SPSC ACQUIRES ONE FINE MORNING
Mia Hansen Love has been a significant presence at Telluride for some time. That's also been true for her films as far as being invited to Cannes. This year she has another film playing in France as a part of the Director's Fortnight section. One Fine Morning has been getting more than decent critical notices. As such, it has already been mentioned here as a potential TFF #49 selection.
Now comes news that Sony Pictures Classics has acquired the film for North America and beyond. That acquisition increases that chances that the film will make a trek to the San Juans over Labor Day weekend. As most readers of this Blog know, SPC has had a very good relationship with TFF for many years.
Hansen-Love films that have screened at Telluride: Goodbye First Love, Things to Come and Bergman Island
Recent SPC films at TFF: Julia, The Duke, The Father, Pain and Glory, A Fantastic Woman, The Rider and Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool.
A24 NABS AFTERSUN
Meanwhile, A24 has acquired Charlotte Wells' Aftersun. The film has made a splash in France. The solid critical response and the A24 move means that we have to give it some serious thought about a spot at The SHOW. Adding fuel to the T-ride speculation is that the film is produced, in part, by Barry Jenkin's PASTEL. You have to think that helps it be on the Telluride radar.
CRITICS FROM CANNES
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As we head into the home stretch of the Cannes Film Fest and the choice for the winner of the Palme d'Or looms, here is your latest check of potential TFF films screening in France and their current critical standing based on Reini Urban's collected sample of critics.
Decision to Leave (Park Chan-wook) 7.54
Close (Lukas Dhont) 8.71
Holy Spider (Ali Abbasi) 6.66
Final Cut (Michel Hazanavicius) 7.42
One Fine Morning (Mia Hansen-Love) 7.45
Armageddon Time (James Gray) 6.88
All the People I'll Never Be (David Chou) 7.05
Showing Up (Kelly Reichardt) 6.75
R.M.N. (Cristian Mungiu) 6.81
Aftersun (Charlotte Wells) 8.25
Broker (Hirozaku Kore-eda) 6.25
Tori and Lokita (The Dardennes Brothers) 6.35
Stars at Noon (Claire Denis) 7.54
WHAT'S NETFLIX GOT?
It's that time of year where I try to peer into the films that we think could be ready for a Labor Day screening from some of the producers/distributors that have been common players at previous Telluride Film Fests.
And we start with what has become the most ubiquitous player at TFF over the past few years. Since 2015Netflix has shown:
2015: Beasts of No Nation, Winter on Fire
2016: I Called Him Morgan, The Ivory Game, Into the Inferno
2017: First They Killed My Father, Wormwood
2018: Dovlatov, Girl, Reversing Roe, Roma, The Other Side of the Wind, They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2019: Inside Bill's Brain, Marriage Story, Tell Me Who I Am, The Two Popes
2020: No announced films
2021: The Hand of God, The Lost Daughter, The Power of the Dog, Procession
That's an impressive run. But...
You have to wonder with all the turmoil at Netflix of late...decreasing membership, lower stock prices and layoffs as well as the inability of the big streaming giant to land a Best Picture win (3 big shots at that prize over the past four years-Roma, Marriage Story and The Power of the Dog) if they will consider changing strategies this year.
Then there's the question of what they have that could be players in awards season.
Noah Baumbach's White Noise
Andrew Dominik's NC-17 rated Blonde
George C. Wolfe's Rustin
David Fincher's The Killer (Will it be ready by September?)
Tobias Lindholm's The Good Nurse
Kenya Barris' You People
Guillermo Del Toro's Piniocchio (Will it be ready?)
John Ridley's Shirley
Sebastian DeLilio's The Wonder
From this group and at the moment it feels like the best bets are White Noise, Shirley and The Wonder with honorable mentions for Blonde and Pinocchio.
***Added on June 9th- Look out for The Good Nurse
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