Obsessing about the Telluride Film Festival and the film awards season since 2008!
"The best blog out there for predicting what will be going to Telluride."-Matt Neglia, Next Best Picture
"The Nostradamus of Telluride"
-Tim Appelo, Movies for Grownups
"But it's our job." - Anne Thompson, Indiewire
I continue the procession through European film production companies that have had a filic presence at Telluride festivals lately as a means to assessing what films could play there this year and today's examination focuses on France 2 Cinema.
Here's their recent track record at TFF:
2011: The Kid with a Bike
2010: The Princess of Montpensier
2009: Farewell, Inferno, Coco Before Chanel, A Prophet
Prior to that I can't find any other films prior to 2004.
As you can see, a big year for France 2 Cinema in 2009 with 4 films then just one in 2010 and 2011. What's got Telluride potential on the F2C plate:
Olivier Assasyas' "Something in the Air", Walter Salles' "On the Road", Alain Renais' "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" and Jacques Audiard's "Rust and Bone".
All are real possibilities with "Rust" and "Something" the more likely (I think).
Tomorrow: France 3 Cinema.
NEW VIEW OF DJANGO
Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" continues its steady drip of publicity with the release of a new TV spot that grabbed a good deal of attention the last few days. Here it is:
There has been a little thought that Brian DePalma's new film "Passion" might be available for fall festivals including Telluride (though I'm dubious that it will be either ready or Telluride bound). The Playlist posted a new image from the film with comment here:
Serge Bromberg is a frequent guest at Telluride with various and sundry restoration projects. Last year he presented the restored "A Trip to the Moon" and 2009 saw "Inferno".
Now, a little twitterverse trivia seems to indicate that he'll be back in Telluride this year and likely with Cahrlie Chaplin material in tow. Sounds intriguing...
I started looking studio by studio, distributor by distributor this week at those film firms that are often the source for films that play at Telluride. This first week focused on 4 specifically: Focus Features, Fox Searchlight, Sony Pictures Classics and The Weinstein Company. Here's what I had to say:
FOCUS ON FOCUS
Today I begin the breakdown of some of the "usual suspects" in as far as film companies that produce and/or distribute and are, at least sometimes, players at the Telluride Film Festival. This week I'll be focusing on domestic companies and specifically today on Focus Features.
Focus has had what I would term a "modest" Telluride relationship in the recent past. It has been represented there previously and in some years has been fairly prevalent. There have also been some years where Focus has been absent altogether.
Here's the recent Focus films that have been in Telluride's lineup:
As distributor:
2007: Into the Wild
2006: Catch a Fire
2005: Brokeback Mountain
2004: The Motorcycle Diaries, House of Flying Daggers
2003: Lost in Translation
As production company:
2010: Bitiful, Another Year
As you can see. Focus doesn't play every year at T-ride and doesn't play "big" (I define "big" as 3 or more films).
So what does Focus have in store for this year that might tempt the Telluride programmers?
They're distributing Joe Wright's "Anna Karenina" and Roger Michell's "Hyde Park on Hudson". They're producing and distributing the Gus Van Sant directed Matt Damon and John Krasinski authored and starrer "Promised Land" which IMDb lists in post-production but which at least film news outlet thinks might be ready for fall festivals and Oscar consideration.
Of the three "Hyde Park on Hudson" is almost a lock I think. It's directed by Roger Michell (TFF's in 1995 for "Persuasion", 2004 for "Enduring Love" and 2006 with "Venus") and stars Laura Linney (tributed at TFF in 2004 (Kinsey and P.S.) and returning to Telluride with films or as a part of their guest list in 2006 (Jindabayne), 2007 (The Savages), 2008, 2009 and 2010).
In all likelihood "Hyde Park" is the lone representative from Focus Features at Telluride this year.
If there is a second, it's probably more likely to be "Promised Land" if it's ready. Director Gus Van Sant has had some Telluride experience in the past...but it's been a good while (1995 To Die For, 2003 Elephant).
"Anna Karenina" is the least likely, though not completely impossible. Joe Wright's career is young enough not to have a long track record of films to have even been considered for Telluride. In AK's favor, I suppose, is the fact that TFF programmers have enjoyed programming films that star Keira Knightley as of late: 2011: "A Dangerous Method" and in 2010: "Never Let Me Go".
