TFF #46 TEN BETS #8 (AND BONUS BETS)
Toronto announcements with premiere designation uncertainty, Venice scheduling revelations and the appearance of trailers this week all had an effect on the latest Ten Bets for TFF #46.
Last week's Ten Bets (and Bonus Bets) as well as "other possible" films looked like this:
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
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.
After this past week's events...here's your new Ten Bets plus Bonus Bets:
10) The Aeronauts
9) Ford v. Ferrari
8) The Two Popes
7) Judy
6) Pain and Glory
5) Uncut Gems
4) Portrait of a Lady on Fire
3) Motherless Brooklyn
2) Marriage Story
1) Parasite
Bonus Bets:
Bonus 1) Varda by Agnes
Bonus 2) First Cow
Bonus 3) A Hidden Life
Bonus 4) The Report
Bonus 5) The Kingmaker
Bonus 6) The Climb
Bonus 7) Waves
Bonus 8) Lyrebird
Bonus 9) Verdict
The Truth and Beanpole drop out of the Bonus Bets as Toronto lists them both as North American premieres...but...I can tell you that there is some background noise that one or both might still be mis-identified in terms of that premiere status and that there is still some outside possibility that either one of them could still screen at Telluride.
And the remaining list of other possibles gets smaller:
Family Romance LLC, Country Music, Little Women, The Good Liar, Untitled Todd Haynes Project (Dry Run/Dark Water), Nomadland, Ad Astra, Molly, Matthias and Maxime, 1917.
On a couple of side notes...
I'm on the case of another film that could be screening at Telluride but i haven't put together enough info to pass it along. Suffice to say the title hasn't been mentioned AT ALL in this space as yet and may not if I can't dig up enough corroboration.
And...I've had a bunch of good guesses come my way about Tributes...and no one has landed on any of the recipients as yet. It's kind of fun. Of course, I could be wrong.
Last note...there are only a couple of Ten Bets left before The SHOW. I'll post #9 a week from today and #10 will go up on Wednesday, Aug. 28th...the day before the Telluride lineup is expected to drop.
GERWIG TALKS LITTLE WOMEN
Entertainment Weekly's Mary Sollosi put together that outlet's coverage of the release of the trailer for Greta Gerwig's Little Women. That story included fresh responses from the director/writer herself focused on the casting of the film. Indiewire picked up on that and provided an expanded story by Ryan Lattanzio.
I'm still cogitating about the chances that the film could be a surprise at T-ride. Believe me, it's a far-fetched notion as my background voices range from "it's not playing" to 'it's probably not playing". Honestly, I haven't run across anyone in the biz who has anything like the same notion that I have. So, everyone, as I have said before, the chance for a T-ride play for this sits at 2%.
Still, the timing of the trailer and these stories makes me wonder...
The EW story is linked here.
Indiewire's expansion is linked here.
WORLD OF REEL: T-RIDE PREDIX AND NON-FEST FILMS
Jordan Ruimy continues to crank out good stuff about festival season including a new Telluride prediction update on Wednesday that mirrors much of what you see here and who also continues to include kind words about MTFB. That latest update from World of Reel is linked here.
World of Reel's Theo Fisher also posted a list of ten films that he says are not going to film fests that by and large seem on point to me.
Of note are Queen and Slim...which I have seen in at least one place as a prediction for Telluride. Sam Mendes 1917 and Little Women (see what I mean). Though there is this line in the text of the paragraph about the Gerwig project appearing at a fall festival "is highly unlikely". But, hey, it's not definitive.
Here's the link to the entire article and list of ten films.
TEASING THE PEOPLE'S TELLURIDE
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".
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