2019 TEN BETS #7 (PLUS BONUS BETS)
Time for the weekly update of MTFB's Ten Bets for the 46th Telluride Film Festival (plus some Bonus Bets).
Here were your Ten Bets and Bonuses from last week along with "Other Possibilities":
10) The Aeronauts
9) Ford v. Ferrari
8) The Two Popes
7) Pain and Glory
6) Uncut Gems
5) Judy
4) Motherless Brooklyn
3) Marriage Story
2) Portrait of a Lady on Fire
1) Parasite
This week, I add some "Bonus Bets":
Bonus 1) The Truth
Bonus 2) Varda by Agnes
Bonus 3) First Cow
Bonus 4) Family Romance LLC
Bonus 5) Country Music
Other possibilities (in no particular order):
The Climb, Little Women, The Good Liar, Untitled Todd Haynes Project (Dry Run?), Atlantics, Nomadland, Synonyms, Ad Astra, Molly, Lucy in the Sky, Seberg, Wasp Network, The King, A Hidden Life, Matthias and Maxime, 1917.
Now, after this week's digging and sleuthing...your new Ten Bets and Bonus Bets:
10) The Aeronauts
9) Ford v. Ferrari
8) The Two Popes
7) Pain and Glory
6) Uncut Gems
5) Judy
4) Motherless Brooklyn
3) Marriage Story
2) Portrait of a Lady on Fire
1) Parasite
Bonus 1) The Truth
Bonus 2) Varda by Agnes
Bonus 3) First Cow
Bonus 4) A Hidden Life
Bonus 5) The Report
Bonus 6) Beanpole
Bonus 7) The Kingmaker
Gone from the list of "Other Possibilities"- Wasp Network, Atlantics, Synonyms. Also gone that I had given some serious thought to: The Traitor, Bacurau and Young Ahmed.
Still on the list of Other Possibilities:
Family Romance LLC, Country Music, The Climb, Little Women, The Good Liar, Untitled Todd Haynes Project (Dry Run/Dark Water), Nomadland, Ad Astra, Molly, Lucy in the Sky, Seberg, The King, Matthias and Maxime, 1917.
MORE FROM TORONTO
The Toronto International Film Festival announced a slew more of films for their soiree that traditionally takes off the weekend after Telluride. They added films for their Discovery, Midnight Madness and Docs sections. Here's what those new announcements tell us for Labor Day weekend:
It looks as if Laura Greenfield's documentary about former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos is probable for Telluride as TIFF lists it as a Canadian Premiere and I can't find a trace of it having screened anywhere else.
And that seems like the only TFF addition we make from yesterday's TIFF news. All other films added to the three sections are listed as either World Premieres, North American Premieres, International Premieres-none of which are listed as American films -and the only other Canadian Premiere listed is such because it screened earlier this year at the Tribeca Film Fest.
Among notable docs that are listed as World Premiere's that I thought might have been a Telluride consideration:
Alex Gibney's Citizen K
Bryce Dallas Howard's Dads
Gabe Polsky's Red Penguins
Ellen Page's There's Something in the Water
Mark Cousins' Women Make Film
Fisher Stevens' And We Go Green
Toronto still has more to reveal over the next couple of weeks.
Here's the complete list of films announced yesterday from Variety.
LUCY IN THE SKY HAS A DATE FOR LIFTOFF
Multiple sources revealed that Fox Searchlight's Lucy in the Sky starring Natalie Portman has been dated for release in a limited fashion on Oct. 4th.
That means that we could still see it added to lineups for NYFF or TIFF. Even Venice. And it certainly remains a TFF #46 potential title.
The Noah Hawley film is loosely based on the true story of an astronaut's return from space and her personal difficulties upon that return.
Some news outlets suggest that a fall film presence is still possible and perhaps likely.
Here's coverage from
The Playlist
Indiewire
Entertainment Weekly
The Wrap
IT'S TIME TO PLAN YOUR PARTICIPATION
Yes indeed.
For the eighth consecutive year MTFB is soliciting your input for The People's Telluride. All you have to do is watch films during the fest and then, when it's all over, report to me your assessment of each film on a 1-5 scale with 1 being "UGH!" and 5 being "GREAT".
Each year the level of participation has grown and I'd like to keep that increasing.
Here are the top three People's results from each year we've done it:
2012:
1) Stories We Tell (4.80)
2) Argo (4.75)
3) The Attack (4.70)
2013:
1) Tim's Vermeer (4.67)
2) 12 Years a Slave (4.55)
3) Gravity (4.40)
2014:
1) The Imitation Game (4.73)
2) Birdman (4.46)
3) Wild Tales (4.23)
2015:
1) Room (4.47)
2) Spotlight (4.45)
3) Beasts of No Nation (4.35)
2016:
1) Moonlight (4.37)
2) La La Land (4.33)
3) Maudie (4.29)
2017:
1) Lady Bird (4.38)
2) The Shape of Water (4.22)
3) Darkest Hour (4.04)
2018:
1) Roma (4.47)
2) First Man (4.34)
3) Shoplifters (4.29)
The all time People's Top Ten going into the 2019 Telluride Film Festival are:
1) Stories We Tell (4.80) (12)
2) Argo (4.75) (12)
3) The Imitation Game (4.73) (14)
4) The Attack (4.70) (12)
5) Tim's Vermeer (4.67) (13)
6) 12 Years a Slave (4.55) (13)
7) Roma (tie-4.47) (18)
7) Room (tie-4.47) (15)
9) Birdman (4.46) (14)
10) Spotlight (4.45) (15)
When the time comes, you can send those ratings to me in any of the following ways listed as contact info for me listed below.
EMAIL: mpgort@gmail.com OR michael_speech@hotmail.com
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