Andy/Canal+/Quartet Trailer/The 176

Good Tuesday Everyone!


Reports this morning that Andy Griffith has died.  It's difficult to overstate how big an impact his career had on what television programming was and became.  As I tweeted earlier...Mayberry mourns and we're all from Mayberry.

CANAL+

Today our focus on production companies turns overseas as I begin to look at European firms that have had films on the program at Telluride and what their past participation may mean for 2012.

Today we look at the French firm Canal+

Canal+'s recent Telluride presence includes:

CANAL+ (French production company)

2011: Crazy Horse, Goodbye First Love, Le Havre, The Kid with a Bike, The Artist

2010:  Carlos, Of Gods and Men, The Princess of Montpensier, The Illusionist

2009:  Farewell, The White Ribbon, Inferno, A Prophet, Coco Before Chanel

2008:  Flame and Citron, I’ve Loved You So Long

2007: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Terror’s Advocate

2005: Cache

As you can see, Canal+ has increased its presence over the last 3 years with 4-5 films on the program.  So what do they have their fingers in that could provide a signal as to what we'll see Labor Day weekend?

Here's the most likely Telluride-ish films on the Canal+ 2012 slate:

Leo Carax's "Holy Motors"

Walter Salles' "On the Road"

Alain Renais' "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet"

Michael Haneke's  "Amour"

Matteo Garrone's "Reality"

Jacques Audiard's "Rust and Bone"

As regular reders are aware, I think that the Haneke and the Audiard are locks for Telluride.  Any of the other 4 (and perhaps all of them) could well be on the T-ride playlist as well.

Tomorrow I'll evaluate France 2 Cinema.

QUARTET TRAILER

Dustin Hoffman's directing debut is set to be released here in the U.S. before the end of the year. It's being distributed by The Weinstein Company and has to be considered a possible (if not probable) Telluride film.  It has a trailer out this week.

You can also persuse a couple of stories that announced the arrival of the trailer.

From The Playlist:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/watch-retired-opera-singers-congregate-in-the-first-trailer-for-dustin-hoffmans-directorial-debut-quartet-20120702

And from FirstShowing.net:

http://www.firstshowing.net/2012/first-whimsical-trailer-for-dustin-hoffmans-directorial-debut-quartet/

Quartet's IMDb page is here:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1441951/

THE 176

A number of web sources reported earlier this week that AMPAS has invited 176 potential new members into the Academy.  Awards Daily has the complete list here:

http://www.awardsdaily.com/blog/2012/06/29/academy-invites-176-to-membership/

Of particular note to Telluride attendees would likely be the invitations issued to:

Berenice Bejo

Michael Hazanavicius

Asghar Farhadi

Jean Dujardin

Janet McTeer

Joseph Cedar

Luc Dardenne

Jean-Pierre Dardenne

Rodrigo Garcia

Two others invited that are not really Telluride-centirc but that I found interesting:

Terrence Malick and Stephen King...

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Organized Crime/Another Django/More Knight/Al on Stage

Good Wednesday!


ORGANIZED CRIME

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:

The Hollywood Reporter:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gomorrah-mob-collaboration-335913

The Playlist:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/matteo-garrone-accused-of-getting-mixed-up-in-the-mob-to-make-gomorrah-20120612


ANOTHER DJANGO

"Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" was all over the place last week as it released its first teaser/trailer.  Now comes an international version which reportedly has some extra/different footage.  I have linked to it via  The Playlist:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/watch-international-trailer-for-django-unchained-puts-new-footage-into-the-chamber-20120613


MORE KNIGHT

Pictures from the set of Terrence Malick's on-going effort called "Knight of Cups" continues to ooze online.  Today shots include Cate Blanchett.  From The Playlist:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/cate-blanchett-dons-scrubs-in-new-set-photos-from-terrence-malicks-knight-of-cups-20120611

AL ON STAGE

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.

Here's the story from Te Playlist:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/al-pacino-heads-to-broadway-for-revival-of-glengarry-glen-ross-this-time-as-shelley-the-machine-levene-20120612

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Cannes Post Mortem & Crtitics Poll #3/The Master to Venice?/The Hunt/Les Miz Teaser

Good Morning!

