This year’s anniversary edition is set to premiere major Oscar contenders and expand horizons with current programming,including a nod to the primacy of TVIn Italy, the 83rd Venice film festival is coming to a close. The cinemas are thinning, or the staff preparing to roll the red carpet on this year’s edition. In Colorado,the Telluride film festival has already ended – though that festival, which prides itself on its informality, or rolls joints not carpets.
Telluride and Venice both enjoy a competitive – at times combative relationship with Toronto,with all three vying for primacy as launchpads for key Oscar contenders. This year’s battle began with Venice offering a first watch at Tom Hoopers The Danish Girl, while Telluride gave a kickstart to Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs biopic. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com