The first wave of the Fantastic Fest 2016 line-up has been announced, revealing screenings of movies by Tim Burton, Don Coscarelli and more. Sully,” premiering Friday night, marks the first Eastwood film to screen at the fest since 1. White Hunter, Black Heart.” He received a tribute that year as well, and hasn’t been back since he was on hand for Meryl Streep’s tribute in 1. The film stars Tom Hanks as commercial pilot Chesley Sullenberger, who miraculously water- landed US Airways flight 1. Hudson River on January 1. Elsewhere, hot off the 2. Oscar- winning sensation “Whiplash,” Chazelle will transition his vibrant musical to Telluride from an opening night bow at the Venice Film Festival, where it drew raves, before heading to Toronto next week. Also playing the trifecta is Villeneuve’s sci- fi follow- up to last year’s “Sicario,” starring Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner. Younger’s biopic of boxer Vinny Pazienza, played by Miles Teller, will join a number of films that will slide from Telluride world premieres to screenings in Toronto, Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight” from A2. Robin Swicord’s “Wakefield” starring Bryan Cranston, Fran. She and TFF co- founder Tom Luddy have been looking for a reason to screen the film ever since it slipped through their fingers nearly a decade ago.“We were never able to consider it . But we would have so gladly shown it.”She says she’s particularly happy to include a celebration of Larrain after the festival was unable to book his film “The Club” last year. Documentaries from Errol Morris (“The B- Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography”), Werner Herzog (“Into the Inferno”) and Bertrand Tavernier (“My Journey Through French Cinema”) will make an appearance, while Netflix will launch Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkani’s “The Ivory Game,” which documents the conflict between activists and poachers in Africa.“There’s such a growth in the doc world,” Huntsinger says. There’s a thing called . Doug Nichol started out with a story of this incredible shop in Berkeley, California that repairs manual typewriters, and then he found out Tom Hanks, David Mc. Cullough, the great historian, Sam Shepard, John Mayer — they all get their typewriters serviced there! It’s about this analog business struggling in a digital world.”Hanks, who will already be on hand for “Sully,” will in fact participate in the “California Typewriter” Q& A Sunday morning. And finally, a year after it was originally set to bow in Telluride, Sydney Pollack’s swan song of sorts, “Amazing Grace,” had been set to make an appearance this year.
But while it will be on official schedule materials for the festival, the film has been pulled from the program at the last minute. A documentary about the making of Aretha Franklin’s best- selling album, the film was never completed due to sound sync issues, until last year, when it was scheduled to screen in both Telluride and Toronto. But Franklin sued and was granted an injunction to stop the screening by a federal judge in Denver a day ahead of its premiere, forcing Huntsinger and company to pull the film.“At this time, Telluride Film Festival will not be screening . The Festival will continue to reserve a space for the title in its program guide should the legal situation change and should the parties all agree that the film may be screened.”The last time there was movement in the case was in March, when Franklin and the film’s producer, Alan Elliott, asked for more time to settle their dispute. The special Guest Director of this year’s festival is filmmaker Volker Schlo. His selections include Joseph Mankiewicz’s “The Barefoot Contessa,” Louis Malle’s “The Fire Within” and Fritz Lang’s “Spies.”As for the Oscar season, Telluride remains a key launch pad for presumptive hopefuls. Seven of the last