Summer blogging begins in earnest today as MTFB/FAC begins its 6 times a week posting schedule.  The serious countdown to the 39th Telluride Film Festival begins today.  Three months from today (Aug. 31) the festival opens...as always, I can't wait.

CANNES POST MORTEM AND THIRD CRITIC'S POLL

Cannes #65 is in the books with Michel Haneke's "Amour" taking the top prize.  I started the fest thinking that six films were the most likely for repeating in Colorado: "Amour", "Beyond the Hills", "Rust and Bone", "Reality", "On the Road"' and "Cosmopolis".  At the end of the festival, I feel as strongly, maybe even more strongly, that we'll see "Amour", "Hills" and "Rust".  "Reality" seems like a 50/50 proposition and I think that "Road" and "Cosmopolis" may have lost some steam for Telluride.

I think"Holy Motors", "The Hunt", You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet", "Like Someone in Love", and "Mud" may have put themselves into some Telluride conversations.  In addition, I have some suspicions that non-competition films "No" and "The Sapphires" will make it into the Telluride program.

Also, CriticWire at IndieWire posted a third critic's poll of Cannes films here:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/criticwire/criticwire-at-cannes-the-top-films-and-performances-poll?page=1#

"Amour" and "Holy Motors" were at the top mirroring the critical response measured by Screen Daily and Ioncinema.

THE MASTER AND VENICE

In the midst of announcements from the new director of the Venice Film Festival, Alberto Barbera,this week came his claim that Venice would probably program Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master".  PT Anderson fan site Cigarettes and RedVines reported the story here:

http://cigsandredvines.blogspot.com/2012/05/master-could-be-headed-to-venice-film.html

As we have noted in this space previously, double booking Venice and Telluride does happen...but it's fairly rare.  "Shame" and "A Dangerous Method" did it last year...so it doesn't kill chances that we'll see the film in Colorado but it probably reduces the odds some.

Of course, Barbera could just be expressing wishful thinking.  He also mentioned new films from Malick and DePalma as "likely candidates".  Which isn't exactly a flat out statement that he's got those films programmed.

And, further, I almost always approach this guessing game with the assumption that previous Telluride guests had a really pleasant experience and prefer to return.  I believe Anderson enjoyed his time in Telluride in 2007 when he was in town for the Daniel Day-Lewis tribute and the presentation of 20 minutes of "There Will Be Blood". 

I often kick myself  that I didn't take the opportunity to introduce myself when I sat the row behind him later that weekend as we caught Noah Baumbach's "Margot at the Wedding".  But he seemed to be enjoying the experience. 

So, I'm not giving up hope just yet.  I've always thought "The Master" was a long shot for Telluride...but I'd love to be wrong.

THE HUNT

Magnolia Pictures has grabbed the U.S. rights to Thomas Vintenberg's "The Hunt" which won its lead Mads Mikkelsen the Best Actor prize at Cannes last week.  The Hollywood Reporter has the story here:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/magnolia-picks-up-cannes-winner-the-hunt-330909

"The Hunt's" success at Cannes has raised its Telluride profile.

LES MISERABLES TEASER

Les Miz's chance of bowing at Telluride: about 3% ( director Tom Hooper's "King's Speech" was in T-ride in 2010 and production company Working Title had "Catch a Fire" showed as a sneak in 2006).  Nevertheless, it has its first teaser out and I couldn't resist re-linking it from The Hollywood Reporter:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/les-miserables-trailer-anne-hathaway-330941



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Cannes Concludes: The Winners, The Critics, The Meaning and The Reviews

Good Morning!

The 65th Cannes Film Festival came to a close yesterday and they closed the extravaganza with the traditional presentation of the Palme D'or and other awards. Here they are.