FOX SEARCHLIGHT
I'm continuing my look at the "independent" type production/distribution firms that have had a significant presence at the Teluuride Film Festival over the past few years in order to look at their possible offerings for this year's fest. Today's company is Fox Searchlight.
FS has had a number of high profile films over the past several years at T-ride including:
As distributor and/or production company:
2011: Shame, The Descendants
2010: 127 Hours, Never Let Me Go, Black Swan
2008: Slumdog Millionaire
2007: Juno, The Savages
2006: The Namesake, The Last King of Scotland
2004: Kinsey
2000: Quills
Take note of three things:
1) FS plays most years (especially since 2006)
2) FS averages 2 films per year when they play
3) FS does NOT always play...ex. 2009
4) When they do have offerings, they're almost always a part of the year end awards conversation.
So what's the takeaway?
Fox Searchlight's slate this year is not particularly large nor Telluride friendly.
Chan-wook Park's "Stoker" has been getting a lot of buzz, but doesn't seem particularly Telluride-like.
Ben Lewin's "Sessions" premiered at Sundance...
Benh Zeitlin's "Beasts of the Southern Wild" opened today in New York and L.A.
Jonathan Dayton and Valeire Faris' "Ruby Sparks" opens July 25.
Nothing else listed at the FS page on IMDb seems likely in terms of content or time frame.
Now, there is "The East" from director Zal Batmanglij that is NOT currently listed with Fox Searchlight on IMDb but is reported as an FS project in the media. "The East" has no announced release date and is listed as being post-production. It was written by (and also stars) indie rising star Batmanglij and Brit Marling who also co-wrote "Sound of My Voice". Marling also penned and starred in 2011 Sundance sensation "Another Earth".
"The East" co-writer/star Brit Marling
"The East" also stars Alexander Skarsgard, Ellen Page, Patricia Clarkson and Julia Ormand
So, ultimately, "The East" becomes Fox Searchlight's best Telluride option by default. That's why I have it listed on this week's (and the summer's first) "Ten Bets" list posted Monday.
I'm still hoping (and nagging) that "Sessions" gets on the Telluride program despite having had its premiere at Sundance.
I am continuing my summer march through film distribution and production companies and their recent past relationship in terms of the Telluride Film Festival as a way of looking at possibilities for what we might see come Labor Day weekend.
Today's focus is on a major player at Telluride: Sony Pictures Classics...what is essentially Sony Pictures Entertainment's indy/foreign wing.
Here's what SPC has shown in Telluride recently:
2011: A Dangerous Method, In Darkness, Footnote, A Separation
2010: Incendies, Of Gods and Men, Tamara Drewe, Another Year, The Illusionist, Inside Job
2009: The Last Station, The White Ribbon, Coco Before Chanel, A Prophet, An Education
2008: Waltz with Bashir, I've Loved You So Long
2007: O'Horten, Brick Lane, When Did You Last See Your Father, Persepolis, The Band's Visit, The Counterfeiters
2006: Jindabyne, The Lives of Others, Volver,
2005: Breakfast on Pluto, Capote
2004: Being Julia, House of Flying Daggers, Bad Education
So you can see, SPC averages about 4 films per TFF over the last 8 years, tending toward more rather than less as you look at the most recent years.
SPC's IMDb page appears to list 4 films that haven't or will not have been released prior to TFF and which did not bow at Sundance making them all prime possibilities:
Susanne Bier's "Love is All You Need" starring Pierce Brosnan.
Jacques Audiard's "Rust and Bone" with Marion Cotillard
Pablo Larrain's "No" with Gael Garcia Bernal
and Michael Haneke's Cannes Palme D'Or Winner "Amour"
My bet right now is that "Rust", "No" and "Amour" are all going to make the Telluride cut (see Monday's Ten Bets list) and I'd put the odds at 50% for "Love is All You Need".
One final note: should SPC pick up the North American distribution for other films in the next 6 weeks or so (or if they have them already and they just haven't been announced) then depending on strategy, those late acquisitions could stop in Telluride as well.
THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY
Today marks the fourth day to continue our examination of production/distribution film firms that have or may have a Telluride connection in the past and one for 2012. Today's company du jour is The Weinstein Company.
