With the festival kicking off tomorrow, Telluride Film Festival has now unveiled its lineup, featuring new films from Jeff Nichols (the first image from which can be seen above), Emerald Fennell, Annie Baker, Andrew Haigh, Yorgos Lanthimos, Justine Triet, Wim Wenders, Kitty Green, Ethan Hawke, and many more.
“Fifty years is a long time to do anything. And while we might be a little biased, we feel the work that Tff does is pretty important,” comments Telluride Film Festival director Julie Huntsinger. “We take the charge of preserving the theatrical experience and promoting film seriously, but with necessary winks here and there. We’re ecstatic to share a program we feel reflects so much of the past fifty years, naturally and organically, films old and new, which stand as a testament to our beloved co-founders Tom Luddy and Bill Pence who are no longer with us.”
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“Fifty years is a long time to do anything. And while we might be a little biased, we feel the work that Tff does is pretty important,” comments Telluride Film Festival director Julie Huntsinger. “We take the charge of preserving the theatrical experience and promoting film seriously, but with necessary winks here and there. We’re ecstatic to share a program we feel reflects so much of the past fifty years, naturally and organically, films old and new, which stand as a testament to our beloved co-founders Tom Luddy and Bill Pence who are no longer with us.”
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- 8/30/2023
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
2023 Festival dedicated to founders Tom Luddy, Bill Pence, Stella Pence, James Card.
Telluride Film Festival has announced its 2023 50th anniversary line-up with Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn, Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things, Justine Triet’s Palme d’Or winner Anatomy Of A Fall, and Steve McQueen’s Occupied City on the roster.
The selection, which will play in the Colorado Rockies locale from August 31 to September 4, includes Jeff Nichols’ The Bikeriders, Jonathan Glazer’s Cannes sensation The Zone Of Interest, Pablo Larrain’s El Conde, Kitty Green’s The Royal Hotel, George C. Wolfe’s Rustin, Nyad from Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin,...
Telluride Film Festival has announced its 2023 50th anniversary line-up with Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn, Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things, Justine Triet’s Palme d’Or winner Anatomy Of A Fall, and Steve McQueen’s Occupied City on the roster.
The selection, which will play in the Colorado Rockies locale from August 31 to September 4, includes Jeff Nichols’ The Bikeriders, Jonathan Glazer’s Cannes sensation The Zone Of Interest, Pablo Larrain’s El Conde, Kitty Green’s The Royal Hotel, George C. Wolfe’s Rustin, Nyad from Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin,...
- 8/30/2023
- ScreenDaily
The 50th edition of the Telluride Film Festival will include the world premieres of Emerald Fennell’s “Saltburn,” Jeff Nichols’ “The Bikeriders,” George C. Wolfe’s “Rustin,” Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s “Nyad,” and Alexander Payne’s “The Holdovers,” among other top awards hopefuls, festival organizers announced on Wednesday.
In keeping with tradition, the 2023 Telluride lineup was kept under wraps until 24 hours before the annual festival begins – although sharp-eyed pundits and awards experts were able to accurately speculate about many of the titles in this year’s lineup due to premiere designations at other festivals in Toronto, Venice, and New York.
“Saltburn” is Fennell’s second film after 2020’s “Promising Young Woman,” which landed the budding auteur a trio of Oscar nominations. The film stars recent Best Supporting Actor nominee Barry Keoghan, as well as Jacob Elordi of “Euphoria” fame, former Oscar nominees Rosamund Pike and Richard E. Grant,...
In keeping with tradition, the 2023 Telluride lineup was kept under wraps until 24 hours before the annual festival begins – although sharp-eyed pundits and awards experts were able to accurately speculate about many of the titles in this year’s lineup due to premiere designations at other festivals in Toronto, Venice, and New York.
“Saltburn” is Fennell’s second film after 2020’s “Promising Young Woman,” which landed the budding auteur a trio of Oscar nominations. The film stars recent Best Supporting Actor nominee Barry Keoghan, as well as Jacob Elordi of “Euphoria” fame, former Oscar nominees Rosamund Pike and Richard E. Grant,...
- 8/30/2023
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
One of the primary charms of the small but mighty Telluride Film Festival has always been its chance meetings. Sharing a gondola ride with an auteur. Trading theater line gossip with an exec. Reaching for the same hat at that shop on Colorado Ave. as an Oscar winner (it looks better on her, obviously).
But this year, thanks to Hollywood’s dual strikes, Telluride arrives with a high potential for awkwardness. And that’s because everybody in the business … kind of hates each other right now. At least judging by social media, picket-line signs and dueling press statements.
Telluride kicks off its 50th annual festival on Thursday in the Rockies, with an extra day of programming ending Monday and a slate of Oscar hopefuls including the first public screenings of films like Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers (Focus Features), Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn (Amazon) and George C. Wolfe’s Rustin...
But this year, thanks to Hollywood’s dual strikes, Telluride arrives with a high potential for awkwardness. And that’s because everybody in the business … kind of hates each other right now. At least judging by social media, picket-line signs and dueling press statements.
