IndieWire’s Ryan Lattanzio has previewed films that could make a splash at Telluride. If you’ve been reading this site then you know who the usual suspects are.
Films mentioned include Alejandro González Iñárritu’s “Bardo,” Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise,” Sarah Polley’s “Women Talking,” Florian Zeller’s “The Son,” Paul Schrader’s “Master Gardener,” Maria Schrader’s “She Said,” Todd Field’s “Tar,” and Andrew Dominik’s “Blonde.”
Those are pretty much the hot titles expected for the September festivals. If Telluride doesn’t choose one of the above then there might be something wrong, quality-wise, with that omitted title.
You can also expect Scott Cooper’s “Pale Blue Eye,” which isn’t mentioned by IndieWire. Not because it might be great, but because the festival has screened almost every film Cooper has made.
No mention of Aronofsky’s “The Whale” either. I’m fairly confident we’ll get to see it at Telluride. It’s definitely been submitted to the fest, now the selection committee just needs to watch it (if they haven’t already).
I was told chances are slim that “Blonde” might show up. Whereas, there is ZERO chance that Olivia Wilde’s “Don’t Worry Darling” goes to T-ride (they just didn’t like it!). Both films will be having their world premieres at Venice.
It starting to look less and less likely that Luca Guadagnino’s “Bones and All,” and Martin McDonagh’s “The Banshees of Inisherin” will show up here. Both of these are more likely to go to Venice.
IndieWire mentions Cannes titles like James Gray’s “Armageddon Time,” Kelly Reichardt’s “Showing Up,” Lukas Dhont’s “Close,” and Charlotte Wells’ “Aftersun.” All of which Michael Patterson has already mentioned as possibilities in his excellent Telluride tracking blog.
As mentioned countless times, don’t expect Scorsese, Fincher, O. Russell, Del Toro, Mendes, Chazelle and Spielberg to show up at the September festivals.