Telluride Film Festival Archives

Kenneth Branagh’s ‘Belfast’ Is A Stirring Coming-of-Age Portrait With Magnificent Performances [Telluride Review]

September 4, 2021 1:55 pm

Directors mining their lives for a story is nothing new, but it’s always exciting to see that premise connect with viewers beyond its maker. Such were the audience reactions to Kenneth Branagh’s stirring revis...

‘Fauci’ Is A Compelling Exploration Of The Influential Pandemic-Era Doctor [Telluride Review]

Christian Gallichio

September 3, 2021 1:01 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

As its short declarative title implies, Janet Tobias and John Hoffman’s documentary “Fauci” is single-minded in its pursuit of exploring and humanizing the now (in)famous director of the National Institutes of...

‘The Rescue’ Trailer: The ‘Free Solo’ Directors Document The Harrowing Cave Rescue Of A Thai Soccer Team

Brynne Ramella

September 3, 2021 11:02 am

News, Trailers

"Free Solo" thrilled the audiences and picked up a handful of awards along the way. Now, directors E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin are back with their follow-up documentary film, "The Rescue." The first trai...

Will Smith Chronicles Tennis History As ‘King Richard’ [Telluride Review]

Gregory Ellwood

September 3, 2021 2:22 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, Festivals, News, Reviews

TELLURIDE – To say that Richard Williams was a controversial figure in the world of tennis would be something of an understatement. The father and coach of legendary players Venus and Serena Williams was known...

‘C’mon C’mon’: Joaquin Phoenix Shines & Empathy Flows In Mike Mills’ Sublime, Micro-Traumatic Family Drama [Telluride Review]

Rodrigo Perez

September 2, 2021 11:30 pm

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

Having already excavated his personal experiences to tell intimate, insightful, and emotionally translucent stories about fathers and sons (“Beginners”), matriarchs raising boys (“20th Century Women”), and the...

Telluride 2021 Preview: 10 Must-See Films To Watch

Andrew Bundy

September 1, 2021 12:57 pm

Features, News

It's that most wonderful, debilitating time of the year. The Fall Film Festival Season gives us myriad new films and ensures that some of us don't go outdoors for about two weeks straight at the beginning of S...

Telluride 2021 Lineup Includes ‘King Richard,’ ‘C’mon C’mon,’ ‘Louis Wain’ & More

Charles Barfield

September 1, 2021 11:15 am

Festivals, News

It really is an embarrassment of riches when it comes to the fall film festival season. It would seem, with the announcement of each festival lineup, that these events are just completely jam-packed with high-...

Frances McDormand, Chloe Zhao, Nomadland, Telluride

‘Nomadland’s’ Frances McDormand On The State Of The World Today: ‘Everyone’s Hitting The Road’

Gregory Ellwood

September 12, 2020 2:47 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

PASADENA - Sadly, the 2020 edition of the Telluride Film Festival was canceled in July, but a little slice of the annual cinephile retreat was brought back to life Friday night at the iconic Rose Bowl. The fes...

Chloé Zhao’s ‘Nomadland’ Is As Vast As The American Landscape It Travels [Venice Review]

Jessica Kiang

September 11, 2020 4:00 pm

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

In almost no way does Chloé Zhao's quiet, enormous, deep breath of a movie, "Nomadland," resemble "Blade Runner." Except there's this one moment: an outstanding speech in a film as attuned to vast wild silence...

Nomadland, Frances McDormand, Oscars 2021

‘Nomadland’ Teaser Trailer: Frances McDormand Goes The Way Of The Wanderer In New Festival Darling From Chloe Zhao

Andrew Hrip

September 8, 2020 9:04 am

News, Trailers

Nobody knows what the next few months hold for the U.S. As far as the current situation, racial injustice rearing its ugly head, a drastic economic downturn and a deadly pandemic are just three of the reasons ...

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