Telluride kicks off its 50th annual festival on Thursday in the Rockies, with an extra day of programming ending Monday and a slate of Oscar hopefuls including the first public screenings of films like Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers (Focus Features), Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn (Amazon) and George C. Wolfe’s Rustin...
- 8/30/2023
- by Rebecca Keegan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This year’s Telluride Film Festival will be missing its beloved co-founder, Tom Luddy, who died this year. Thus, the 2023 festival is dedicated to Luddy (1943-2023), as well as co-founders Bill Pence (1940-2022), James Card (1915-2000), and Stella Pence. Executive Director Julie Huntsinger, whose role expanded in the years since she joined the festival as managing director in 2007, is running the show solo for the first time.
Per usual, the 50th anniversary Tff edition covers a range of over eighty feature films, new features, shorts, and classic programs representing twenty-nine countries, along with filmmaker tributes, conversations, seminars, and student programs. Huntsinger is carrying on the Luddy legacy while at the same time showcasing her own taste. “Tom was a fearless leader until the bitter end,” said Huntsinger on the phone during a recent interview with IndieWire. “I miss him so much. I’m devoted to tradition and continuity, and I...
Per usual, the 50th anniversary Tff edition covers a range of over eighty feature films, new features, shorts, and classic programs representing twenty-nine countries, along with filmmaker tributes, conversations, seminars, and student programs. Huntsinger is carrying on the Luddy legacy while at the same time showcasing her own taste. “Tom was a fearless leader until the bitter end,” said Huntsinger on the phone during a recent interview with IndieWire. “I miss him so much. I’m devoted to tradition and continuity, and I...
- 8/30/2023
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Filmmakers and executives, creatives of music, theater and art remembered Tom Luddy as friend and mentor, tastemaker and cultural force who deployed an astonishingly vast network to nurture talent and bring people and projects together over decades.
The co-founder of the Telluride Film Festival passed away in February.
“I am thinking of getting a tattoo of you on my arm,” said Irish director Mark Cousins at tribute event at the Paris Theatre over the weekend. “Here is Hitchcock on my arm, and here is and Kira Muratova. Maybe you would fit between the two?” He added, “For the rest of my life, I will see partly through your eyes. I miss you and I love you.”
“Tom Luddy was a constant presence. The sun around which so many of us have revolved,” said Ken Burns. The two met when Burns screened Huey Long at Telluride in 1985. “For the next 35-plus years,...
The co-founder of the Telluride Film Festival passed away in February.
“I am thinking of getting a tattoo of you on my arm,” said Irish director Mark Cousins at tribute event at the Paris Theatre over the weekend. “Here is Hitchcock on my arm, and here is and Kira Muratova. Maybe you would fit between the two?” He added, “For the rest of my life, I will see partly through your eyes. I miss you and I love you.”
“Tom Luddy was a constant presence. The sun around which so many of us have revolved,” said Ken Burns. The two met when Burns screened Huey Long at Telluride in 1985. “For the next 35-plus years,...
- 4/17/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Tom Luddy, who co-founded and served as artistic director for the Telluride Film Festival and produced films including “The Secret Garden” and “Barfly,” died Feb. 13 in Berkeley, Calif., after battling a long illness. He was 79.
Luddy co-founded Telluride in 1974 along with Bill Pence, Stella Pence and James Card. Luddy served as co-director, then as artistic director and adviser through 2022. Beginning in a small opera house, the festival evolved into one of the largest and most respected globally over the past five decades.
“The world has lost a rare ingredient that we’ll all be searching for, for some time,” said Telluride Film Festival executive director Julie Huntsinger in a statement. “I would sometimes find myself feeling sad for those who didn’t get to know Tom Luddy properly. He had a sphinx-like quality that took a little time to get around, for some. But once you knew him, you were...
Luddy co-founded Telluride in 1974 along with Bill Pence, Stella Pence and James Card. Luddy served as co-director, then as artistic director and adviser through 2022. Beginning in a small opera house, the festival evolved into one of the largest and most respected globally over the past five decades.
“The world has lost a rare ingredient that we’ll all be searching for, for some time,” said Telluride Film Festival executive director Julie Huntsinger in a statement. “I would sometimes find myself feeling sad for those who didn’t get to know Tom Luddy properly. He had a sphinx-like quality that took a little time to get around, for some. But once you knew him, you were...
- 2/14/2023
- by Julia MacCary
- Variety Film + TV
Tom Luddy, the understated co-founder and artistic director of the Telluride Film Festival who championed world cinema, spotlighted overlooked gems and saluted legends during his near half-century run with the event, has died. He was 79.
Luddy died peacefully Monday in Berkeley, California, after a long illness, Telluride senior vp public relations Shannon Mitchell told The Hollywood Reporter.
“The world has lost a rare ingredient that we’ll all be searching for, for some time,” Telluride executive director Julie Huntsinger said in a statement. “I would sometimes find myself feeling sad for those who didn’t get to know Tom Luddy properly. He had a sphinx-like quality that took a little time to get around, for some.