AWARDS FOR CANNES COMPETITION FILMS (Via Awards Daily)



Palme d’Or:

AMOUR (LOVE) – Michael HANEKE

Grand Prix:

REALITY – Matteo GARRONE

Prix de la Mise en Scene (best director):

Director: POST TENEBRAS LUX by Carlos Reygadas

Prix d’interpretation feminine (best actress):

Cristina Flutur & Cosmina Stratan DUPÃ DEALURI (AU-DELA DES COLLINES/BEYOND THE HILLS)

Prix d’interpretation masculine (best actor):

Mads Mikkelsen JAGTEN (LA CHASSE/THE HUNT) (- Thomas VINTERBERG)

Prix du Scenario (best screenplay):

Cristian Mungiu – DUPÃ DEALURI (AU-DELA DES COLLINES/BEYOND THE HILLS)

Camera d’Or (best first feature):

BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD by Benh Zeitlin

Prix du Jury (jury prize):

Ken Loach for THE ANGELS’ SHARE

Palme d’Or (short film):

SESSIZ-BE DENG (SILENCIEUX/SILENT) – L.Rezan YESILBAS









CRITICAL RECEPTION

Both Ioncinema and Screen Daily spent a good deal of time compiling the collective critical response to the 22 films that were in competition in Cannes. The top 6 from the Ioncinema group:

1) Amour

2) Holy Motors

3) Beyond the Hills

4) Rust and Bone

4) You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet

4) Mud



Just on the Ioncinema cusp were: In the Fog and Moonrise Kingdom

Here's the link to the complete chart:

http://www.ioncinema.com/news/cannes-critics-panel-hanekes-amour-should-beat-caraxs-holy-motors



From Screen Daily the top six were:



1) Amour and Beyond the Hills

3) Rust and Bone, The Hunt, Killing Them Softly, In the Fog



Close on the Screen Daily chart: The Angel’s Share and Mud.

Here's the link to The Screen Daily Chart:

http://www.screendaily.com/journals/2012/05/26/k/j/v/Cannes-jury-grid_Day-12.pdf



When the charts are combined…here’s the critical top ten from Cannes

1) Amour

2) Beyond the Hills

3) Mud

4) In the Fog

5) You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet

6) Holy Motors and The Hunt

8) Moonrise Kingdom

9) The Angels Share

10) Killing Them Softly



Next: Rust and Bone





So what does all this mean for Telluride in 3 months?



Bank on seeing “Amour” and “Beyond the Hills”.



If “Rust and Bone” had won any prize at all, I’d also include it on the “bank on it” list…though I still think it’s highly likely.



“Reality”, which had lost some Telluride steam because of fairly weak critical reception over the last week…actually ended the festival back in the possible/probable category because of its Grand Prix win.



Two other T-ride probables that I think suffered some this past fortnight: “Cosmopolis” and “On the Road”.



Getting a boost for Telluride consideration among the competition films: “Mud”, “Holy Motors”, “The Hunt” “The Angel’s Share” and “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet”.



The two out of competition films that caught my eye with some (a lot of) Telluride potential were “The Sapphires” and “No”.



I’m still unconvinced that Carlos Reygadas “Post Tenebras Lux” will end up in Telluride despite its win for Direction.



Now, I spend the next 3 months ferreting out which of these actually is going to end up in Telluride on Labor Day and the other films that will join them.



BACK TO A DAILY



Michael’s Telluride Film Blog returns as a daily blog on Thursday (except for Sundays) and will run Daily until the 39th Telluride Film Festival comes to an end. Join me in my obsession!



AND NOW REVIEWS...

I have included links in this third installment of reviews for films at Cannes:

COSMOPOLIS

HITLIST http://social.entertainment.msn.com/movies/blogs/the-hitlist-blogpost.aspx?post=c919c4ca-25d8-43ff-8590-5351f972e8e6&_nwpt=1

PLAYLIST http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/cannes-review-david-cronenbergs-cosmopolis-robert-pattinson-don-delillo-paul-giamatti-samantha-morton-juliette-binoche-20120525

HIT FIX http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/review-robert-pattinson-has-a-devils-haircut-on-his-mind-in-cronenbergs-cosmopolis

MCN http://moviecitynews.com/2012/05/cannes-competition-review-cosmopolis

THR http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/cosmopolis-review-robert-pattinson-cannes-329230

ON THE ROAD

THR http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/on-road-cannes-review-kristen-stewart-328624

WRAP http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/cannes-2012-kristen-stewart-embraces-topless-beatnik-role-road-41231

