Michael's Telluride Film Blog : InContention

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

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Michael Patterson: I taught speech, drama, and debate at a high school in the Oklahoma panhandle. I've been married for over 40 years to the same wonderful woman and have three beautiful daughters and seven beautiful grandchildren.

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Golden Globes And TFF / Producers Guild Names Nominees / Gurus o' Gold / ACE Nominates for Eddies / New Video (Old Man and the Gun) and Trailer (Cold War) / Tapley's New Predix for Oscar

Variety's Tapley Talks Telluride and Makes a Few Guesses / Farhadi Joins Cannes Competition Lineup

Oscar Experts Update / Future Telluride? More Payne / Morris Off the Hook

The Film Awards Clearinghouse Major Category Thanksgiving Update / Oscar Experts / Todd Haynes Interviewed by Gus Van Sant

Trailers Times Three / Oscar Matters: Brie Larson and "Room" / Oscar Matters: InContention's Latest Look

Telluride Ten Bets (Plus Five) #9 / New Looks for Fukunaga's "Beasts of No Nation" / The Changing World of Online Film Writing / Rate TFF #42 Films!

Toronto Part Two / Categorical Weirdness / Tapley Lands at Variety / The Continuing "Jane Got a Gun" Saga

Trailers: "He Named Me Malala and "45 Years"/InContention in Limbo

Correction and Apology/"Fury" Buzz Continues/Tapley on Telluride...And a New Thought/Thanks Sasha!/The Latest Look from "Two Days, One Night"

Tapley Muses/A Look at What Was "Squirrel"/Don't Forget "The Tribe"

Turning the Page in Full/Tickets for Sale/Yearbook Photos