“But once you knew him, you were welcomed into a kingdom of art, history, intelligence, humor and joie de vivre that you knew you couldn’t be without. He made life richer. Magical. He...
Luddy died peacefully Monday in Berkeley, California, after a long illness, Telluride senior vp public relations Shannon Mitchell told The Hollywood Reporter.
“The world has lost a rare ingredient that we’ll all be searching for, for some time,” Telluride executive director Julie Huntsinger said in a statement. “I would sometimes find myself feeling sad for those who didn’t get to know Tom Luddy properly. He had a sphinx-like quality that took a little time to get around, for some.
“But once you knew him, you were welcomed into a kingdom of art, history, intelligence, humor and joie de vivre that you knew you couldn’t be without. He made life richer. Magical. He...
- 2/14/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Tom Luddy, co-founder of the Telluride Film Festival and producer of numerous films for Francis Ford Coppola’s Zoetrope Studios, died February 13 at a nursing home in Berkeley, CA, where he had been under care for dementia. He was 79.
The festival announced Luddy’s death this morning. The news comes two months after the death of another Telluride co-founder, Bill Pence.
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“The world has lost a rare ingredient that we’ll all be searching for, for some time,” said Julie Huntsinger, executive director of the Telluride Film Festival. “I would sometimes find myself feeling sad for those who didn’t get to know Tom Luddy properly. He had a Sphinxlike quality that took a little time to get around, for some.
The festival announced Luddy’s death this morning. The news comes two months after the death of another Telluride co-founder, Bill Pence.
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“The world has lost a rare ingredient that we’ll all be searching for, for some time,” said Julie Huntsinger, executive director of the Telluride Film Festival. “I would sometimes find myself feeling sad for those who didn’t get to know Tom Luddy properly. He had a Sphinxlike quality that took a little time to get around, for some.
- 2/14/2023
- by Todd McCarthy and Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Bill Pence, co-founder of the Telluride Film Festival, died Dec. 6 after a longtime illness, the Telluride Daily Planet reported on Wednesday. He was 82.
Pence co-founded the festival in 1974 with his wife Stella, film preservationist James Card, producer Tom Luddy and the Telluride Council for the Arts and Humanities. He also served as co-director and president of the National Film Preserve, which continues to operate the Telluride Film Festival annually.
“Bill Pence is an almost mythical figure in the landscape of the Telluride Film Festival. An incredibly generous founder but any single description isn’t enough,” Julie Huntsinger, executive director of the Telluride Film Festival, said in a statement shared with Variety. “A showman, a visionary, a great leader, a film buff — all of these things and more. But most importantly of all, Bill was a great person. Kind and smart and a wonderful father and husband. We continue to be...
Pence co-founded the festival in 1974 with his wife Stella, film preservationist James Card, producer Tom Luddy and the Telluride Council for the Arts and Humanities. He also served as co-director and president of the National Film Preserve, which continues to operate the Telluride Film Festival annually.
“Bill Pence is an almost mythical figure in the landscape of the Telluride Film Festival. An incredibly generous founder but any single description isn’t enough,” Julie Huntsinger, executive director of the Telluride Film Festival, said in a statement shared with Variety. “A showman, a visionary, a great leader, a film buff — all of these things and more. But most importantly of all, Bill was a great person. Kind and smart and a wonderful father and husband. We continue to be...
- 12/30/2022
- by Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
Keenan Cahill, the YouTube phenom best known for his lip-sync collabs with stars ranging from Katy Perry to Justin Bieber and 50 Cent, died December 29 in Chicago, his family has confirmed in a message posted to his official Facebook page.
The popular social media influencer had a little less than two weeks earlier undergone open-heart surgery. And while it seemed at first that he might make a full recovery, complications ultimately arose that resulted in his passing, after being taken off of life support.
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Cahill’s final surgery was one of many he endured over the years, after being diagnosed with the autoimmune disorder Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome at age 1. This rare condition, per MedLine Plus, is one that “causes many tissues and organs to enlarge,...
The popular social media influencer had a little less than two weeks earlier undergone open-heart surgery. And while it seemed at first that he might make a full recovery, complications ultimately arose that resulted in his passing, after being taken off of life support.
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Cahill’s final surgery was one of many he endured over the years, after being diagnosed with the autoimmune disorder Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome at age 1. This rare condition, per MedLine Plus, is one that “causes many tissues and organs to enlarge,...
- 12/30/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Bill Pence, a former VP at Janus Films who co-founded the integral Telluride Film Festival in 1974, has died. He was 82. The Telluride Daily Planet said Pence died December 6 after a long illness.
A native of Minneapolis, Pence launched the Telluride fest with his wife, Stella, along with friend and film historian James Card, who became the event co-director. The inaugural festival at the Colorado burg’s Sheridan Opera House — and a local bar — featured tributes to Francis Ford Coppola, Gloria Swanson and Leni Riefenstahl and was a surprise sellout. Pence guided the fest’s growth, adding three more venues by 1986.