ROS http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/on-the-road-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival/

HIT FIX http://www.hitfix.com/motion-captured/review-on-the-road-makes-great-use-of-kristen-steward-garrett-hedlund-and-sam-riley

PLAYLIST http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/cannes-review-walter-salles-on-the-road-kristen-stewart-kirsten-dunst-garret-hedlund-sam-riley-jack-kerouac-20120523

KILLING THEM SOFTLY

WELLS http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2012/05/kill_me_now_1.php

THE PAPERBOY

HIT FIX http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/review-the-paperboy-straddles-the-line-between-trash-and-treat

WRAP http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/cannes-2012-nicole-kidman-and-zac-efron-get-sweaty-and-trampy-paperboy-41441

FILM STAGE http://thefilmstage.com/reviews/cannes-review-the-paperboy/

THR http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/paperboy-cannes-review-zac-efron-nicole-kidman-329071

HOLY MOTORS

ION http://www.ioncinema.com/news/cannes-2012-holy-motors-review

TIME OUT http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/92787/holy-motors.html

ROS http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/holy-motors-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival/

HIT FIX http://www.hitfix.com/motion-captured/review-holy-motors-is-dizzying-visionary-and-one-of-a-kind

PLAYLIST http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/cannes-review-leos-caraxs-holy-motors-is-an-anything-goes-stew-of-big-ideas-that-doesnt-always-work-20120524

MUD

PLAYLIST http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/cannes-review-jeff-nichols-mud-starring-matthew-mcconaughey-reese-witherspoon-20120526


FIRST SHOWING http://www.firstshowing.net/2012/cannes-2012-review-jeff-nichols-wonderful-southern-drama-mud/

LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE

IONCINEMA http://www.ioncinema.com/reviews/cannes-2012-like-someone-in-love-review

MUBI http://mubi.com/notebook/posts/cannes-2012-abbas-kiarostamis-like-someone-in-love

IN ANOTHER COUNTRY

THE PLAYLIST http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/cannes-review-its-isabelle-huppert-times-three-in-hong-sangsoos-light-in-another-country-20120522

MUBI http://mubi.com/notebook/posts/cannes-2012-hong-sang-soos-in-another-country

POST TENEBRAS LUX

THE PLAYLIST http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/cannes-review-carlos-reygadas-post-tenebras-lux-20120523

THE HUNT

MOVIE CITY NEWS http://moviecitynews.com/2012/05/cannes-reviews-the-hunt-room-237

WHITE ELEPHANT

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/white-elephant-cannes-festival-review-327653



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Cannes Reviews/Other News/Hyde Park

Good Morning!

CANNES REVIEWS

The 65th Cannes Film Festival rolls on in its own way as a try out for Telluride #39 films.  I have tagged 6 competition films that seem like they'll certainly get a look from the TFF crew: "Rust and Bone", "Reality", "Cosmopolis", "Amour", "Beyond the Hills" and "On the Road".  That isn't to say that other Cannes offerings in the competition category and Un Certain Regard category aren't also possibilities.  Further, these six films aren't locked into Telluride either.  Consequently, I am happy to link blog followers to reviews as they are coming out of Cannes with regards to these 6 films as well as others that seem to have some Telluride potential.  Therefore...

AMOUR (Michael Haneke of "Cache" and "The White Ribbon")

Rope of Silicon
http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/amour-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival-2012/

The Wrap
http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/cannes-review-amour-agony-and-beauty-enduring-love-40766

Entertainment Weekly
http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/05/20/cannes-michael-hanekes-love-is-a-tenderly-devastating-film/

First Showing.Net
http://www.firstshowing.net/2012/cannes-2012-review-no-love-for-michael-hanekes-love-amour/

Awards Daily
http://www.awardsdaily.com/2012/05/cannes-review-this-mortal-coil-amour/

The Hollywood Reporter
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/amour-love-cannes-review-326962

BEYOND THE HILLS (Christian Munigu of "4 Months, 3 days, 2 Hours)

The Hollywood Reporter
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/beyond-hills-cannes-festival-review-326819