TWC usually plays Telluride, but it often does so with two characteristics being true. First, they don't normally have many films there and second, the films they do have are almost always serious awards contenders by the end of the year and it's very clear that the Weinstein people (meaning head guy Harvey Weinstein) carefully calibrates choices in terms of what they wish to unveil during the Labor Day festival.
Here's the TWC Telluride history as a distributor/producer:
2011: The Artist (Best Pic winner), Butter
2010: The King's Speech (Best Pic winner)
2009: The Road
2007: I'm Not There, My Enemy's Enemy
So, as you can see, one or two films per year with the last two years being part of the path that TWC used on the way to winning the Best Picture Oscar.
So what does TWC bring to Telluride in 2012? Their shelves are stocked full...so many potential Telluride releases. I have a feeling that this is the year that there are more than two TWC films on the TFF #39 program...
Here are the most likely/intriguing possibilities that TWC has slated for a 2012 release that fit Telluride's window:
Dustin Hoffman's "Quartet"
Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained"
Kar Wai Wong's "The Grandmasters"
Regis Roinsard's "Populaire"
David O. Russell's "The Silver Linings Playbook" (see trailer below)
Paul Andrew Williams "Song for Marion"
Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master"
Andrew Dominick's "Killing Them Softly"
Wayne Blair's "The Sapphires"
John Hillcoat's "Lawless" is set for an Aug. 29th release date...so no Telluride for what was once called "The Wettest County in the World".
Currently I only have "Song for Marion" listed on this week's "Ten Bets" list but I think ANY of the films listed above are possible T-ride choices.
If forced to handicap the field I'd suggest that the most likely are "The Sapphires", "The Silver Linings
Playbook" and, yes, I'm going to say it..."The Master".
Mid-level possibilities: "Killing Them Softly" and "Populaire"
Least Likely: "The Grandmasters", "Quartet" and "Django Unchained".
If you're breathlessly awaiting the arrival of Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" then you need to go to this website now: http://ht.ly/bOd27
Links to pictures, logo, trailer and a ton of other stuff on this "Webmasters Toolkit".
There is a lot of stuff here...
And, finally, the year's first "Ten Bets" list was up on Monday. I'll have an new list up in 2 days... Here's this week's:
1) Amour
2) Rust and Bone
3) Beyond the Hills
4) Hyde Park on Hudson
5) Song for Marion
6) No
7) Midnight's Children
8) The East
9) Something in the Air
10) On the Road
38th Telluride Film Fest favorite and Best Picture Oscar winner "The Artist" is available today on VD and Blu Ray. Check it out.
FOCUS ON FOCUS
Today I begin the breakdown of some of the "usual suspects" in as far as film companies that produce and/or distribute and are, at least sometimes, players at the Telluride Film Festival. This week I'll be focusing on domestic companies and specifically today on Focus Features.
Focus has had what I would term a "modest" Telluride relationship in the recent past. It has been represented there previously and in some years has been fairly prevalent. There have also been some years where Focus has been absent altogether.
Here's the recent Focus films that have been in Telluride's lineup:
As distributor:
2007: Into the Wild
2006: Catch a Fire
2005: Brokeback Mountain
2004: The Motorcycle Diaries, House of Flying Daggers
2003: Lost in Translation
As production company:
2010: Bitiful, Another Year
As you can see. Focus doesn't play every year at T-ride and doesn't play "big" (I define "big" as 3 or more films).
So what does Focus have in store for this year that might tempt the Telluride programmers?
They're distributing Joe Wright's "Anna Karenina" and Roger Michell's "Hyde Park on Hudson". They're producing and distributing the Gus Van Sant directed Matt Damon and John Krasinski authored and starrer "Promised Land" which IMDb lists in post-production but which at least film news outlet thinks might be ready for fall festivals and Oscar consideration.
Of the three "Hyde Park on Hudson" is almost a lock I think. It's directed by Roger Michell (TFF's in 1995 for "Persuasion", 2004 for "Enduring Love" and 2006 with "Venus") and stars Laura Linney (tributed at TFF in 2004 (Kinsey and P.S.) and returning to Telluride with films or as a part of their guest list in 2006 (Jindabayne), 2007 (The Savages), 2008, 2009 and 2010).
