VENICE SPECULATION AND THE ROAD TO TELLURIDE
Mike Leigh's Peterloo
The Hollywood Reporter's staff compiled a list of 15 films this week that they think have a shot at making the Venice lineup. The scuttlebutt I've been reading is that the Venice lineup may be stronger this year (and have an even more pronounced crossover with Telluride than in past years) due to the films that passed on or were passed over for a Cannes slot.
Last year saw an uptick in films that made the trip between the two fests and that trend, at least for the moment seems like it is likely to continue this year.
Among the 15 films listed by THR here are your most likely TFF #45 prospects:
If Beale Street Could Talk
The Sisters Brothers
Peterloo
First Man
Non Fiction
Beautiful Boy
The Death and Life of John F. Donovan
Sunset
Work Without Author
The article also lists Terrence Malick's Radegund, which, frankly sounds like the most interesting Malick project since The Tree of Life.
The complete THR article is linked here.
HOLLAND COULD RETURN
Gareth Jones still from Variety
Agnieszka Holland has been a past TFF participant (1986, 1995, 2001, 2011, 2013) and her new project, Gareth Jones, seems like it could mark the return to Telluride for the director of Burning Bush and In Darkness.
Gareth Jones tells the true story of a a reporter trying to cover the story of a man made famine in Russia in the 1930s.
This week, Variety posted an interview with actor James Norton who plays Gareth Jones, the welsh journalist who tried to shine a light on that story.
The interview from Variety is here.
RESTORATIONS FOR TFF #45?
Serge Bromberg
News this week of a restoration project that I think could find its way to the San Juans for Labor Day weekend. A new Serge Bromberg presentation has been announced, that, owing to Bromberg's lengthy track record with Telluride, has to be seriously considered as a part of this year's lineup.
The Film Society of Lincoln Center reported this week that Bromberg will present a program of recent restoration treasures in New York on June 20. That program will include films from Georges Melies and the Lumiere Brothers.
The press release for that presentation is here.
It wouldn't be all that surprising to see Bromberg back in Telluride this year.
That's your T-ride film news for Memorial Day 2018. More to come on Thursday...
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