The Playlist
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/cannes-review-faith-love-collide-in-cristian-mungius-powerful-beyond-the-hills-20120518

REALITY (Matteo Garrone of "Gomorrah")

Rope of Silicon
http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/reality-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival-2012/

Movie City News
http://moviecitynews.com/2012/05/cannes-competition-review-reality/

The Wrap
http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/cannes-review-reality-bites-quest-fame-40576

The Playlist
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/cannes-review-matteo-garrones-lightweight-lifeless-reality-is-a-disappointment-20120518

Awards Daily
http://www.awardsdaily.com/2012/05/cannes-review-reality/

RUST AND BONE (Jacques Audiard of "A Prophet")

HitFix
http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/motion-captured/posts/review-marion-cottilard-and-matthias-schoenaerts-devastate-in-audiards-rust-and-bone

Movie City News
http://moviecitynews.com/2012/05/cannes-competition-review-rust-and-bone/

The Hollywood Reporter
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/rust-bone-cannes-film-festival-review-marion-cotillard-326028

The Wrap
http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/cannes-review-rust-and-bone-jacques-audiard-burrows-soul-trauma-40316


NO

The Playlist
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/cannes-review-pablo-larrains-no-starring-gael-garcia-bernal-20120518

HitFix
http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/in-contention/posts/review-no-and-beasts-of-the-southern-wild


AND THE COMBINED RESPONSE

Again this year Ioncinema is posting a critical consensus of the festival.  Posted here is after 5 days:
http://www.ioncinema.com/news/cannes-critics-panel-day-5-michael-hanekes-love

Halfway through the Festival and "Amur" leads the pack (substantailly).

1) Amour
2) Beyond the Hills
3) Rust and Bone
4) Moonrise Kingdom
5) The Hunt

Averages and positions can change as not all of the critics have weighed in as yet and, of course, there is still half the festival to go.  That being said, the top three listed above all look good for Telluride.



OTHER NEWS

Venice Film Fest to be smaller, perhaps loosening competition for films between?
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-2012-venice-film-festival-alberto-barbera-326607

Cotillard of "Rust and Bone" to work with Farhadi of "A Separation".  Look for this in TFF #40 pr #41.
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/marion-cotillard-to-star-in-asghar-farhadis-next-paris-set-feature-matthias-schoenaerts-lines-up-thriller-the-treatment-20120517

ShaileneWoodley and Ezra Miller ("Descendants" and "We Need to Talk About Kevin TFF #38) honored at Cannes this week:
http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/69078407.html#cutid1

HYDE PARK ON HUDSON

Not at Cannes, but definitely on my Telluride radar is Roger Michell's "Hyde Park on Hudson" featuring Bill Murray as FDR and Laura Linney as his neighbor (and more).  This week saw the release of the first trailer for the film.  Here are multiple links from a variety of sources:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/watch-bill-murray-is-franklin-d-roosevelt-in-trailer-for-oscar-hopeful-hyde-park-on-hudson-20120518

http://www.firstshowing.net/2012/watch-first-hyde-park-on-hudson-trailer-starring-bill-murray-as-fdr/?uid=dc0980e7977c9a42479ef376a6e72883784c94b1

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/hyde-park-on-hudson/trailers/hyde-park-on-hudson-theatrical-trailer-29339188.html

http://www.slashfilm.com/hyde-park-hudson-trailer-bill-murray-presidential/?utm_source=Movie+Magic&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+slashfilm+%28%2FFilm%29

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hyde-park-on-the-hudson-movie-trailer/

http://thewrap.com/tv/column-post/bill-murray-does-fdr-hyde-park-hudson-video-40686


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Cannes

Good Morning!

