In this dispatch from the Telluride Film Festival, Andrea Arnold on a farm, Celiné Sciamma in the woods, and Paul Schrader at the poker table.
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Telluride 2021: Spencer, C’mon C’mon, the Power of the Dog
A dispatch from Saturday at Telluride featuring films from three master directors, each of whose primary action is catalyzed by a challenging marriage.
Telluride 2021: Bergman Island, the Hand of God, the French Dispatch
My second day at Telluride featured three very different takes from distinctly different directors on the creative process.
Telluride 2021: Encounter, Cyrano, the Rescue
The Telluride film festival returned yesterday, and aside from uploading proof of vaccination, providing a recent negative Covid-19 test result, and wearing masks inside, the biggest difference from recent years was that it started a day early (yay, more film!) and was marked by a series of drizzles and downpours. Every store in town was out of umbrellas and covered outdoor seating was at a premium.
Telluride is back: the SHOW goes on in 2021
After taking a year off for the pandemic, the Telluride film festival is back, in-person (during a pandemic) for 2021. Attendees are …
NBFF 2021: That’s a wrap!
Jenn and Chase are back to report on the strange goings-on of the North Bend Film Festival.
NBFF 2021: Ayar, The Witches of the Orient
Two films that were featured in this year’s North Bend Film Fest have unusual takes on what “experimental documentary filmmaking” might look like.
NBFF 2021: Superior announces an exciting new voice
Erin Vassilopoulos’ debut feature takes daring stylistic risks that pay off in this tense tale of misplaced identity, familial reconciliation, and feminist empowerment.
NBFF 2021: Tailgate, Luchadoras
A tense Dutch horror flick and an inspiring Mexican documentary, both available virtually via NBFF through the end of the weekend.
NBFF 2021: We’re All Going to the World’s Fair is a crushing debut about isolation in the internet age
There is so much that just completely knocks you flat with We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, an incisive and stirring look at what it means to grow up in near complete isolation with the internet as your primary conduit to the world.







