Telluride 2018 Archives

‘Fistful Of Dirt’: Sebastián Silva’s Latest Is A Post-Hurricane Maria Tragic Fable [Telluride Review]

September 7, 2018 10:19 am

Known for an affinity of making uncomfortable, challenging provocations about alienation, class, and privilege, ever since 2009’s critically acclaimed, “The Maid,” Hollywood stars like Kristen Wiig, Micheal Cer...

Juliette Binoche Can’t Contain Her Glee In Olivier Assayas’ ‘Non-Fiction’ [Telluride Review]

Gregory Ellwood

September 6, 2018 1:21 pm

Awards Campaign, Festivals, News, Reviews

TELLURIDE – Over his 30-year career, Olivier Assayas has consistently demonstrated that he’s a filmmaker full of surprises. He’s written and directed thrillers, supernatural dramas, romances, and gut-punching s...

‘Roma,’ ‘First Man,’ ‘Favourite’ & Nicole Kidman Find An Oscar Spark At Telluride

Gregory Ellwood

September 5, 2018 6:03 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, Festivals, News

The 2019 Toronto International Film Festival begins tomorrow, but the impact of last weekend's Telluride Film Festival is still being felt for those playing the awards season game. As noted numerous times over...

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‘White Boy Rick’ Can’t Quite Connect The Dots [Telluride Review]

Gregory Ellwood

September 4, 2018 9:39 am

Awards Campaign, Festivals, News, Reviews

TELLURIDE – What happened to Richard Wershe Jr. isn’t great. As a 14-year-old he somehow found himself working as an informant for the FBI. Within three years he was making significant money as a low-level drug...

Melissa McCarthy in Can You Ever Forgive Me?

‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ Is An Unexpected Little Gem Of A Movie [Telluride Review]

Gregory Ellwood

September 2, 2018 4:37 pm

Awards Campaign, Festivals, News, Reviews

TELLURIDE – We’re not going to ignore the fact that you’ll likely wince if we refer to Marielle Heller’s sophomore effort,"Can You Ever Forgive Me?" as “a little gem of a movie.” While that looks great as a pul...

Nicole Kidman Is Spectacular In Karyn Kusama’s ‘Destroyer’ [Telluride Review]

Gregory Ellwood

September 2, 2018 9:38 am

Awards Campaign, Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

TELLURIDE – There have been few films in recent memory that flip a switch like Karyn Kusama’s "Destroyer" does. Honestly, there are moments during the first half of this dramatic thriller where the clunky direc...

‘Boy Erased’: Nicole Kidman & Lucas Hedges Can Only Do So Much [Telluride Review]

Gregory Ellwood

September 2, 2018 2:28 am

Awards Campaign, Festivals, News, Reviews

TELLURIDE – "Boy Erased," which debuted at the 2018 Telluride Film Festival Saturday, is the second major film this year to deal with the subject of conversion therapy. This pseudoscientific practice was also d...

Mike Leigh’s ‘Peterloo’: A Worthy Ensemble Can’t Spark A Rebellion [Review]

Gregory Ellwood

September 1, 2018 10:00 am

Awards Campaign, Festivals, News, Reviews

Anyone who has experienced Mike Leigh's body of work can appreciate the fact that he clearly loves his country and its people. The prolific filmmaker has chronicled numerous eras of England’s history from moder...

‘The Front Runner’: Hugh Jackman & An Impressive Ensemble Navigate Scandal [Telluride Review]

Gregory Ellwood

September 1, 2018 8:29 am

Awards Campaign, Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

TELLURIDE – It may prove bizarre and hard to believe given today’s political climate, but it wasn’t that long ago when major news outlets wouldn’t report on the private lives of political figures. A president, ...

‘The Old Man & The Gun’ Is A Breezy & Moving Goodbye For Robert Redford [Telluride Review]

Gregory Ellwood

August 31, 2018 8:51 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, Festivals, News, Reviews

TELLURIDE – If “The Old Man & The Gun” really is Robert Redford’s swan song than the iconic actor could not have asked for a better way to end a venerable acting career that has spanned almost 60 years. The...

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