Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar to Open AFI Fest
J.Edgar will debut at this year’s AFI Film Festival one week before it’s official limited release November 9. (via Steve Pond at The Wrap)
Over the past decade, four other films directed by Eastwood have made the American Film Institute’s annual list of the year’s best movies: “Mystic River” in 2003, “Million Dollar Baby” in 2004, “Letters from Iwo Jima” in 2006 and “Gran Torino” in 2008.
“Clint Eastwood is an American icon – one whose work as a director, actor, producer and composer not only stands the test of time, but also continues to add new, rich chapters with each passing year,” AFI president and CEO Bob Gazzale said in the press release announcing the booking. “ … What an honor it is for the American Film Institute to premiere his latest contribution to America’s cultural legacy.”
The 25th Annual AFI Fest takes place from November 3 through November 10
Read MoreTelluride Film Festival – Day One
The idea to drive into Albuquerque and make the nearly six hour drive to Telluride turned out to be a good one by my travel mate, Jeff Wells of Hollywood-Elsewhere.com. At first it seemed like the way to go was to wham-bam-thank-you-ma’am it and fly in just for the film fest. But to know a place, to fall in love with a place, it is sometimes necessary, advisable even, to take a different route than everyone else might take. The work is the work, but the place is the place. And when it comes to Telluride, Colorado, and all of the magnificent landscape that surrounds it, a broader view is the way to go. I will admit fully, though, that as a “Telluride virgin” perhaps I don’t know what I’m talking about. I’ll take that chance.
New Mexico was covered with a swatch of moisture-soaked clouds threatening to rain and every now and then letting some raindrops go – in bursts sometimes. Every once in a while there’d be an ominous flash of lightning splitting the flat horizon line, darkening as we headed toward Durango. We would make it to our hotel by 11pm, a full hour earlier than expected, careful to avoid the many cop cars which were pulling people over right and left, looking an awful lot like immigrant purging but one brings one’s liberal agenda with them everywhere.
Read More38th Telluride Film Festival Announces 2011 Festival Lineup
Official Telluride press release:
George Clooney, Pierre Étaix and Tilda Swinton to receive Silver Medallion Awards
Over twenty-five new features plus revival programs and unique programming from Guest Director Caetano Veloso will be presented as part of the 2011 exhibition
Telluride, CO (September 1, 2011) – Telluride Film Festival (September 2-5, 2011), presented by the National Film Preserve, announces its program for the 38th Telluride Film Festival. Featuring diverse programming from around the globe, TFF once again sets the stage for some of the year’s most highly anticipated films.
TFF opens its 38th year with over twenty-five new feature films plus special artist tributes, Guest Director programs selected by Caetano Veloso, Backlot programs, classics and restorations, shorts, student films, seminars and conversations, each introduced or proceeded with a Q&A by its filmmaker, actors, writer or producer. Telluride Film Festival opens Friday, September 2 and runs through Labor Day, Monday, September 5.
The State of the Race: Oscar Season Starts, Beware the Insta-Pundit
September is here at last. Two festivals are about to decide the fates of several films in the running for Oscar. In Venice, judgment calls have already been made on The Ides of March, W.E. and Carnage. Telluride starts tomorrow and there will even more of these first impression snap judgments coming out. I’ve been covering the Oscar race for going on twelve years now and I can tell you that it just gets more and more bizarre every year. We all really have to stop and take a breath, not be so eager to jump in and say: in or out. In the end, we’re still talking about works of art, films that have taken years, some of them, to get made. Writer, actors, directors, crew, composers, costumers – they’ve put a lot of time and effort into the films we’re all seeing. Is it really fair to simply write them off because a few people responded unkindly? Conversely, with perverse reverse psychology, the hype of premature admiration can sometimes destroy a film. While it can often lift a contender into the Oscar race for nominations, by the time the actual voting comes around, the film feels deflated. It’s a crazy, dirty game and it’s weirder than it’s ever been.
Read MoreMadonna Pretties Up the Lido
Even amidst mixed to negative reviews for W.E. Madonna can’t help but shine when she does red carpet events. What other director, female or otherwise, can look better than her cast on photo calls? A prim dress, a notorious cross, botoxed to high heaven, and great hair, Madonna knows how to look good.
Just Jared has the pics. Thanks to @jazzt for the tip.
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