MORE MUSINGS ON TORONTO'S LATEST
Tuesday, the Toronto International Film Festival announced what Indiewire said was their final set of films for their 2017 edition and as a result we got more indications about films that are likely to play at Telluride over Labor Day weekend.
Based on their categorization as Canadian Premieres it seems that we can probably add five films to the TFF #44 list:
First Reformed from Paul Schrader
Foxtrot from Samuel Maoz
The Insult from Ziad Doueiri
Lean on Pete from Andrew Haigh
Loveless from Andrey Zvyagintsev
The new info also seems to confirm that The Other Side of Hope and Visages/Villages will play Telluride.
Some films that I have been tracking fell by the wayside if their premiere status is accurate including:
Chappaquiddick
Happy End
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Molly's Game
Redoubtable
I was particularly dismayed that Aaron Sorkin's Molly's Game won't be at T-ride and still, despite its modest response at Cannes, I was surprised that Michael Haneke's Happy End will not be at TFF #44.
Our "possible" film list has gotten much smaller now:
The Death and Life of John F. Donovan
Final Portrait
L'amant Double
Marshall
Mary Magdalene
Our Souls at Night
The Snowman
Wonder
You Were never Really Here
Form this list perhaps one or two films might still show up on Telluride's program and for my money the two that are most likely are You Were Never Really Here and L'amant Double.
Finally, I'm feeling a little better as we get down to this last two weeks before the fest. after a couple of years where my initial guesse haven't been terribly prescient, it looks like I was better this year. My success level with that first Ten Bets in the past few years has been:
2011: 8/10
2012: 5/10
2013: 6/10
2014: 7/10
2015: 4/10
2016: 3/10
Yes. 3 of 10 last year. My average over that time span was naming 5.5 films correctly that would eventually make the TFF lineup.
This year is better. Here's this year's first Ten Bets from back on June 30th with what appear to be correct guesses are marked with ***:
1) Loveless***
2) A Fantastic Woman***
3) Wonderstruck***
4) Visages/Villages***
5) The Florida Project
6) Downsizing***
7) You Were Never Really Here
8) 120 BPM
9) The Rider***
10) Battle of the Sexes***
7 of 10 with two misses: The Florida Project and 120 BPM
You Were Never Really There is still up in the air. I'm of a mind that it will play TFF #44.
Additionally, I had Lean on Pete and Loving Vincent in the list of other possibles. So maybe I'm getting back to a bit more wisdom.
TELLURIDE'S 20TH FESTIVAL
Here's another installment in my ongoing section of revisiting the history of the Telluride Film Festival. Today, as we continue to go back in time, we have a look at TFF #20 which ran Sept. 3-6, 1993.
Guest Director: John Boorman
Tributes: Ken Loach, Jennifer Jason Leigh and John Alton
SHOWS:
Abraham's Valley
The Ark
Blue (Jarman)
Blue (Kieslowski)
Bonne Chance
Border Incident
The Boys of St. Vincent
Chasing Butterflies
Clean, Shaven
Double Bind
Faraway, So Close
Farewell My Concubine
Fear and Desire
Flight of the Innocent
Gardiens de Phare
The Great Adventure
The Joy Luck Club
Kind of Blue
L627
The Last Stop
Love and Human Remains
Make Way For Tomorrow
Naked
The Piano
Point Blank
Raining Stones
Raw Deal
The Social Contract
Starting Place
Stella Polaris
Suture
Sylvester
T-Men
Time Has No Name
Upstage
The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl
Guests:
Joan Chen
Henry Czerny
Darryl Hannah
Leo McGarey
Michael Stipe
Amy Tan
Bertrand Tavernier
David Thewlis
Wayne Wang
Wim Wenders
Among the Filmmakers of Tomorrow participants was Darryl Hannah with her short The Last Supper.
BATTLE GOES TO BRITAIN
The BFI/London Film Fest has announced that the American Express Gala this year will be the European Premiere of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris' Battle of the Sexes starring Emma Stone and Steve Carrel. I am fully expecting that Battle of the Sexes will be screening at TFF #44 in a couple of weeks.
The film follows the true story of the famed 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King (Stone) and Bobby Riggs (Carrel). The film also stars Andrea Riseborough, Elisabeth Shue, Alan Cumming and Sarah Silverman.
Here's the latest trailer for the film from YouTube:
Battle of the Sexes is distributed by Fox Searchlight and will be released domestically on Sept. 22nd.
Linked here is coverage from:
That's your MTFB for Thursday. More tomorrow including TWENTY BETS for TFF #44.
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