Above is our first look at Austin Butler in “The Bikeriders” …
If you’ve followed my spitballing of the Telluride Film Festival then not many of the titles, in the just-announced lineup, come as a surprise. All the main titles are indeed there.
Three weeks ago, I had it confirmed that Jeff Nichols’ “The Bikeriders” would have its world premiere at Telluride, and that’s the one title most people are zeroing in on this morning. Nichols’ film is not set to screen at any others festival.
I had also mentioned how “Killers of the Flower Moon” and “The Killer” would not be going to the Rocky Mountains. A real shame, if you ask me. Also missing are Venice and NYFF selections “Maestro,” “Ferrari” and “Priscilla.”
Rather, of the main titles that will be screening at Telluride, the ones to pay attention to are “Saltburn,” “All of Us Strangers,” “Poor Things,” “The Bikeriders,” “El Conde,” “Fingernails,” “The Holdovers,” “Janet Planet,” “Nyad,” “Rustin,” “The Promised Land,” “Fingernails,” “The Royal Hotel” and “Wildcat.”
Julie Huntsinger, executive director of Telluride, notes Andrew Haigh’s “All of Us Strangers,” starring Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal, as a major standout in the festival’s lineup. “It’s the one I just can’t get over how outstanding it is.”
The 50th anniversary edition of the Telluride Film Festival runs with an extra day this year, from Thursday, August 31 through Monday, September 4, 2023. Here’s the feature selection for the Main Program:
All of Us Strangers (Andrew Haigh)
American Symphony (Matthew Heineman)
Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet)
Anselm (Wim Wenders)
Baltimore (Joe Lawlor, Christine Molloy)
Beyond Utopia (Madeleine Gavin)
The Bikeriders (Jeff Nichols)
Cassandro (Roger Ross Williams)
Daddio (Christy Hall)
El Conde (Pablo Larrain)
Fallen Leaves (Aki Kaurismaki)
The Falling Star (Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon)
Finally Dawn (Saverio Costanzo)
Fingernails (Christos Nikou)
Food, Inc. 2 (Robert Kenner, Melissa Robledo)
High & Low – John Galliano (Kevin MacDonald)
The Holdovers (Alexander Payne)
Hollywoodgate (Ibrahim Nash’at)
Janet Planet (Annie Baker)
La Chimera (Alice Rohrwacher)
The Mission (Amanda MacBaine, Jesse Moss)
The Monk and the Gun (Pawo Chinoy Dorji)
Nyad (Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin)
Occupied City (Steve McQueen)
Orlando, My Political Biography (Paul Presciado)
Perfect Days (Wim Wenders)
The Pigeon Tunnel (Errol Morris)
Poor Things (Yorgos Lanthimos)
The Promised Land (Nikolaj Arcel)
The Royal Hotel (Kitty Green)
Rustin (George C. Wolfe)
Saltburn (Emerald Fennell)
The Teacher’s Lounge (Ilker Çatak)
Tehachapi (JR)
Thank You Very Much (Alex Braverman)
Tuesday (Daina Oniunas-Pusic)
Wildcat (Ethan Hawke)
The Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer)
UPDATE: Next Best Picture’s Matt Neglia just posted tomorrow’s screening schedule and attendees will have to decide between watching Saltburn, The Bikeriders, and All Of Us Strangers. Good luck.
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