. Scroll down to watch a trailer. The Telluride Film...

Telluride Film Festival's Cinematheque is collaboration between the Telluride Film Festival and the Wilkinson Public Library. The new series, Road Trip, begins with Ingmar Bergman’s “Wild Strawberries,” (1957, 91 minutes). Program at the Library takes place Monday, March 6, 6 p.m. Scroll down to watch the trailer. Spring...

Was the award for Oscar's Best Picture really a surprise (after ugh, the other surprise)? The drum beat started right after the Telluride Film Fest ended: “Moonlight” was immediately in the limelight, critics on their knees over the film. In a recent think piece in the Huff Post, critic...

Guess which film festival premiered (or featured the North American premiere) four of the nine movies nominated for Best Picture. Yes, of course, the Telluride Film Festival, which screened “La La Land,” “Manchester by the Sea,” “Moonlight” and “Arrival.” The following is the list of the 2017 Oscar...

I know, I know. The directors of the Telluride Film Festival are all about the art, not the business, of filmmaking. The event celebrates the finest ribbons of dreams; it is not a horse race, where the goal is to pick a winner. But historically and with uncanny consistency...