In all likelihood "Hyde Park" is the lone representative from Focus Features at Telluride this year.
If there is a second, it's probably more likely to be "Promised Land" if it's ready. Director Gus Van Sant has had some Telluride experience in the past...but it's been a good while (1995 To Die For, 2003 Elephant).
"Anna Karenina" is the least likely, though not completely impossible. Joe Wright's career is young enough not to have a long track record of films to have even been considered for Telluride. In AK's favor, I suppose, is the fact that TFF programmers have enjoyed programming films that star Keira Knightley as of late: 2011: "A Dangerous Method" and in 2010: "Never Let Me Go".
Tomorrow a look at Fox Searchlight.
ALL DJANGO ALL THE TIME
If you're breathlessly awaiting the arrival of Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" then you need to go to this website now: http://ht.ly/bOd27
Links to pictures, logo, trailer and a ton of other stuff on this "Webmasters Toolkit".
Last year about this time I began a weekly list of what I felt like the 10 most likely films to turn up at the Telluride Film Festival. Here's what that first list for the 38th fest looked like:
1) The Descendants***
2) The Artist***
3) The Kid with a Bike***
4) Young Adult
5) Le Havre***
6) A Trip to the Moon***
7) Gazing Into the Abyss***
8) Dark Horse
9) We Have to Talk About Kevin***
10) Shame***
The triple*** indicates films that actually DID play at Telluride...8 of 10...which I thought was pretty good (still do) and I'll be very pleased if I can do that well again this year. So here it is, my first "Ten Bets" list for the 39th Telluride Film Festival:
[Amour Trailer]
1) Amour
2) Rust and Bone
3) Beyond the Hills
4) Hyde Park on Hudson
5) Song for Marion
6) No
7) Midnight's Children
8) The East
9) Something in the Air
10) On the Road
[Rust and Bone trailer]
On this list are a good sample of Cannes successes, and/or past connections to Telluride at the production, distribution or directing levels. I'll have a new "Ten Bets" next Monday as it will evolve based on what info I can turn up.
THE SESSIONS
It's no secret that I have begun mentioning that I'd like the TFF programmers to bend their "rule" concerning films and their North American premieres in the case of what has now become entitled "The Sessions" (it was "The Surrogate" then "Six Sessions"). "The Sessions" was one of the two biggest buzzed films from Sundance, the other being "Beasts of the Southern Wild".
I'm pulling for the kind of decision that was made in the case of "An Education" in 2009 as it was programmed despite having dropped at Sundance earlier in the year.
Now admittedly, "An Education" probably benefited from being under the direction of Lone Scherfig who had appeared previously at Telluride in 2001.
I'm holding onto some hope that it could happen because it's under the Fox Searchlight banner and they're slate of films going into the fall is relatively limited. Fox Search normally is fairly represented during TFF.
In 2009 Matteo Garrone made quite a splash at Telluride with "Gomorrah" a film set in the world of Italy's organized crime. Garrone, last month, made another splash at Cannes with his new film "Reality" which won the Grand Prix. Under normal circumstances, I would have "Reality" down with about a 60% chance of being in Telluride...but now there are complications.
Reports from Italy tell us that Garrone may be in serious legal trouble for having consorted with the mob in Italy in order to make "Gomorrah". That could put the film's T-ride chances in jeopardy and the director in prison. Here are two stories with details:
And finally, I saw Al Pacino on stage a couple of years ago in Central Park on the closing night of Shakespeare on the Park's production of "Merchant of Venice". At the time I thought it could be the last time Pacino was ever on a stage doing live theater. Of course, they transferred that production onto Broadway. Still, I said to myself, "it might be the last play he does". Until yesterday, that might have been true. Yesterday came the news that Pacino will be appearing in a new mounting of David Mamet's classic "Glengarry Glen Ross"...playing the role Jack Lemmon played in the 1992 film.
On its lengthy list are the following "good" Telluride possibilities:
Best Picture: The Master (#2) (a guy can hope...), Hyde Park on Hudson (#9), The Sapphires (#18), Amour (#19), On the Road (#22), 12 Years a Slave (#42) (is it going to be ready?...kind of doubt it), The Hunt (#58), Song for Marion (#69).
