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SECOND FILM FOR TFF #40...I KNOW IT...

A documentary based on Roger Ebert's autobiography and executive produced by Martin Scorsese.  This article claims that it's coming to TFF #40.  Sounds very plausible.  The big question...will Ebert and/or Scorsese attend?

http://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/martin-scorseses-roger-ebert-documentary-debut-2013/

Back on Aug. 29th I reported that the first known film would be a restoration of a silent film focused on Native Americans that has Ken Burns attached as one of the producers.  Here's the link to that blog post:

http://michaelstelluridefilm.blogspot.com/2012/08/welcomeleaning-towardsvenitianscentral.html

NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW ANNOUNCES THEIR BEST FILMS YESTERDAY

Best Film:  ZERO DARK THIRTY

Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, ZERO DARK THIRTY

Best Actor: Bradley Cooper, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

Best Actress: Jessica Chastain, ZERO DARK THIRTY

Best Supporting Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, DJANGO UNCHAINED

Best Supporting Actress: Ann Dowd, COMPLIANCE

Best Original Screenplay: Rian Johnson, LOOPER

Best Adapted Screenplay: David O. Russell, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

Best Animated Feature: WRECK-IT RALPH

Special Achievement in Filmmaking: Ben Affleck, ARGO

Breakthrough Actor: Tom Holland, THE IMPOSSIBLE

Breakthrough Actress: Quvenzhané Wallis,  BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD

Best Directorial Debut: Benh Zeitlin, BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD

Best Foreign Language Film:  AMOUR

Best Documentary: SEARCHING FOR SUGARMAN

William K. Everson Film History Award: 50 YEARS OF BOND FILMS

Best Ensemble: LES MISÉRABLES

Spotlight Award: John Goodman (ARGO, FLIGHT, PARANORMAN, TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE)

NBR Freedom of Expression Award: CENTRAL PARK FIVE

NBR Freedom of Expression Award: PROMISED LAND

OTHER TOP TEN FILMS: ARGO, BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD, DJANGO UNCHAINED, LES MISERABLES, LINCOLN, LOOPER, PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER, PROMISED LAND, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK.

BEST FOREIGN FILMS: BARBARA, THE INTOUCHABLES, NO, THE KID WITH A BIKE, WAR WITCH.

BEST INDEPENDENT FILMS: ARBITRAGE, BERNIE, COMPLIANCE, END OF WATCH, HELLO, I MUST BE GOING, LITTLE BIRDS, MOONRISE KINGDOM, ON THE ROAD, QUARTET AND SLEEPWALK WITH ME.

BEST DOCUMENTARIES: AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY, DETROPIA, THE GATEKEEPERS, THE INVISIBLE WAR AND ONLY THE YOUNG



Telluride films recognized today: Argo, The Gatekeepers, Amour, Central Park Five, and from TFF #38: The Kid with a Bike.

Biggest surprise(s) to me...Bradley Cooper over Day-Lewis and Phoenix and no mention of "Life of Pi" anywhere...which I'm OK with...Also a little surprised that neither the NYFCC on Monday or NBR today gave a shout out to Anne Hathaway in Les Miz...

NEW YORK'S CRITICS SAY...

The New York Film Critics Circle named their "Best of" for 2012 on Monday...
(Telluride #39 film(s) in Bold)



Best First Film: How to Survive a Plague
Best Documentary: The Central Park Five
Best Cinematography: Zero Dark Thirty
Best Supporting Actress: Sally Field/Lincoln
Best Supporting Actor: Mathew McConnaughey/Magic Mike and Bernie
Best Animated Film: Frankenweenie
Best Foreign Language Film: Amour
Best Actress: Rachel Weisz/The Deep Blue Sea
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis/Lincoln
Best Screenplay: Tony Kushner/Lincoln
Best Direction: Kathryn Bigelow/Zero Dark Thirty
Best Picture: Zero Dark Thirty
 
The Los Angeles Film Critics announce their awards this weekend and the Golden Globe nominations come out next Thursday...


