A number of good films on tap for Saturday. My top choices – My Journey Through French Cinema and Manchester By The Sea. Journey is a great film history lesson and Manchester, I predict, is Oscar nomination bound for both the film and Casey Affleck. Continue Reading
Film Festivals
Watching for effects of foreign film trend at New York Film Festival
An article in The Guardian raises some interesting questions about the motivation for foreign film panels Oscar submissions. Nigel Smith makes the point that all the Directors chosen produce singular work that’s often brazen and uncompromising. Compare that with the relatively safe films promoted by Hollywood. The European vs American Films chapter in Vibes From… Continue Reading
So what’s been happening at Toronto?
Have you been wondering what’s happening at the Toronto festival (TIFF)? Not much. TIF played hardball again this year and threatened films if they showed at Telluride first. There are rumors that they even threatened some films against showing at the Venice Film Festival. So what did TIFF get? A whole bunch of films with… Continue Reading
WOW – Some film festival in London!
I am tempted to fly home for this one. BFI London film Festival has announced its full program for October. The Festival will screen a total of 193 fiction and 52 documentary features, including 18 World Premieres, 8 International Premieres, 39 European Premieres. There will also be screenings of 144 short films, including documentary, live… Continue Reading
Report from Telluride Days 1 & 2
Seen 6 films in day and a half. went from 7:00 a.m. untl 10:30 p.m. and saw 4 films today. The reason so few is that Telluride has an atrocious entry system. All a $800 pass entitles you to is the right to stand in line for 2 hours before each movie and hope that… Continue Reading
Report from Telluride Pre-fest D2
Spent the day visiting Mesa Verde Nat’l Park. Returned to Telluride to find the 32 film announced festival lineup. Amy Adams is being honored with a showing of Arrival. Missing is her other new film, Nocturnal Animals, which received positive response a the Venice Film Festival Thursday. In a similar vein one of my favorite… Continue Reading
Report from Telluride — Pre-Fest D1
Spent the day getting acclimated – bot to the altitude and the town. People are really nice and friendly. Did not see any notables yet. Visited “Between the Covers Bookstore” and got a fantastic surprise when I found my book on display both in the window and at the front register. There are posters put… Continue Reading