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03 Sep Telluride Film Festival: All Is Lost + Gravity
“It’s ironic: after creating Sundance (1980) no one asked ME to be in a film…” “I love the detail work around every moment of the film (All Is Lost) and physically losing myself in the character when the only thing left for him to do...
02 Sep Telluride Film Festival: Line-up at the After Fest
The Telluride Film Festival just ended, with the 40th year producing one of the most successful (read robust, no clunkers) weekends in the history of the event. What exactly do we mean? Our review will be up on Wednesday, but yes, there is already Oscar...
28 Aug Telluride Film Fest: Overview #4, Meyer on Herzog & More for 40th
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...
28 Aug Telluride Film Fest: Overview #3, Docs & More
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 Film Festival line-up is “The Unknown...
28 Aug 40th Annual Telluride Film Fest: Overview #2, Features
Please note: Whenever available, posts contain links to trailers for the films for your previewing pleasure. In Telluride, as regulars know, the full list of films, filmmakers and tributes are not released until the first day of the long Labor Day weekend gathering. Except, well,...
28 Aug 40th Annual Telluride Film Fest, Overview #1 + Tributees
“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 am proud to be a part of...
26 Aug Telluride Film Festival: Todd McCarthy Talks #40
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. “The Telluride Film Festival is not easy to...
26 Aug A Few Ways the Telluride Film Festival Thanks Telluride
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 count.” Pence’s truth, routinely acknowledged by the...