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In 1991, he made a key deal with the town’s lone school to put a 500-seat theater in its gym every winter,...
A native of Minneapolis, Pence launched the Telluride fest with his wife, Stella, along with friend and film historian James Card, who became the event co-director. The inaugural festival at the Colorado burg’s Sheridan Opera House — and a local bar — featured tributes to Francis Ford Coppola, Gloria Swanson and Leni Riefenstahl and was a surprise sellout. Pence guided the fest’s growth, adding three more venues by 1986.
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In 1991, he made a key deal with the town’s lone school to put a 500-seat theater in its gym every winter,...
- 12/30/2022
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
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Bill Pence, the co-founder of the Telluride Film Festival, died Dec. 6 after a long illness, the Telluride Daily Planet reported. He was 82.
The first festival was held in 1974 in the Sheridan Opera House in Telluride, Colorado. It was started by the Telluride Council for the Arts and Humanities; Bill and his wife, Stella; Tom Luddy; and James Card. It continues to be operated annually by the National Film Preserve.
“Bill Pence is an almost mythical figure in the landscape of the Telluride Film Festival,” Julie Huntsinger, executive director of Telluride Film Festival, said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter. “An incredibly generous founder, but any single description isn’t enough. A showman, a visionary, a great leader, a film buff — all of these things and more.
“But most importantly of all, Bill was a great person. Kind and smart and a wonderful father and husband.
Bill Pence, the co-founder of the Telluride Film Festival, died Dec. 6 after a long illness, the Telluride Daily Planet reported. He was 82.
The first festival was held in 1974 in the Sheridan Opera House in Telluride, Colorado. It was started by the Telluride Council for the Arts and Humanities; Bill and his wife, Stella; Tom Luddy; and James Card. It continues to be operated annually by the National Film Preserve.
“Bill Pence is an almost mythical figure in the landscape of the Telluride Film Festival,” Julie Huntsinger, executive director of Telluride Film Festival, said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter. “An incredibly generous founder, but any single description isn’t enough. A showman, a visionary, a great leader, a film buff — all of these things and more.
“But most importantly of all, Bill was a great person. Kind and smart and a wonderful father and husband.
- 12/30/2022
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Dr. Robert “Bob” Lynn Penny, who appeared in films such as “Sweet Home Alabama” and “Forrest Gump,” died on Dec. 25 of unknown causes. He was 87.
The college professor and stage and screen actor passed away in Huntsville, Alabama according to an obituary posted by Laughlin Funeral Home and Crematory.
Throughout his 25-year acting career, Penny scored small but memorable roles in a number of high-profile films. Early on, he played Curtis Foy in 1988’s “Mississippi Burning,” headlined by Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe. He appeared in back-to-back hits as a bailiff in “Fried Green Tomatoes” and as Juror #2 in “My Cousin Vinny,” followed by “Forrest Gump” a few years later. He’s best known for playing bumbling lawyer Wallace Buford in the 2002 romantic comedy “Sweet Home Alabama.”
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Penny’s final role was Harold in “Still The King,” a 2016 comedy series starring Billy Ray Cyrus.
The college professor and stage and screen actor passed away in Huntsville, Alabama according to an obituary posted by Laughlin Funeral Home and Crematory.
Throughout his 25-year acting career, Penny scored small but memorable roles in a number of high-profile films. Early on, he played Curtis Foy in 1988’s “Mississippi Burning,” headlined by Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe. He appeared in back-to-back hits as a bailiff in “Fried Green Tomatoes” and as Juror #2 in “My Cousin Vinny,” followed by “Forrest Gump” a few years later. He’s best known for playing bumbling lawyer Wallace Buford in the 2002 romantic comedy “Sweet Home Alabama.”
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Penny’s final role was Harold in “Still The King,” a 2016 comedy series starring Billy Ray Cyrus.
- 12/30/2022
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
Bill Pence, a co-founder of the Telluride Film Festival, passed away on Dec. 6 after a long illness at the age of 82, the Telluride Daily Planet reported on Wednesday.
In 1974, Pence co-founded the fest, along with his wife Stella Pence, film preservationist James Card, and producer Tom Luddy. He was also the co-director and president of the National Film Preserve, which runs the annual festival, which is held in the Colorado town over Labor Day weekend.
He and Stella also founded the Santa Fe Film Festival in New Mexico in 1980 and ran it for three years.
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“Bill’s fire burned so very brightly and touched so many. Those who worked for him did it as much to not disappoint him as to carry on his vision,” wrote Jim Bedford in the Telluride Daily Planet.
“Bill Pence is an almost mythical...
In 1974, Pence co-founded the fest, along with his wife Stella Pence, film preservationist James Card, and producer Tom Luddy. He was also the co-director and president of the National Film Preserve, which runs the annual festival, which is held in the Colorado town over Labor Day weekend.
He and Stella also founded the Santa Fe Film Festival in New Mexico in 1980 and ran it for three years.