AMOUR DOMINATES THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS

The Michael Haneke directed and written film won awards for Best European Film, Direction, Actor and Actress last weekend.  Also scoring well, TFF #38 feature (and my Best of 2011)  Steve McQueen's "Shame".  TFF #39's "The Hunt" was also honored.  Check the full report from The Playlist here:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/michael-hanekes-amour-dominates-european-film-awards-20121203#



TFF 39 FILM NEWS

     HYDE PARK

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-nelson/hyde-park-on-hudson_b_2236995.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment

     RUST AND BONE

http://www.craveonline.com/film/interviews/200301-theyre-antiheroes-matthias-schoenaerts-on-rust-and-bone

http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/29/video-marion-cotillard-on-not-preparing-for-a-role/

http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/12/02/marion-cotillard-s-stellar-turn-in-rust-and-bone.html

     AMOUR

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/michael-hanekes-amour-dominates-european-film-awards-20121203

http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/03/amour-gains-a-euro-prize-and-perhaps-momentum/

http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/michael-haneke-on-amour#

     ARGO

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-ben-affleck-george-clooney-argo-20121203,0,4455721.story

http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2012/11/29/argo_director_actor_ben_affleck_named

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-ben-affleck-to-cast-himself-in-argo-actor-plays-an-angle-video-20121202,0,4462174.story


http://www.thewrap.com/awards/column-post/argo-actors-get-palm-springs-honor-go-their-oscar-buzz-67951

http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/palm-springs-intl-film-festival-honors-argo-with-ensemble-performance-award

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-rt-us-argo-awardbre8b502f-20121205,0,6534033.story




OSCAR MATTERS

     FEINBERG FORECAST

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/zero-dark-thirty-les-miserables-394768

     A FEW MINUTES WITH FEINBERG

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/scott-feinberg-85th-oscars-best-398583

     OSCAR PODCAST/SASHA STONE

http://awardsdaily.com/podcasts/oscarpodcast/episode10.mp3

     ROPE OF SILICON OSCAR PODCAST

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/podcast-a-lot-more-awards-talk-genre-categories-at-the-critics-choice-awards-and-new-dvds-and-blu-rays/


     DOC SHORT LIST...AND EGG ON THE FAC...

Just days after I posted the list of ten "most likely nominees" for, among other categories, Best Doc...the Academy releases its list of 15 semi-finalists and The FAC's #1 (The Central Park Five), #4 (West of Memphis) and #9 (The Queen of Versailles) and #10 (Jiro Dreams of Sushi) all ailed to be named to the final 15.  The complete list of semi-finalists is here and does include Telluride #39 entrant "The Gatekeepers"

http://www.indiewire.com/article/oscar-doc-race-narrows-to-15#

BITS AND PIECES

Here's a really useful collection of awards season dates from Sasha Stone at Awards Daily...

     AWARDS CALENDAR FROM AWARDS DAILY:
http://www.awardsdaily.com/calendar/?doing_wp_cron=1354557055.3870060443878173828125


COMING ATTRACTIONS

     GHOSTBUSTERS 3

This is NOT a Telluride possible, but it does have a Telluride?MTFB connection...

http://www.hollywood.com/news/Ghostbusters_3_is_a_go_as_Billy_Murray_signs_on_report/45472977

The first year I was at Telluride my wife and I were sitting at The Chuck waiting for some screening and Kris struck up a conversation with the young man to her left.  I really don't know how they got to it, but at one point she was telling him (and he claimed to be a minion at Universal...but who said his dad was some big VP there) about MY idea that I've had for years for GB#3...that Dr. Pete Venkman (Bill Murray his own self) IS...DEAD... and must be raised from the Great Beyond to help solve some existential threat from beyond the grave.  Really...that's MY idea.  Now with Murray's acquiescence to the project, I'm telling you...even if the film isn't parked at Universal...I'm going to think I need a civil attorney if that plot point shows up.

Remember, you read it here first...


     THE NIGHTINGALE (PREVIOUSLY "LOW LIFE")

One of the surprise highlights of this year's Telluride Fest was the super sneak peak at a few minutes of James Gray's "The Nightingale" starring tributee Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix and Jeremy Renner.  Its brief appearance makes me think that it's a very real possibility for TFF #40 (and a Cannes appearance in May, I'll wager).

Here are a few posts about "The Nightingale":

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/the-weinstein-company-snaps-up-director-james-grays-formerly-titled-low-life-for-2013-release-20120615

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/movie/nightingale/

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/new-look-at-joaquin-phoenix-and-marion-cotillard-in-james-grays-untitled-period-drama-formerly-known-as-low-life-20120723


More on Monday...Have a good weekend, everyone!

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