LATEST TORONTO ANNOUNCEMENTS
First of all, take all of this with a grain of salt as the announcements from Toronto on Tuesday seemed to be off a bit in terms of premiere designations. Most of the confusion fell on Terrence Malick's A Hidden Life that was reported at least by one outlet as a North American premiere but which TIFF's own website now labels as a Canadian premiere thereby affirming its likelihood for Telluride.
However, both The Truth and Beanpole, which I had concluded were probably playing Telluride because of the New York film fest labeling both films New York premieres rather than U.S. premieres, were announced by TIFF as North American preems which would indicate no Telluride play.
After some back and forth behind the scenes, I think that there is still a chance that one or both of those films might still make a Telluride appearance.
Films that were otherwise confirmed for Telluride by their designations as Canadian premieres by TIFF included:
The Aeronauts
The Climb
Verdict
and after some hubbub...A Hidden Life
International premiere status points to the possibility of:
Dan Freidkin's Lyrebird...a post WWII story of an investigation into art theft and more.
Trey Edward Shults' Waves...about the vagaries of young love starring Lucas Hedges.
Appearing to drop out of the Telluride possibles list: Noah Hawley's Lucy in the Sky (slated as a World Premiere for TIFF), and Benedict Andrews' Seberg (billed as a North American premiere). Also, Ken Loach's Sorry We Missed You, Haifaa Al-Mansour's The Perfect Candidate and Ladj Ly's Les Miserables.
Toronto has one more set of films to announce and will do so next Tuesday.
NEW TRAILERS AND TEASERS
A HIDDEN LIFE
A trailer for Terrence Malick's A Hidden Life (which I think IS going to Telluride) was revealed Tuesday from the Fox Searchlight folks. Here it is from YouTube:
The trailer's great and I have hopes that Malick is back in Tree of Life/Thin Red Line territory.
LITTLE WOMEN
Here's the first trailer for Greta Gerwig's Little Women...which with the absence of its inclusion by Toronto in their Tuesday announcement, means it's still a minuscule Telluride possibility...and remember, I still have it in my fevered brain as a potential surprise sneak peek...
Here is that trailer, also from YouTube:
Yes please...
AD ASTRA
Unlikely but not eliminated...
PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
Back to a film I'm almost dead certain will play in a couple of weeks...Celine Sciamma's Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Thanks be to YouTube:
PARASITE
Also a lock for Labor Day...
CURRENT TEN BETS AND BONUS BETS
With a new Ten Bets coming tomorrow!
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
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