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The Best of the 2023 Telluride Film Festival
Folks, I’m back from the mountains of Colorado. Yes, I have returned from the Telluride Film Festival. In a few days, I’ll be off to Canada and the Toronto International Film Festival. At the moment, I’m home in New York City, already missing the box canyon of Telluride. You see, as much as I enjoy […] More
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Telluride Film Review: ‘Poor Things’ is An Uproarious and Absolutely Hilarious Look at Female Self-Discovery with Career Best Work From Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos
It shouldn’t look this easy. At this point, and with the stupendous success that is Poor Things, I think director Yorgos Lanthimos can be called a master. He’s managed to take his very specific style and worldview, which is about as singular as it gets, and create a filmmaking voice worth celebrating. His latest work, […] More
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Telluride Film Review: ‘All of Us Strangers’ is a Deeply Moving and Personal Work That Will Mean Different Things to Different People
Full disclosure: All of Us Strangers was a hard movie for me to watch. More so than anything playing at the Telluride Film Festival, this one was a struggle for me. It doesn’t have anything to do with quality, either, but content. Without getting into spoilers (or anything beyond the basic plot synopsis below), having […] More
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Telluride Film Review: ‘Fingernails’ is a Surprising Delight That’s As Romantic As It is Weird
Whenever something can surprise you at a festival, that’s a special occurrence. I went in to see Fingernails almost completely blind here at the Telluride Film Festival. In very short order, the movie won me over and never let me go. Funny, romantic, and deeply weird, it’s a flick that’s decidedly up my alley. Fingernails […] More
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Telluride Film Review: ‘Nyad’ is a Crowdpleaser and an Inspirational True Life Sports Story
How you create excitement from a predetermined outcome is, when it works, the mark of effective filmmakers. It’s easy to drain the heart from these sorts of inspirational true life sports stories, but Nyad is not one of those movies. It has an old-fashioned feel to it, but the thrilling approach by directors Jimmy Chin […] More
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Telluride Film Review: ‘The Holdovers’ is a Return to Form for Alexander Payne
Up until Downsizing, Alexander Payne was a wildly consistent filmmaker. Everything he’d made was at least very good, if not outright great. Then, his first real misfire happened. There was an open question as to what we’d see from him next. Well, here at the Telluride Film Festival I can report that it’s a return […] More
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Telluride Film Review: ‘The Zone of Interest’ is a Chillingly Clinical Look at the Banality of Evil
Evil takes many forms. In cinema, it’s often exaggerated and large scale. However, in real life, there are far more passive forms of evil. Playing at the Telluride Film Festival, The Zone of Interest is fascinated by the banality of evil. The corporatization of exterminating a group of people is what the movie is examining. […] More
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Telluride Film Review: ‘Rustin’ Makes History Come Alive With a Spectacular Colman Domingo
According to Martin Luther King, Jr., “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” That’s certainly a true statement, though that bend needs good people to help put the pressure on. One such man was Bayard Rustin, whose impact on the Civil Rights Movement has somewhat been lost to history. […] More
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Telluride Film Review: ‘The Bikeriders’ Has Jodie Comer Nearly Ride Off With Jeff Nichols’ Most Mainstream Work To Date
When you see a Jeff Nichols film, you expect to be transported. Throughout his career, he has done an exceptional job at putting you in a time and a place, regardless of the topic. With The Bikeriders, Nichols has done it again, though with somewhat diminishing returns. The movie is well acted and mostly engaging, […] More
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Awards Radar Podcast #152: Joey and Myles Preview the Telluride Film Festival While Looking at the State of the Race
Welcome back to the Awards Radar Podcast. In each episode, Editor Joey Magidson (that’s me!) will be joined by some of the staff of Awards Radar to talk about the latest in film, television, and entertainment in general. The show will obviously have an awards season slant to it, but we won’t forget about other […] More
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Telluride Film Festivals Unveils 2023 Lineup
The lineup of the 50th annual Telluride Film Festivals contains plenty of high profile movies, including Poor Things, El Conde and Anatomy of a Fall. More
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Returning for a Rocky Mountain High: Thoughts as I Head Back to the Telluride Film Festival
Around the time you read this, I’ll be en route to Telluride. Yes, I’m headed to the airport for another Rocky Mountain high…sort of. I’m headed to the mountains of Colorado, not to ski, but to the hallowed streets of Telluride for the prestigious Telluride Film Festival. After last year’s successful outing, I’m returning for […] More
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