CANNES SPECULATION BEGINS IN EARNEST
The 71st Cannes Film Festival is less than two months away (it runs May 8-19) and Screen Daily has posted what I believe to be the first large Cannes speculation piece that I have come across.
As many Telluride attendees know, the Cannes-Telluride crossover is usually quite significant from year to year. It's not at all uncommon for 25% or more of the features that screen at Telluride to have played at Cannes previously. So, a discerning assessment of what may make the Cannes lineup also serves as a window on some possible TFF selections.
Last year, for example, the first Cannes piece here went up on March 9th and included Wonderstruck, Downsizing and Loveless.The Mar. 13th post added Lean on Pete and The Insult.
In my look at the corresponding Screen Daily article from a year ago, I included Wonderstruck, Lean on Pete and Loveless. That SD article also included The Insult and Foxtrot.
That said, here are the films that Screen Daily suggests for Cannes that could also be Telluride players in my estimation:
From North America: The Death and Life of John F. Donovan, Beautiful Boy, Boy Erased, At Eternity's Gate.
From UK/Ireland: Peterloo, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, The Eyes of Orson Welles.
From France: The Sisters Brothers, Non Fiction.
From Italy: Dogman.
From Central and Eastern Europe: Sunset and Cold War.
From Spain: Everybody Knows.
From Latin America: Roma.
From Asia: Ash Is Purest White, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Shadow.
The complete Screen Daily article is here.
NEW TRAILER FOR THE RIDER
A new trailer has been released from SPC for Chloe Zhao's The Rider. Here it is from YouTube:
The Rider opens April 13th. Here's Alex Billington's/FirstShowing.net article that accompanied the trailer's release.
TAPLEY MUSES ON TELLURIDE'S POPULARITY
If you haven't heard, 2018 passes for TFF #45 are sold out. Every level...sold out. Depending who your read , that happened in 2-4 days. Kristopher Tapley, co-editor at Variety and long time Telluride attendee tweeted his astonishment this week:
That's all for this Thursday. More to come on Monday. Enjoy your weekend.
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