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“Bill’s fire burned so very brightly and touched so many. Those who worked for him did it as much to not disappoint him as to carry on his vision,” wrote Jim Bedford in the Telluride Daily Planet.
“Bill Pence is an almost mythical...
- 12/29/2022
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Updated: Sony Pictures Classics co-president Tom Bernard, in a phone interview with IndieWire, said the following about Bill Pence: “[I’ve been going to Telluride] since 1978. Bill Pence was one of the pioneers of repertory cinema. That led to the festival. He had a chain of theaters all across the west, he’d bicycle repertory prints. He’d find archive program stuff no one had heard about for years, the [other theaters] would follow his lead, his festival turned into the ultimate repertory theater in his wild dreams. They put this thing together. Always at Telluride you’d see the best prints out of the archives, it was one of the treats of going there. Bill curated that; one of the roots of the festival was Bill Pence’s love of films and older cinema.
“I remember one year that stands out: Bill had original prints of Hitchcock movies that nobody could get and be able to...
“I remember one year that stands out: Bill had original prints of Hitchcock movies that nobody could get and be able to...
- 12/29/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
On the opening night of my first Telluride Film Festival, in 1979, co-founder Bill Pence stood on the stage of the historic 1913 Sheridan Opera House and told us that if we could see all the films we wanted to he would consider the festival a failure. Although Bill and his wife Stella have passed the baton to Gary Meyer, Julie Huntsinger, and fellow founder Tom Luddy, that mission statement has remained intact: Telluride is an embarrassment of riches, more than ever as it celebrated its 40th year by adding an additional day to the Labor Day Weekend festivities.While it’s tempting to avoid the big-name movies that will open theatrically in a matter of weeks, it’s undeniably...
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- 9/4/2013
- by Leonard Maltin
- Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy
Hidden Treasures, the holding company of Richard Lorber's Lorber Ht Digital, has acquired Donald Krim's Kino International and will merge to form Kino Lorber.
Principals Donald Krim and Richard Lorber will each serve as co-presidents of the combined operation and together will continue to release films under their established labels -- Kino International and Lorber Films -- as well as through Lorber's Alive Mind for docs and Knitting Factory for music titles. No financial details were available.
Each exec will remain primarily responsible for acquisitions for his ongoing lines, along with other differentiated roles: Krim will guide the traditional distribution operations, while Lorber will be charged with business development and corporate strategy. Staffs of both companies will remain with the merged business.
The union brings together two execs, each with 30 years of experience, and film libraries that total 600 titles. The combined company will continue to distribute classic and...
Principals Donald Krim and Richard Lorber will each serve as co-presidents of the combined operation and together will continue to release films under their established labels -- Kino International and Lorber Films -- as well as through Lorber's Alive Mind for docs and Knitting Factory for music titles. No financial details were available.
Each exec will remain primarily responsible for acquisitions for his ongoing lines, along with other differentiated roles: Krim will guide the traditional distribution operations, while Lorber will be charged with business development and corporate strategy. Staffs of both companies will remain with the merged business.
The union brings together two execs, each with 30 years of experience, and film libraries that total 600 titles. The combined company will continue to distribute classic and...
- 12/9/2009
- by By Elizabeth Guider
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A tribute to actor Daniel Day-Lewis, new documentaries from Barbet Schroeder, Werner Herzog and Kevin Macdonald, a spotlight on such Israeli films as The Band's Visit and Jellyfish and a restoration of King Vidor's classic silent film The Big Parade are all part of the jampacked program that will greet cineastes making the pilgrimage this weekend to the 34th annual Telluride Film Festival.
The high-altitude, informal, equalitarian festival, which runs today through Monday, has undergone change at the top: Bill and Stella Pence, who co-founded the fest in 1974 with Tom Luddy and the late James Card, announced their resignation last year and will not participate in this year's gathering. Longtime Telluride participant Gary Meyer has joined Luddy as co-director.
But festivalgoers aren't likely to see changes because of the transition. "Emotionally, it was very different," Luddy said. "I kept thinking about 33 years of having constant conversations with my partner and friend Bill Pence, but Gary Meyer is also an old friend. Bill and I both identified Gary as really the one and only candidate to replace Bill when that day would come," Luddy added, noting of the partial changing of the guard that "it was pretty smooth, very harmonious and very efficient."
As usual, there will be first looks at Hollywood product that could well figure in the fall's awards race. The lineup includes Sean Penn's Into the Wild, an adaptation of Jon Krakauer's account of a fateful trip into the Alaskan wilderness, which will be released by Paramount Vantage; Noah Baumbach, in his first film since The Squid and the Whale, looks at two contentious sisters (Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh) in Paramount Vantage's Margot at the Wedding; Todd Haynes' Bob Dylan study I'm Not There, from the Weinstein Co.; and Allison Eastwood, making her directorial debut with the family drama Rails and Ties, starring Kevin Bacon and Marcia Gay Harden, from Warner Independent Pictures.
There also is a strong selection of titles that earned critical applause at May's Festival de Cannes. "Cannes had a very strong year", Luddy said. "Normally, we try to show a number of films from Cannes, but I think we're showing many more than usual, and I think we could have included a lot more."
