MORE PEERING INTO THE OSCAR CRYSTAL BALL
More Oscar prognosticators have begun to turn the page from the 90th Oscars to begin to lay the groundwork for the 91st. As is my custom, I am mining their predictions for potential players for TFF #45.
Erik Anderson of Awards Watch posted his first pass this past week. Included on his Best Picture list are these films that might make the Telluride lineup:
Backseat-The Adam McKay directed biopic of Dick Cheney with Christian Bale and Amy Adams.
Black Klansman- This is my first inclusion on the prospective Telluride 2018 list. It's from Spike Lee and is based on the true story of Ron Stallworth, an African-American lawman who infiltrated the KKK. My primary reason for inclusion: It's distributed by Focus Features which played Darkest Hour at TFF last year.
Boy Erased- dir: Joel Edgerton
Can You Ever Forgive Me?-Melissa McCarthy stars in a drama. Marielle Heller directs and its from Fox Searchlight...which had a good year last year with a little film that played Telluride called The Shape of Water.
Everybody Knows- Asghar Farhadi is back. The film maker played past Tellurides with A Separation and The Past but did not in 2016 with The Salesman. A return could happen with this project that stars Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem.
First Man- Damian Chazelle's La La Land follow up about astronaut Neil Armstrong.
The Front Runner-Jason Reitman's focus on Gary Hart's flame out presidential run in with Hugh Jackman playing the Senator.
If Beale Street Could Talk- Barry Jenkins...
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote- Terry Gilliam's multi-decade passion project.
Mary, Queen of Scots- Saorise Ronan and Margot Robbie go toe to toe in this historical biopic. I'm actually back and forth about its chances, but it's also from Focus Features which, for the moment, tipped the scales for me to include it here.
Old Man and the Gun- Fox Searchlight again and Robert Redford...a past TFF tribute recipient.
Peterloo- Mike Leigh directs the story of labor strife in England.
Roma- Alfonso Cuaron could be back after Gravity's play in 2013.
Widows-Steve McQueen directs. That, by itself, might be enough to mean a Telluride play.
And maybe, again, maybe...Martin Scorsese's The Irishman...depending on what Netflix decides to do with its delivery.
Here's is Anderson's complete post.
Meanwhile, Joey Magidson has 2018-19 10 Oscar Best Picture picks up at Hollywood News. They include, as you'd expect, many of the same films that Anderson has named:
First Man, Backseat, The Front Runner, The Irishman and Boy erased. He also includes The Women of Marwen starring Steve Carrel.
Magidson's post is here
BARRY JENKINS OSCAR SPEECH
Photo from Indiewire
In the melee that was the end of the Oscar telecast in 2017, and with the reversal of fortune that presented itself after it was discovered that the winner was Moonlight and not La La Land, Barry Jenkins didn't get a chance to say what he intended to say as the telecast concluded.
That oversight was corrected, at least in some measure, yesterday in Austin, TX at the South by Southwest Fest where Jenkins was a keynote speaker.
Among other comments, Jenkins discussed the importance of not placing limitations on oneself.
Here is linked coverage of the address from Jenkins from:
Variety
Deadline
Indiewire
Got to say that I'm glad Jenkins gt the chance.
ARTHUR MILLER HAS A TRAILER
Rebecca Miller and HBO Docs brought Arthur Miller; Writer to TFF #45 last fall and now HBO has set its reveal for Mar. 19th. Consequently, a trailer for the documentary has been released. Here that is from YouTube:
That's all for today. More to come on Thursday.
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