Director: PT Anderson (#1), M. Haneke (#15), R. Michel (#20), S. McQueen (#29), J. Audiard (#35), W. Salles (#57)
Actor: B. Murray (#2), PS Hoffman (#3), T. Stamp (#10), G. Hedlund (#14), M. Mikkelsen (#15),GG Bernal (#22), M. Schoenaerts (#27), C. Ejiofor (#30), S. Riley (#39), C. O'Dowd (#42)
Actress: L. Linney (#1), M. Cotillard (#3), K. Stewart (#15)
Supporting Actor: J. Pheonix (#1), M. Fassbender (#9), S. West (#10), B. Pitt (#24), V. Mortensen (#36)
Supporting Actress: A. Adams (#2), O. Williams (#3), V. Redgrave (#5), O. Colman (#8), L. Dern (#20), A. Adams (#26)
Sasha Stone at Awards Daily also analyzes The Gold Derby post and contrasts it with where we were at this point last year here:
One of the two films I am personally most excited about that played Cannes last month and almost certainly will play Telluride is Michale Haneke's "Amour" (the other is "Rust and Bone"). Haneke's other Palme D'Or winner "The White Ribbon" may have been the best film of 2009. I have included the link to Rope of Silicon's post of two clips from the film here:
The word is that filming is expected to start this month.
Now that may be a little confusing to readers of this blog who may have noticed numerous references to "12 Years" in Monday's post about Gold Derby's 2012 Oscar contenders.
Unless I'm wildly off, it won't be ready until way later than that. My guess is that McQueen is looking to Cannes next summer and that we could (and probably will) see it in Telluride for TFF #40 (2013).
ODDS AND ENDS
Paul McCartney confirmed yesterday that he will be part of the Olympics opening ceremony directed by Telluride favorite (and perpetually nice guy there) Danny Boyle. At one point the rumor was that Sir Paul would re-unite with Ringo and that George and John's sons would also appear in what would be the closest approximation of The Beatles.
I, personally, want even more...let's re-unite Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and The Stones also as a part of the ceremony!
DJANGO!
If you don't obsessively watch the interweb for this kind of stuff and you didn't see Entertainment Tonight last night, then you missed the release of the first full-fledged trailer for Quentin Tarantino's much anticipated "Django Unchained".
The release came complete with controversy over an early sneak or two online in violation of an embargo from The Weinstein Company. The embargo was in place, almost certainly, to allow ET to have it "exclusively" for their syndicated show.
So, this morning, in order to not allow everyone the opportunity to see it (and it is kind of fun...in a Tarantino-y way), I have provided multiple links to various websites for the video:
David Cronenberg's Cannes competition piece "Cosmopolis" is off the table as a Telluride possibility. It was announced yesterday that the film will have an August 17 release here in the U.S. thus insuring a no show for T-ride.
"Cosmopolis" received mixed reviews at Cannes.
I had always thought that its Telluride prospects were dicey at best. Then with the critical reaction from Cannes being what it was, I was even less convinced that we'd see it in the mountains.
You have to wonder if there was a lack of interest from the fall festivals (T-ride, Venice and New York particularly...it is scheduled to open in Canada today, which would also preclude a Toronto run) and if that might not have been a part of the decision process.
Additionally, Aug. 17 doesn't exactly scream awards positioning.
Earlier this week I nudged the Telluride programmers to think about including Sundance and Cannes hit "Beasts of the Southern Wild"...silly me. "Beasts opens on June 27th...nevermind.
THUNDER
And because I am from Oklahoma and the Oklahoma City Thunder will be playing for an NBA championship and because I think it's kind of hilarious...the link to the trailer for Kevin Durant's film debut as himself in "Thunderstruck"...
If you don't obsessively watch the interweb for this kind of stuff and you didn't see Entertainment Tonight last night, then you missed the release of the first full-fledged trailer for Quentin Tarantino's much anticipated "Django Unchained".
The release came complete with controversy over an early sneak or two online in violation of an embargo from The Weinstein Company. The embargo was in place, almost certainly, to allow ET to have it "exclusively" for their syndicated show.
So, this morning, in order to not allow everyone the opportunity to see it (and it is kind of fun...in a Tarantino-y way), I have provided multiple links to various websites for the video:
TFF #38 tributee and all around nice guy...and maybe the biggest movie star in the world George Clooney is aiming to direct again according t reports around the web yesterday.