The 65th Cannes Film Festival has announced their official selections this morning.  Here they are via The Playlist:

In Competition:
"Amour" (dir. Michael Haneke)
"The Angel's Share" (dir. Ken Loach)
"Baad EL Mawkeaa (Apres La Bataille") (dir. Yousry Nasrallah)
"Beyond The Hills" (dir. Cristian Mungiu)
"Cosmopolis" (dir. David Cronenberg)
"Holy Motors" (dir. Leos Carax)
"The Hunt" (dir. Thomas Vinterberg)
"In Another Country" (dir. Hong Sang-Soo)
"Im Nebels (Dans La Brume)" (dir. Sergei Loznitsa)
"Killing Them Softly" (dir. Andrew Dominik)
"Lawless" (dir. John Hillcoat)
"Like Someone In Love" (dir. Abbas Kiarostami)
"Moonrise Kingdom" (dir. Wes Anderson)
"Mud" (dir. Jeff Nichols)
"On The Road" (dir. Walter Salles)
"Paradies: Liebe" (dir. Ulrich Seidl)
"The Paperboy" (dir. Lee Daniels)
"Post Tenebras Lux" (dir. Carlos Reygadas)
"Reality" (dir. Matteo Garrone)
"Rust & Bone" (dir. Jacques Audiard)
"Taste Of Money" (dir. Im Sang-Soo)
"Vous N'Avez Encoure Rien Vu" (dir. Alain Resnais)

Opening Film:
"Moonrise Kingdom" (dir. Wes Anderson)

Closing Film:
"Therese D." (dir. Claude Miller)

Un Certain Regard:
"Miss Lovely" (dir. Ashim Ahluwalia)
"La Playa" (dir. Juan Andres Arango)
"Les Chevaus De Dieu" (dir. Nabil Ayouch)
"Trois Mondes" (dir. Catheron Corsini)
"Antiviral" (dir. Brandon Cronenberg)
"7 Days In Havana" (dir. Benicio Del Toro, Laurent Cantet, Gaspar Noe etc)
"Le Grand Soir" (dir. Benoit Delepine & Gustave Kervern)
"Laurence Anyways" (dir. Xavier Dolan)
"Despues De Lucia" (dir. Michel Franco)
"Aimer A Perdre La Raison" (dir. Joachim Lafosse)
"Mystery" (dir. Lou Ye)
"Student" (dir. Darezhan Omirbayev)
"La Pirogue" (dir. Moussa Toure)
"Elefante Blanco" (dir. Pablo Trapero)
"Confession Of A Child Of The Century" (dir. Sylvie Verheyde)
"11.25: The Day He Chose His Own Fate" (dir. Koji Wakamatsu)
"Beasts Of The Southern Wild" (dir. Benh Zeitlin)

Out of Competition
"Une Journee Particuliere" (dir. Gilles Jacob and Samuel Faure)
"Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted" (dir. Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath)
"Dario Argento's Dracula" (dir. Dario Argento)
"Io E Te" (dir. Bernardo Berolucci)
"Hemingway & Gellhorn" (Dir. Philip Kaufman)
"Ai To Makoto" (dir. Takashi Miike)

Special Screening:
"Der Mull Im Garten Eden" (dir. Faith Akin)
"Mekong Hotel" (dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
"Villegas" (dir. Gonzalo Tobal)
"A Musica Segundo Tom Jobim" (dir. Nelson Pereira Do Santos)
"Journal De France" (dir. Claudine Nougaret & Raymond Depardon)
"Les Invisbles" (dir. Sebastien Lifshitz)
"The Central Park Five" (dir. Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon)
"Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir" (dir. Laurent Bouzereau)

The complete Playlist post is here:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/lawless-killing-them-softly-cosmopolis-rust-bone-lead-official-selection-for-2012-cannes-film-festival-20120419

Of particular note for Telluride watchers was the inclusion in the competition category of:
Amour, Beyond the Hills, Cosmopolis, On the Road, Rust and Bone and Reality (previously titled Big House).  Each of these films has a number of factors that suggest that they might be a possibility for TFF #39, not the least of which is being chosen by Cannes.

There are also usually some of the Un Certain Regard selections that make the trip to Telluride as well.  I think the only film in that category out of the running is "Beasts of the Southern Wild" as it premiered at Sundance.

Interestingly, Telluride regular and semi-poobah Ken Burns has "The Central Park Five" playing as a special screening.  Mr. Burns was in my neighborhood (like 10 miles down the road from my house) last weekend previewing "The Dust Bowl" for area survivors and others.  Wish I could have made it.  Had the invite and tickets...had a previous engagement.

More later...

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