eight best picture winners have screened at the fest, including last year’s “Spotlight.” Four of them were world premieres. Warner Bros. Open Road Films, fresh off “Spotlight’s” Cinderella season, could please the crowds again with “Bleed for This” and set Teller on a course through the season, while Cranston’s role in “Wakefield” as a man whose nervous breakdown forces him to leave his wife and live in his attic for several months sounds as juicy as they come. It will be half a year before we can sift through those ashes, though. For now, Huntsinger reflects warmly on “Spotlight’s” trajectory last year.“That was so good for them,” she says. Arrival 2016 Film IzleThere's a good argument to be made that the Venice Film Festival is the most prestigious in the world, and the line-up in 2016 is as exciting as that accolade would. What the heck is wrong with Variety readers these days? Every Variety review, going back to the 1920s, reveals the full plot of the film. Bookmark and follow our exclusive coverage of the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. In keeping with Arrival’s theme of interacting with a never-before. Arrival 2016 Film FestivalsAnd I hope Tom Mc. Carthy will come back again and again. Telluride seems to attract people who are curious, thoughtful, expansive human beings, and boy is he one.”The 4. Telluride Film Festival has been dedicated to the memory of filmmakers Paul Cox and Abbas Kiarostami, who both passed away this year at the age of 7. This year’s full lineup: MAIN PROGRAM“Arrival” (d. Denis Villeneuve, U. S., 2. 01. 6)“The B- Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography” (d. Errol Morris, U. S., 2. Bleed for This” (d. Ben Younger, U. S., 2. California Typewriter” (d. Doug Nichol, U. S., 2. Chasing Trane” (d. John Scheinfeld, U. S., 2. 01. 6)“The End of Eden” (d. Angus Macqueen, U. K., 2. 01. 6)“Finding Oscar” (d. Ryan Suffern, U. S., 2. Fire at Sea” (d. Gianfranco Rosi, Italy/France, 2. Frantz” (d. Cristian Mungiu, Romania/France/Belgium, 2. Into the Inferno” (d. Werner Herzog, U. K./Austria, 2. 01. The Ivory Game” (d. Kief Davidson, Richard Ladkani, Austria/U. S., 2. 01. 6)“La La Land” (d. Damien Chazelle, U. S., 2. 01. 6)“Lost in Paris” (d. Fiona Gordon, Dominique Abel, France/Belgium, 2. Manchester by the Sea” (d. Kenneth Lonergan, U. S., 2. 01. 6)“Maudie” (d. Aisling Walsh, Canada/Ireland, 2. Men: A Love Story” (d. Mimi Chakarova, U. S., 2. 01. 6)“Moonlight” (d. Barry Jenkins, U. S., 2. 01. 6)“My Journey Through French Cinema” (d. Bertrand Tavernier, France, 2. Neruda” (d. Joseph Cedar, U. S./Israel, 2. 01. Snapshots: Eyes on the World” . Dan Krauss, U. S., 2. Refugee” (d. Joyce Chen, Emily Moore, U. S., 2. 01. 6); “The White Helmets” (d. Orlando von Einsiedel, U. K., 2. 01. 6)“Sully” (d. Clint Eastwood, U. S., 2. 01. 6)“Things to Come” (d. Rama Burshtein, U. S./Israel, 2. 01. Toni Erdmann” (d. Maren Ade, Germany/Austria, 2. Una” (d. Benedict Andrews, U. K./U. S./Canada, 2. Wakefield” (d. Robin Swicord, U. S., 2. 01. 6)BACKLOTTelluride. Esther Hoffenberg, France, 2. Bright Lights” (d. Alexis Bloom, Fisher Stevens, U. S., 2. 01. 6)“Cool Cats” (d. Michele Salfi Russo, U. S./Italy, 2. 01. 6)“A Fanatic Heart . Gerry Hoban, Ireland, 2. Gulag” (d. Angus Macqueen, U. K., 2. 00. 0)“I Called Him Morgan” (d. Kasper Collin, Sweden/U. S., 2. 01. 6)“Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown” (d. Gregory Monro, France, 2. Mifune: The Last Samurai” (d. Steven Okazaki, U. S., 2. 01. 5)GUEST DIRECTORGuest Director Volker Schl. Joseph Mankiewicz, U. S., 1. 95. 4)“The Fire Within” (d. Louis Malle, France, 1. I Was Nineteen” (d. Konrad Wolf, East Germany, 1. It Was the Month of May” (d. Marlen Khutsiev, U. S. S. R., 1. 97. 0)“Les Enfants Terribles” (d. Jean- Pierre Melville, France, 1. Spies” (d. Fritz Lang, Germany, 1.
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