WHILE WE'RE WAITING...
Here's a quick rundown of films playing the Venice fest that might be possible candidates to make the trans-Atlantic journey to the San Juans.
Competition category:
Maestro/B. Cooper
The Killer/D. Fincher
The Captain/M. Garrone
Poor Things/Y. Lanthimos
El Conde/P. Larrain
The most serious possibilities are El Conde and Poor Things. Maestro and The Killer are the least likely. Also Searchlight/Disney's choice to move Poor Things' release to Dec. 8th may indicate that the Yorgos Lanthimos film may just play Venice.
Out of Competition category:
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar/W. Anderson
Daaaaaali!/Q. Dupieux
The Caine Mutiny Court Martial/W. Friedkin
Honestly my feeling for each of these is that they're weak candidates. Also, Caine Mutiny's inclusion is more of a "wish-it-into existence" inclusion rather than based on any rational analysis.
Orrizzonti Extra category:
Day of the Fight/J. Huston
Mostly because I am intrigued by Jack Huston's directing debut.
WHILE WE'RE WAITING PART TWO...
World of Reel posted an updating list on Wednesday last week of possible festival films that have yet to be announced for any fest. Here that is:
“The Bikeriders” (Jeff Nichols)
“Love Lies Bleeding” (Rose Glass)
“The Actor” (Duke Johnson)
“Dream Scenario” (Kristoffer Borgli)
“Rebel Ridge” (Jeremy Saulnier)
“MaXXXine” (Ti West)
“Civil War” (Alex Garland)
“Strangers” (Andrew Haigh)
“L’Empire” (Bruno Dumont)
“Wizards” (David Michod)
“NightBitch” (Marielle Heller)
“Limonov” (Kirill Serebrennikov)
“Havoc” (Gareth Evans)
“I Saw the TV Glow” (Jane Schoenbrun)
“Shirley” (John Ridley)
“Silent Night” (John Woo)
“Without Blood” (Angelina Jolie)
“Foe” (Garth Davis)
“Holland, Michigan” (Mimi Cave)
“Leave the World Behind” (Sam Esmail)
ADDITIONS:
“Apartment 7A“ (Natalie Erika James)
“Duchess” (Neil Marshall)
“Freaky Tales” (Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck)
“Horizon: An American Saga” (Kevin Costner)
“The Marsh King’s Daughter” (Neil Burger)
“Monkey Man” (Dev Patel)
“Pussy Island” (Zoë Kravitz)
“Road House” (Doug Liman)
“Spaceman” (Johan Renck)
“Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story” (Jerry Seinfeld)
Best TFF #50 possibilities here:
Strangers/Haigh
Shirley/Ridley
The Bikeriders/Nichols (see below)
Without Blood/Jolie (see below)
The Actor/Johnson
Love Lies Bleeding/Glass
Nightbitch/Heller
I'VE BEEN HEARING...NICHOLS? JOLIE?
(photo compilation via People)
Lots of buzz that Jeff Nichols The Bikeriders might be a serious candidate for a Telluride slot. Granted it's a lot of Twitter or X or Elon's Crazy Playhouse...but the buzz there is a real.
Similarly, a late-breaking title that might be a T-ride potential is Angelina Jolie's Without Blood. Jolie was in Telluride in 2017 with her First They Killed My Father.
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