The program includes Cannes' Palme d'Or winner, Romanian director Cristian Mungiu's 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, which IFC Films has picked up for U.S.
The high-altitude, informal, equalitarian festival, which runs today through Monday, has undergone change at the top: Bill and Stella Pence, who co-founded the fest in 1974 with Tom Luddy and the late James Card, announced their resignation last year and will not participate in this year's gathering. Longtime Telluride participant Gary Meyer has joined Luddy as co-director.
But festivalgoers aren't likely to see changes because of the transition. "Emotionally, it was very different," Luddy said. "I kept thinking about 33 years of having constant conversations with my partner and friend Bill Pence, but Gary Meyer is also an old friend. Bill and I both identified Gary as really the one and only candidate to replace Bill when that day would come," Luddy added, noting of the partial changing of the guard that "it was pretty smooth, very harmonious and very efficient."
As usual, there will be first looks at Hollywood product that could well figure in the fall's awards race. The lineup includes Sean Penn's Into the Wild, an adaptation of Jon Krakauer's account of a fateful trip into the Alaskan wilderness, which will be released by Paramount Vantage; Noah Baumbach, in his first film since The Squid and the Whale, looks at two contentious sisters (Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh) in Paramount Vantage's Margot at the Wedding; Todd Haynes' Bob Dylan study I'm Not There, from the Weinstein Co.; and Allison Eastwood, making her directorial debut with the family drama Rails and Ties, starring Kevin Bacon and Marcia Gay Harden, from Warner Independent Pictures.
There also is a strong selection of titles that earned critical applause at May's Festival de Cannes. "Cannes had a very strong year", Luddy said. "Normally, we try to show a number of films from Cannes, but I think we're showing many more than usual, and I think we could have included a lot more."
The program includes Cannes' Palme d'Or winner, Romanian director Cristian Mungiu's 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, which IFC Films has picked up for U.S.
- 8/31/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
TELLURIDE, Colo. -- Such Oscar hopefuls as Volver, Babel, Little Children, The Last King of Scotland, Infamous and Fur had cinephiles buzzing at the 33rd annual Telluride Film Festival. But the big surprise came on the third day of the four-day festival over Labor Day weekend, when Bill Pence, the fest's co-founder and co-director, and his wife, Stella, who administrates the festival, announced they were stepping down from their roles after 33 years. Gary Meyer, a San Francisco exhibitor and co-founder of Landmark Theatres as well as eight-year Telluride resident curator, is taking over as co-director with the fest's other co-director, producer Tom Luddy. "We didn't want it to dominate the discussion at the beginning of the festival," Luddy said. "We wanted the festival to survive us. We discussed who the best person was to take over, and we both came up with one name: Gary Meyer."...
The 33rd Telluride Film Festival, which gets under way Friday, will spotlight such Oscar hopefuls as Douglas McGrath's "Infamous", the second Truman Capote biopic in two years; Todd Field's "Little Children", the director's follow-up to "In the Bedroom"; Kevin Macdonald's "The Last King of Scotland", starring Forest Whitaker as Idi Amin; and Steven Shainberg's Diane Arbus biopic "Fur", starring Nicole Kidman. Festival directors Bill Pence and Tom Luddy, who always keep the details of their four days of programming under wraps until the last possible minute, unveiled this year's lineup Thursday. Like last year's edition, which debuted eventual Oscar winners "Capote", "Brokeback Mountain" and "Walk the Line", this year's program boasts a bevy of "unofficial" world premieres. Movies including "Fur", "Infamous" and "Scotland" are holding their official premieres at festivals in Venice, Toronto and Rome, but Luddy has developed cordial relationships with programmers at the other fests, allowing him to preview the pics. However, he did steer clear of such films as "The Black Dahlia" and "The Queen", which are opening in Venice and the New York Film Festival, respectively.
The 33rd Telluride Film Festival, which gets under way Friday, will spotlight such Oscar hopefuls as Douglas McGrath's Infamous, the second Truman Capote biopic in two years; Todd Field's Little Children, the director's follow-up to In the Bedroom; Kevin Macdonald's The Last King of Scotland, starring Forest Whitaker as Idi Amin; and Steven Shainberg's Diane Arbus biopic Fur, starring Nicole Kidman. Festival directors Bill Pence and Tom Luddy, who always keep the details of their four days of programming under wraps until the last possible minute, unveiled this year's lineup Thursday. Like last year's edition, which debuted eventual Oscar winners Capote, Brokeback Mountain and Walk the Line, this year's program boasts a bevy of "unofficial" world premieres. Movies including Fur, Infamous and Scotland are holding their official premieres at festivals in Venice, Toronto and Rome, but Luddy has developed cordial relationships with programmers at the other fests, allowing him to preview the pics. However, he did steer clear of such films as The Black Dahlia and The Queen, which are opening in Venice and the New York Film Festival, respectively.
