SPITBALLING TRIBUTES
2017 TFF Tributee Christian Bale
Although it's a little early, I thought we might take a quick stab today at considering who (or in some years it's been what) might be in line for a tribute at this year's TFF. As a starting point, let's consider the films from latest Ten Bets-since I'm pretty confident about those titles making The SHOW lineup:
1) Roma
2) First Man
3) The Old Man and the Gun
4) Cold War
5) The Front Runner
6) Dogman
7) Shoplifters
8) Can You Ever Forgive Me?
9) Non Fiction
10) The Favourite
I also feel strongly about these making the lineup as well:
The Other Side of the Wind, White Boy Rick, Peterloo.
This group of 13 films gives us a rich list of potential tribute candidates.
Actors from the above films that could get the tribute treatment:
Ryan Gosling/First Man
Sissy Spacek/The Old Man and the Gun
Hugh Jackman/The Front Runner
Rachel Weisz/The Favourite
Emma Stone/The Favourite
Juliette Binoche/Non Fiction
Guillaume Canet/Non Fiction
Matthew McConaughey/White Boy Rick
Directors that could be feted:
Matteo Garrone/Dogman
Olivier Assasyas/Non Fiction
Alfonso Cuaron/Roma
David Lowery/The Old Man and the Gun
Hirokazu Kore-eda/Shoplifters
What do you think?
SCREENTALK TALKS FESTS
Anne Thompson and Eric Kohn of Indiewire sat down after last week's Toronto and Venice announcements to record their ScreenTalk podcast.
The discussion was far-ranging and included specific mention of films they are willing to tag as Telluride films: The Favourite, Roma, First Man, White Boy Rick. They also mention Can You Ever Forgive Me? and Peterloo though not in the context of Telluride. They also spend some time talking about a theory that some distributors are now wary of Telluride suggesting that the four day weekend puts too much pressure on a film.
Could this explain the (at least so far) absence of any mention of films from Focus Features? Boy Erased, Mary Queen of Scots and On the Basis if Sex?
Last weekend's ScreenTalk is here.
TORONTO'S SECOND WAVE TOMORROW
The Toronto International Film Festival will announce their second wave of films tomorrow morning. It will be Canadian-centric, though they do sometimes make some other announcements in this wave, they are few.
Last year I wasn't able to glean any truly useful Telluride info from their second announcement. In 2016, I was able to eliminate Xavier Dolan's It's Only the End of the World because of TIFF's second wave so there is a occasionally some knowledge that can be gotten. Perhaps we'll discover the status of Dolan's new film The Death and Life of John F. Donovan.
That's today's MTFB. More will be forthcoming on Thursday!
2) First Man
3) The Old Man and the Gun
4) Cold War
5) The Front Runner
6) Dogman
7) Shoplifters
8) Can You Ever Forgive Me?
9) Non Fiction
10) The Favourite
I also feel strongly about these making the lineup as well:
The Other Side of the Wind, White Boy Rick, Peterloo.
This group of 13 films gives us a rich list of potential tribute candidates.
Actors from the above films that could get the tribute treatment:
Ryan Gosling/First Man
Sissy Spacek/The Old Man and the Gun
Hugh Jackman/The Front Runner
Rachel Weisz/The Favourite
Emma Stone/The Favourite
Juliette Binoche/Non Fiction
Guillaume Canet/Non Fiction
Matthew McConaughey/White Boy Rick
Directors that could be feted:
Matteo Garrone/Dogman
Olivier Assasyas/Non Fiction
Alfonso Cuaron/Roma
David Lowery/The Old Man and the Gun
Hirokazu Kore-eda/Shoplifters
What do you think?
SCREENTALK TALKS FESTS
Anne Thompson and Eric Kohn of Indiewire sat down after last week's Toronto and Venice announcements to record their ScreenTalk podcast.
The discussion was far-ranging and included specific mention of films they are willing to tag as Telluride films: The Favourite, Roma, First Man, White Boy Rick. They also mention Can You Ever Forgive Me? and Peterloo though not in the context of Telluride. They also spend some time talking about a theory that some distributors are now wary of Telluride suggesting that the four day weekend puts too much pressure on a film.
Could this explain the (at least so far) absence of any mention of films from Focus Features? Boy Erased, Mary Queen of Scots and On the Basis if Sex?
Last weekend's ScreenTalk is here.
TORONTO'S SECOND WAVE TOMORROW
The Toronto International Film Festival will announce their second wave of films tomorrow morning. It will be Canadian-centric, though they do sometimes make some other announcements in this wave, they are few.
Last year I wasn't able to glean any truly useful Telluride info from their second announcement. In 2016, I was able to eliminate Xavier Dolan's It's Only the End of the World because of TIFF's second wave so there is a occasionally some knowledge that can be gotten. Perhaps we'll discover the status of Dolan's new film The Death and Life of John F. Donovan.
That's today's MTFB. More will be forthcoming on Thursday!
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