TEN (ACTUALLY 16) BETS #7
Here's your weekly assessment of what I think are the films that will play at the Telluride Film Festival based on the announcements from other fests, social media, media speculation and my own best estimate.
As always...
Last Week's Ten (really 16) Bets plus additional possibilities
1) Wonderstruck
2) Downsizing
3) Battle of the Sexes
4) The Shape of Water
5) Darkest Hour
6) A Fantastic Woman
7) Hostiles
8) Lady Bird
9) The Rider
10) Loving Vincent
11) Human Flow
12) First They Killed My Father
13) Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
14) Wormwood
15) The Florida Project and Visages/Villages (tie)
Other possibilities: Loveless, You Were Never Really Here, Lean on Pete, Mary Magdalene, The Other Side of Hope, Mektoub My Love, First Reformed, Happy End, Our Souls at Night, The Death and Life of John F. Donovan, Molly's Game.
This week's Ten (really 16) Bets #7
1) Downsizing
2) Wonderstruck
3) The Shape of Water
4) Battle of the Sexes
5) Darkest Hour
6) Loving Vincent
7) Hostiles
8) Lady Bird
9) A Fantastic Woman
10) The Rider
11) Visages/Villages
12) First They Killed My Father
13) Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
14) The Other Side of Hope
15) Wormwood
16) Before We Vanish
Films still possible for Telluride:
Happy End
Marshall
Wonder
Mary Magdalene
Loveless
Final Portrait
The Silent Man
Molly's Game
The Snowman
Lean on Pete
Redoubtable
L'amant Double
You Were Never Really Here
Our Souls at Night
Chappaquiddick
Mektoub My Love
The Death and Life of John F. Donovan
Of these remaining possibles here are the five most likely:
1) Loveless
2) Lean on Pete
2) Lean on Pete
3) You Were Never Really Here
4) Happy End
5) L'amant Double
LOVING VINCENT IS SOLID
We have thought that the hand painted animated prize winning feature film Loving Vincent would be on the Telluride list this year and I can report that sources tell me that it is solidly a part of The SHOW.
The new trailer earlier this week looked gorgeous. The film will be released in the U.S. Sept. 22nd.
MORE VIEWS OF THE SHAPE OF WATER
Slash Film reported new stills from Guillermo Del Toro's The Shape of Water this week. It might, at this point, be the film I am most looking forward to for TFF #44.
Here are a couple of the new pics:
LEAN ON PETE NEWS
Had a knowledgeable source last night tell me that Andrew Haigh's Lean on Pete will likely bow in Venice on the first Friday of that fest which, theoretically could allow it to make a screening in Telluride (just as I suggested might be possible for Our Souls at Night in yesterday's post).
Now, that doesn't guarantee anything but does keep the door open for the film to make the trans-Atlantic trip. See the following story...
The schedule for the Venice Film Festival was posted overnight and gives clues about what films we think may play both places.
We already have had some clues. I was already fairly certain about things like Downsizing, The Shape of Water, Wormwood and Human Flow due to their Toronto status or other reporting. Those films seem to be in good shape for Telluride with Venice dates that will allow them to do Venice and then come to T-ride or the reverse...do Telluride and then to Venice.
We also know that Venice director Alberto Barbera has said that there are likely 7-8 films that would play both places.
Downsizing opens Venice on Aug. 30
The Shape of Water plays Aug. 31
Human Flow plays Sept.1...which is probably as late as a film can play Venice and still make T-ride.
Then...
Wormwood plays Sept. 6 which would allow a Telluride bow before Errol Morris headed to Italy.
Other films we have been pointing out that fall into either the early or late windows:
Early:
Aug. 31-Paul Schrader's First Reformed and (though I haven't had this on my radar) William Freidkin's The Devil and Father Amorth (yes please)
Sept. 1- Andrew Haigh's Lean on Pete and Ritesh Batra's Our Souls at Night
Late:
Sept. 6-Warwick Thornton's Sweet Country
Sept. 7-Mektoub My Love Canto Uno
That's six films in addition to the four that we thought were already probable to make the journey. My guess is that the additional three or four are among these.
The full Venice Schedule is here.
More analysis on Monday...
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That's your MTFB for Friday, Aug. 11, 2017. More on Monday!
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