Telluride Film Festival directors Bill Pence and Tom Luddy, who always keep their four days of Labor Day weekend programming under wraps until the last possible minute, revealed the lineup for their 33rd festival Thursday. Like last year's fest, which debuted Oscar winners "Capote", "Brokeback Mountain" and "Walk the Line", this year's program, which begins Friday and runs through Monday, boasts a bevy of "unofficial" world premieres: Douglas McGrath's "Infamous", the second Truman Capote biopic in two years; Todd Fields' "Little Children", his follow-up to "In the Bedroom"; Kevin Macdonald's "The Last King of Scotland", starring Forest Whitaker as Idi Amin, ans Steven Shainberg's Diane Arbus biopic "Fur", starring Nicole Kidman. Although the high-profile films are all holding their official world premieres at festivals in Venice, Toronto and New York, Luddy has developed cordial relationships with programrs at the other fests, allowing him to preview the pics. However, he did steer clear of films like "The Black Dahlia" and "The Queen", which are opening Venice and New York, respectively.
- 8/31/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Telluride Film Festival directors Bill Pence and Tom Luddy, who always keep their four days of Labor Day weekend programming under wraps until the last possible minute, revealed the lineup for their 33rd festival Thursday. Like last year's fest, which debuted Oscar winners "Capote", "Brokeback Mountain" and "Walk the Line", this year's program, which begins Friday and runs through Monday, boasts a bevy of "unofficial" world premieres: Douglas McGrath's "Infamous", the second Truman Capote biopic in two years; Todd Fields' "Little Children", his follow-up to "In the Bedroom"; Kevin Macdonald's "The Last King of Scotland", starring Forest Whitaker as Idi Amin, ans Steven Shainberg's Diane Arbus biopic "Fur", starring Nicole Kidman. Although the high-profile films are all holding their official world premieres at festivals in Venice, Toronto and New York, Luddy has developed cordial relationships with programrs at the other fests, allowing him to preview the pics. However, he did steer clear of films like "The Black Dahlia" and "The Queen", which are opening Venice and New York, respectively.
- 8/31/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
TELLURIDE, Colo. -- Philip Seymour Hoffman came to check out the competition, and he liked what he saw and heard. His starring role in Bennett Miller's Capote was the talk of the sold-out 32nd Telluride Film Festival, which took place during the four-day Labor Day weekend and which was programmed by directors Bill Pence and Tom Luddy. Hoffman's performance as fey New Yorker Truman Capote, in Kansas to report on Perry Smith and Dick Hickock, the murderers he portrayed in his 1966 nonfiction novel, In Cold Blood, wowed many of the 2,000 pass holders at this tiny Rocky Mountain ski resort. An Oscar nomination for Hoffman appears inevitable, observers said, and Catherine Keener, who co-stars as novelist Harper Lee, could find herself in the supporting actress race. Other likely Oscar contenders who emerged during the fest included Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon, who star as Johnny Cash and June Carter, real-life lovers and country music icons, in James Mangold's $25 million Walk the Line.
TELLURIDE, Colo. -- Philip Seymour Hoffman came to check out the competition, and he liked what he saw and heard. His starring role in Bennett Miller's Capote was the talk of the sold-out 32nd Telluride Film Festival, which took place during the four-day Labor Day weekend and which was programmed by directors Bill Pence and Tom Luddy. Hoffman's performance as fey New Yorker Truman Capote, in Kansas to report on Perry Smith and Dick Hickock, the murderers he portrayed in his 1966 nonfiction novel, In Cold Blood, wowed many of the 2,000 pass holders at this tiny Rocky Mountain ski resort. An Oscar nomination for Hoffman appears inevitable, observers said, and Catherine Keener, who co-stars as novelist Harper Lee, could find herself in the supporting actress race. Other likely Oscar contenders who emerged during the fest included Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon, who star as Johnny Cash and June Carter, real-life lovers and country music icons, in James Mangold's $25 million Walk the Line.
TELLURIDE, Colorado -- Philip Seymour Hoffman came to check out the competition, and he liked what he saw and heard. His starring role in Bennett Miller's Capote was the talk of the sold-out 32nd Telluride Film Festival, which took place during the four-day Labor Day weekend and which was programmed by directors Bill Pence and Tom Luddy. Hoffman's performance as fey New Yorker Truman Capote, in Kansas to report on Perry Smith and Dick Hickock, the murderers he portrayed in his 1966 nonfiction novel, In Cold Blood, wowed many of the 2,000 pass holders at this tiny Rocky Mountain ski resort. An Oscar nomination for Hoffman appears inevitable, observers said, and Catherine Keener, who co-stars as novelist Harper Lee, could find herself in the supporting actress race. Other likely Oscar contenders who emerged during the fest included Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon, who star as Johnny Cash and June Carter, real-life lovers and country music icons, in James Mangold's $25 million Walk the Line.
