Telluride Film Festival kicked off the 50th edition of “The SHOW” on Thursday afternoon, complete with a luchador erupting from a giant cake on the town’s main thoroughfare and a host of world premiere screenings sprawling out over an extra day. Quick takes below, with updates throughout the festival.
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Telluride kicks off 50th SHOW with lineup drop, tribute announcements
The most mysterious of the big fall film festivals, Telluride keeps its lineup a secret until festivalgoers are ​already en route to the high-altitude of the San Juan mountain town. Sure enough, just as I was boarding my flight for Colorado they provided me ample reading material to prep for the extended Labor Day weekend of moviegoing.
Midday Black Midnight Blue chronicles one man’s journey into madness
Depression can be a black hole of emotions; a never-ending pit that is nearly impossible to claw your way out and Midday Black Midnight Blue is fully encompassed by that black hole from beginning to end. Ian, a man well into mid-life, is haunted by the joy and pain of an old flame.
SIFF 2023 Roundtable: Exit Survey, Golden SunBreak Awards
SIFF was back in-person with paper ballots and back to their traditional May stomping grounds. Might the 10-day festival be the new …
SIFF 2023: artistic biopics Dreamin’ Wild & Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert
Dreamin’ Wild (2022 | USA | 110 min. | Bill Pohlad) Like Bill Pohlad’s Brian Wilson biopic, Love & Mercy, his retelling of what happened when …
SIFF 2023: Festival midnight features: The Visitor From the Future and DEMIGOD: The Legend Begins
Two of Morgen’s favorite films from SIFF 2023 happened to be the midnight features on the first and last Friday of the fest. Find out why a wacky time-traveling joint and Taiwanese puppetry made it to the top of her list.
SIFF 2023: the show’s the thing with Pianoforte and A Disturbance in the Force
Two documentaries about the performing arts: prodigious pianists and a spectacular failure of capitalism.
SIFF 2023: Adoptees find their places in Egghead & Twinkie and The Quiet Migration
Two stories of adoptees finding their places, screening as part of the Seattle International Film Festival.
SIFF 2023: The Last Exit, Douglas Sirk, and Satan Wants You
Reviews of three films playing at the Seattle International Film Festival; all will stream on SIFF.tv next week.
SIFF 2023: Recommendations for the rest of the Festival
Picks for the second half of the Seattle International Film Festival, plus a rundown of the guests who will be in town to support their films.