IndieWire Has a List/Fest Flights

Good Friday to everyone.  Leaving Birmingham and the National Speech Tournament to head back home today...

INDIE WIRE HAS A LIST

Major film blog warehouse, IndieWire has posted the 50 films they'd love to see at one of the 3 fall fests...Telluride, Toronto and Venice.

Of the 50 they list, they mention Telluride specifically in four cases: "The Double", "A Most Wanted Man", "The Young and Prodigious Mr. T.S. Spivet" and "The Monuments Men".  Frankly, I dubious about all but "Most Wanted" and I'm lukewarm about it at best.

Looking at their entire list of 50,the films they list that I think have the best T-ride chances are:

"The Fifth Estate"

"Foxcatcher"

"Labor Day"
"Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom"
"Philomena"
and

"Twelve Years a Slave"

Here's the link to the complete post:

http://www.indiewire.com/article/fall-festival-wishlist-the-50-films-we-hope-to-see-in-venice-toronto-and-or-telluride


FEST FLIGHTS

The TFF folks have announced additional flights/charters for this year's 40th Festival.  Check here for the news:

http://telluridefilmfestival.org/news/2013-06


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More Cannes Spec/Ginger and Rosa Emerging

Good Monday morning.

MORE CANNES SPECULATION

The Cannes 66 guessing game continues with a very extensive post from the folks at The Playlist going up earlier this week that offers their best insights into the films that could play in France in May consequently providing us with a window to view potential Telluride players.  You can find that post here:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/predicting-the-2013-cannes-film-festival-lineup-who-will-join-the-great-gatsby-on-the-croisette-20130314

Among the lists I found these titles that I'd think might have the best chance at the Cannes/Telluride double play:


On their "Strong Contenders" list: "Lowlife", "The Past","Twelve Years a Slave" and "The Congress".

On their "Possibilities" list: "Blood Ties".

And no film on their "Long Shot" list appears to be particularly Telluride-y...at least for now.


"GINGER AND ROSA" EMERGING

As Sally Potter's "Ginger and Rosa" has been on the brink of release this last week it and its film makers and cast have been increasingly on display.  Here I have included a couple of posts about the film.  First from "Women and Hollywood" an interview with Potter from the Toronto Festival last fall:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/womenandhollywood/tiff-interview-with-sally-potter-writer-and-director-of-ginger-and-rosa-1

And also from The Hollywood Reporter a profile of the film's star Elle Fanning:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/elle-fanning-grows-up-ginger-429035

"Ginger and Rosa" opened in limited release this past weekend.


More on Thursday...