TELLURIDE, Colorado -- Philip Seymour Hoffman came to check out the competition, and he liked what he saw and heard. His starring role in Bennett Miller's Capote was the talk of the sold-out 32nd Telluride Film Festival, which took place during the four-day Labor Day weekend and which was programmed by directors Bill Pence and Tom Luddy. Hoffman's performance as fey New Yorker Truman Capote, in Kansas to report on Perry Smith and Dick Hickock, the murderers he portrayed in his 1966 nonfiction novel, In Cold Blood, wowed many of the 2,000 pass holders at this tiny Rocky Mountain ski resort. An Oscar nomination for Hoffman appears inevitable, observers said, and Catherine Keener, who co-stars as novelist Harper Lee, could find herself in the supporting actress race. Other likely Oscar contenders who emerged during the fest included Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon, who star as Johnny Cash and June Carter, real-life lovers and country music icons, in James Mangold's $25 million Walk the Line.
The Telluride Film Festival, which keeps its programming under wraps until the last possible minute, announced the lineup for its 32nd festival Thursday. This year's eclectic four-day Labor Day weekend runs from Friday through Monday under festival directors Bill Pence and Tom Luddy. It features more "unofficial" world premieres than usual, offering first looks at movies that will unspool in other fall festivals such as Toronto and New York. Telluride's programming often goes down to the wire, and further titles could materialize: There are rumors of late-breaking sneak screenings that could include Martin Scorsese's 3 1/2 hour Bob Dylan documentary, "No Direction Home", which might be introduced by Greil Marcus. "Often, things happen at the last minute," Luddy promised. This year's program is heavy on literary movies from the studio's specialty film divisions. Focus Features' "Brokeback Mountain" will show at Telluride soon after its Venice debut. Directed by Ang Lee and adapted from the Annie Proulx short story by Larry McMurtry and Dianna Ossana, the western stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger as gay cowboys in love.
The Telluride Film Festival, which always keeps its programming under wraps until the last possible minute, announced the lineup for its 32nd festival on Thursday. The festival opens Friday. This year's eclectic four-day program from festival directors Bill Pence and Tom Luddy features quite a few world premieres that are going to unspool in other fall festivals such as Toronto, New York and Venice. They include "Edmond", a contemporary film noir directed by Stuart Gordon and adapted by David Mamet from his stage play starring William H. Macy; "Everything is Illuminated", the directorial debut of Liev Schreiber adapted from the award-winning novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, and starring Elijah Wood; "Bee Season", a domestic drama directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel (creators of "The Deep End"), featuring Richard Gere and Juliette Binoche; "Walk the Line", an exploration of the romance between Johnny Cash and June Carter, portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon, directed by James Mangold; Andy Garcia's long-awaited Cuban revolution drama "The Lost City", co-written with the late Guillermo Cabrera Infante, featuring Bill Murray, Ines Sastre and Dustin Hoffman; Neil Jordan's "Breakfast on Pluto", a coming of age movie that explores the political turmoil of the 1970s with rising young actor Cillian Murphy; Philip Seymour Hoffman's portrayal of novelist "Capote", directed by Bennett Miller; and "Conversations with Other Women", an inventive debut feature by Hans Canosa, with Helena Bonham Carter and Aaron Eckhardt.
The Telluride Film Festival, which keeps its programming under wraps until the last possible minute, announced the lineup for its 32nd festival Thursday. This year's eclectic four-day Labor Day weekend runs from Friday through Monday under festival directors Bill Pence and Tom Luddy. It features more "unofficial" world premieres than usual, offering first looks at movies that will unspool in other fall festivals such as Toronto and New York. Telluride's programming often goes down to the wire, and further titles could materialize: There are rumors of late-breaking sneak screenings that could include Martin Scorsese's 3 1/2 hour Bob Dylan documentary, "No Direction Home", which might be introduced by Greil Marcus. "Often, things happen at the last minute," Luddy promised. This year's program is heavy on literary movies from the studio's specialty film divisions. Focus Features' "Brokeback Mountain" will show at Telluride soon after its Venice debut. Directed by Ang Lee and adapted from the Annie Proulx short story by Larry McMurtry and Dianna Ossana, the western stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger as gay cowboys in love.
Rain, snow, sunshine and cinema were on the menu at the 31st Telluride Film Festival over the weekend and attendees got a healthy share of each. The Labor Day weekend gathering of cinephiles, industry professionals and guests brought out an unprecedented number of premiere projects from such known auteurs as Todd Solondz, Sally Potter, Roger Michell, Ken Burns and Istvan Szabo, against a backdrop of very unpredictable weather elements in the Colorado mountain village. "We've never had an experience like this," co-director Bill Pence explained on Monday afternoon. "Weather has played a huge part of this year's festival; it's probably the most dramatic we've ever seen. People had their mukluks on a day ago, and now they are baking in the sun."...
Buck Henry has been selected as guest director of the 31st Telluride Film Festival, which takes place during Labor Day weekend, fest co-directors Bill Pence and Tom Luddy have announced. As guest director, Henry will collaborate with Luddy and Pence to curate and present some of the programs of the upcoming festival, including revivals of overlooked films, mini-retrospectives and career tributes.
- 6/27/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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