THE CANNES SPECULATION BEGINS
With the Cannes Film Festival just a couple of months away, it's time to start thinking in a serious fashion what could play as part of their programs with an eye, then. to those films that could bow in France and then have their North American unveiling over Labor Day weekend in the Colorado Rockies.
To that end, you may have notice The Hollywood Reporter's analysis this week of 50 films that their authors say have a shot at making the 2019 Cannes lineup.
Casting an eye over that moderately extensive list of films, these are the titles that jump out at me as worth a glance as we look for films that could make the TFF #45 program (click on the title to go to its IMDb page):
Against All Enemies dir: Benedict Andrews
Ahmed dir: The Dardennes Brothers
The Truth dir: Hirokazu Koreeda
Ema dir. Pablo Larrain
Radegund dir. Terrence Malick (admittedly more a wish than a prophecy)
First Cow dir: Kelly Reichardt
The Laundromat dir. Stephen Soderbergh
Of course, there are a number of others listed in the THR article that intrigue and could certainly pop up both in France and Telluride. The complete THR article is linked here.
BUT NOT THIS ONE?
One film listed in the preceding THR linked story is Martin Scorsese's much anticipated Netflix backed gangster drama The Irishman. Interestingly, within a day of its publication, ShowBiz411 reported that The Irishman will NOT be ready to make an appearance at Cannes.
Roger Friedman headlines his story from Thursday with "Confirmed: No Irishman at Cannes". In the body of the story Friedman writes "The film is shot...but the special effects will take months." Friedman also implies that The Irishman might eschew fall fests altogether which would certainly fit Scorsese's recent M.O.
The complete ShowBiz411 post is linked here.
AND ON A RELATED AND GAME CHANGING NOTE...VENICE/NETFLIX?
Eric Kohn wrote a piece this last week at Indiewire which explores where the Cannes/Netflix relationship is and may be headed. In it he reports that the Venice International Film Festival may be following Cannes path in regards to screening of Netflix films as the battle over how various entities, Festivals and the Oscars particularly, deal with the films that are produced by the streaming giant.
Kohn reports that a recently signed law in Italy that would establish guidelines for theatrical distribution of films there that are similar to the laws in France which have been the central issue in the ongoing Netflix-Cannes confrontation.
Kohn writes, "The Lido may off limits to Netflix in the coming year". Additionally, he speculates that that turn of events could conceivably benefit Telluride (and Toronto) writing that it "could be very good" for both fests.
The full paragraph from Kohn is a s follows:
"Netflix doesn’t necessarily need a bump from the festival for its most anticipated films. “Roma” found plenty of acclaim at Venice, Telluride, and Toronto. The Lido may be off-limits to Netflix in the coming year, as Italy’s Minister of Culture Albert Bonisoli signed a law in November requiring theatrical windows in the country similar to the rule in France. But Telluride and Toronto, both of which declined comment for this story, continue to maintain close relationships with Netflix and remain tangible fall launchpads for awards-season hopefuls."
The complete Kohn story is linked here.
EARLY OSCAR ANALYSIS
Also from Indiewire this week is a peak at early Oscar speculation from their resident Oscar guru Anne Thompson. The article focuses specifically on directors that she perceives might be on the Oscar short list in the months after Telluride comes to a close but still gives us some good fodder for thinking about films that might make their way to the San Juans.
On her list that might be worth our contemplation (and, as above, linked to their IMDb page):
Noah Baumbach' Untitled Project (starring Adam Driver)
Greta Gerwig's Little Women
Noah Hawley's Lucy in the Sky
Marielle Heller's A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Hirokazu Koreeda's The Truth (mentioned and linked above)
Dee Ree's The Last Thing He Wanted
Jay Roach's Fair and Balanced
Martin Scorsese's The Irishman (if it's ready and fall fests are even a part of its release strategy...see above)
Joe Wright's The Woman in the Window
Thompson's complete Indiewire story is linked here.
That's today's MTFB. More on Thursday.
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