Clooney, who was never less than kind and engaging last September, will put together "The Yankee Commandante" for Focus Features. It's based on a true story set in revolutionary Cuba.
The Hollywood Reporter suggests that it won't be Clooney's next directing project...but the one after.
Either way, applying my "Most peeps that come to Telluride's fest love it so much that they will come back" rule, (and the fact that I still believe that we were within an eyelash of seeing "Ides of March" at Telluride last year) maybe we see "The American Commandante" at some future TFF.
Here are a couple of stories about the announcement from yesterday:
Earlier this week I "nudged" the programming types for the Telluride Film Festival to select Sundance hit "Six Sessions" (The Surrogate) for inclusion in TFF #39 which would fly in the face of the largely followed "nothing that has played in the U.S. prior to the fest gets picked" rule.
I reminded everyone that "An Education" played at Sundance before showing in T-ride in 2009.
So, here's my second nudge...let's see Sundance and Cannes sensation "Beasts of the Southern Wild" as well.
One of the most critically well received and ultimately awarded films at last month's Cannes Film Festival was Christian Mungiu's "Beyond the Hills" (Best Screenplay and both leads tying for Best Actress). Mungiu's last film was Palme D'Or winner "4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days" which then landed in Telluride. I expect that "Hills" will be in T-ride as well.
Thompson on Hollywood's Anne Thompson posted this interview from Cannes with the writer/director yesterday:
Now, don't get me wrong, "Django" won't play at Telluride. But it's Tarantino and will be out at Christmas and may be an awards contender...so see the "preview" if you choose.
12 YEARS A SLAVE...NEXT YEAR
News that director Steve McQueen is still casting "12 Years a Slave" from The Playlist:
The word is that filming is expected to start this month.
Now that may be a little confusing to readers of this blog who may have noticed numerous references to "12 Years" in Monday's post about Gold Derby's 2012 Oscar contenders.
Unless I'm wildly off, it won't be ready until way later than that. My guess is that McQueen is looking to Cannes next summer and that we could (and probably will) see it in Telluride for TFF #40 (2013).
ODDS AND ENDS
Paul McCartney confirmed yesterday that he will be part of the Olympics opening ceremony directed by Telluride favorite (and perpetually nice guy there) Danny Boyle. At one point the rumor was that Sir Paul would re-unite with Ringo and that George and John's sons would also appear in what would be the closest approximation of The Beatles.
I, personally, want even more...let's re-unite Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and The Stones also as a part of the ceremony!
Several Telluride contenders had new images up this week from what I think is almost a sure thing: "Rust and Bone" to the less likely: "The We and the I" and "The Life of Pi" to the flatly improbable (but it'd be cool): "Django Unchained". Here are links to those posts and images starting with the most likely...
RUST AND BONE
New pics for this Jacques Audiard film from The Playlist and if you haven't looked at the international trailer or it...do...
Frankly, I think Ms. Cotillard is lined up for another Oscar nomination based on the trailer alone.
1) Ang Lee has a T-ride history: "Brokeback Mountain" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".
2) 20th Century Fox wants to position it for Oscar
3) Telluride's recent past has had Fox 2000 and 20th Century Fox films in Telluride: "The Descendants", "Never Let Me Go". "127 Hours", and "Black Swan".
4) The release date is set in December...
THE WE AND THE I
Michel Gondry's new film could also play in Telluride, though I think it's less likely than "Life of Pi".
The Playlist also had a post and image from the film posted this week here:
Gondry has been in Telluride before in 2004 with a special presentation of his work to the point hosted by Elvis Mitchell. His new film is also a Cannes selection in the Director's Fortnight category. That is not a usual locus for films that play Cannes and then go on to Telluride, however.
DJANGO UNCHAINED
OK...this falls into the category of "Won't be in Telluride but wouldn't it be cool if it was?". The first couple of stills from Tarantino's next project which is also due to hit theaters in December. Check the post out at The Playlist:
Meanwhile, just this morning the 65th Cannes Film Festival has added 7 new titles to various programs none of which appear to be particularly likely to end up in Telluride in September. Take a look at the announced films from The Hollywood Reporter here:
