The Nugget Theatre, Telluride

08/07/2020

Just to be chosen to play Telluride is an award. These are the films to watch this fall.

The now canceled fall festival programmed 29 films, and tributes to Kate Winslet, Anthony Hopkins and Chloé Zhao, before a worsening pandemic drove executive director Julie Huntsinger to decide, "I don't want us to be part of a problem."

08/06/2020

Here is the full lineup of feature films that would have played at the 2020 Telluride Film Festival, with suggestions, supplied by Telluride, of where else audiences can find them:
After Love (dir. Aleem Khan, U.K., 89 min)
All In: The Fight For Democracy (dir. Liz Garbus, Lisa Cortés, USA, 102 min)
How to watch: In select theaters Sept. 9; available to stream on Amazon Prime Video Sept. 18.
The Alpinist (dir. Peter Mortimer, Nick Rosen, USA, 92 min)
How to watch: Follow for screening updates
Ammonite (dir. Francis Lee, U.K., 117 min)
How to watch: Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 10-19)
Andrey Tarkovsky. A Cinema Prayer (dir. Andrey A. Tarkovsky, Italy-Russian Federation-Sweden, 97 min)
Apples (dir. Christos Nikou, Greece-Poland-Slovenia, 90 min)
How to watch: Venice Film Festival (Sept. 2-12)
The Automat (dir. Lisa Hurwitz, USA, 79 min)
How to watch: follow at Facebook.com/THEAUTOMATthemovie for screening updates
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (dir. Frank Marshall, USA, 111 min)
Charlatan (dir. Agnieszka Holland, Czech Republic-Ireland-Poland-Slovakia, 118 min)
How to watch: screening at the now in-progress Transilvania International Film Festival
Concrete Cowboy (dir. Ricky Staub, USA, 111 min)
How to watch: Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 10-19)
Dear Mr. Brody (dir. Keith Maitland, USA, 97 min)
The Duke (dir. Roger Michell, U.K., 96 min)
How to watch: Venice Film Fest (Sept. 2-12), theatrical release Apr 21
The Father (dir. Florian Zeller, U.K.-France, 97 min)
How to watch: Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 10-19)
Fireball: Visitors From Darker Worlds (dir. Werner Herzog, Clive Oppenheimer, U.K.-USA, 97 min)
How to watch: Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 10-19), Stream on Apple+ (date TBD)
Ibrahim (dir. Samir Guesmi, France, 84 min)
How to watch: French release Dec. 9
Mainstream (dir. Gia Coppola, USA, 94 min)
How to watch: Venice Film Festival (Sept. 2-12)
Mandibules (dir. Quentin Dupieux, France, 77 min)
How to watch: Venice Film Fest (Sept. 2-12), French release Dec. 2
MLK/FBI (dir. Sam Pollard, USA, 104 min)
How to watch: Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 10-19)
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World (dir. Kristina Lindström, Kristian Petri, Sweden, 93 min)
Never Gonna Snow Again (dir. Małgorzata Szumowska, co-dir. Michał Englert, Poland-Germany, 113 min)
How to watch: Venice Film Festival (Sept. 2-12)
Nomadland (dir. Chloé Zhao, USA, 108 min)
How to watch: Venice Film Festival (Sept. 2-12), Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 10-19), Telluride From Los Angeles Drive-In Screening (Sept. 11), New York Film Festival (Sept. 25-Oct. 11), theatrical release Fall 2020
Notturno (dir. Gianfranco Rosi, Italy-France-Germany, 100 min)
How to watch: Venice Film Festival (Sept. 2-12), Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 10-19)
Pray Away (dir. Kristine Stolakis, USA, 101 min)
There is No Evil (dir. Mohammad Rasoulof, Germany-Iran, 152 min)
How to watch: theatrical and virtual release at www.KinoMarquee.com by end of 2020
To the Moon (dir. Tadhg O’Sullivan, Ireland, 76 min)
How to watch: Venice Days Film Festival (Sept. 2-12)
Torn (dir. Max Lowe, USA, 92 min)
The Truffle Hunters (dir. Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw, Italy-USA-Greece, 84 min)
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation (dir. Lisa Immordino Vreeland, USA, 86 min)
The Way I See It (dir. Dawn Porter, USA, 100 min)

2020 Tributees that would have been: Kate Winslet, Anthony Hopkins and Chloe Zhao.

IN THEATERS/ONLINE NOW A documentary that premiered at the 2021 Telluride Film Festival directed and

08/06/2020

So sad that the Film Festival was cancelled. But now we know what to look for out there in the world. Here is the full lineup of feature films that would have played at the 2020 Telluride Film Festival, with suggestions, supplied by Telluride, of where else audiences can find them:
After Love (dir. Aleem Khan, U.K., 89 min)
All In: The Fight For Democracy (dir. Liz Garbus, Lisa Cortés, USA, 102 min)
How to watch: In select theaters Sept. 9; available to stream on Amazon Prime Video Sept. 18.
The Alpinist (dir. Peter Mortimer, Nick Rosen, USA, 92 min)
How to watch: Follow for screening updates
Ammonite (dir. Francis Lee, U.K., 117 min)
How to watch: Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 10-19)
Andrey Tarkovsky. A Cinema Prayer (dir. Andrey A. Tarkovsky, Italy-Russian Federation-Sweden, 97 min)
Apples (dir. Christos Nikou, Greece-Poland-Slovenia, 90 min)
How to watch: Venice Film Festival (Sept. 2-12)
The Automat (dir. Lisa Hurwitz, USA, 79 min)
How to watch: follow at Facebook.com/THEAUTOMATthemovie for screening updates
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (dir. Frank Marshall, USA, 111 min)
Charlatan (dir. Agnieszka Holland, Czech Republic-Ireland-Poland-Slovakia, 118 min)
How to watch: screening at the now in-progress Transilvania International Film Festival
Concrete Cowboy (dir. Ricky Staub, USA, 111 min)
How to watch: Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 10-19)
Dear Mr. Brody (dir. Keith Maitland, USA, 97 min)
The Duke (dir. Roger Michell, U.K., 96 min)
How to watch: Venice Film Fest (Sept. 2-12), theatrical release Apr 21
The Father (dir. Florian Zeller, U.K.-France, 97 min)
How to watch: Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 10-19)
Fireball: Visitors From Darker Worlds (dir. Werner Herzog, Clive Oppenheimer, U.K.-USA, 97 min)
How to watch: Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 10-19), Stream on Apple+ (date TBD)
Ibrahim (dir. Samir Guesmi, France, 84 min)
How to watch: French release Dec. 9
Mainstream (dir. Gia Coppola, USA, 94 min)
How to watch: Venice Film Festival (Sept. 2-12)
Mandibules (dir. Quentin Dupieux, France, 77 min)
How to watch: Venice Film Fest (Sept. 2-12), French release Dec. 2
MLK/FBI (dir. Sam Pollard, USA, 104 min)
How to watch: Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 10-19)
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World (dir. Kristina Lindström, Kristian Petri, Sweden, 93 min)
Never Gonna Snow Again (dir. Małgorzata Szumowska, co-dir. Michał Englert, Poland-Germany, 113 min)
How to watch: Venice Film Festival (Sept. 2-12)
Nomadland (dir. Chloé Zhao, USA, 108 min)
How to watch: Venice Film Festival (Sept. 2-12), Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 10-19), Telluride From Los Angeles Drive-In Screening (Sept. 11), New York Film Festival (Sept. 25-Oct. 11), theatrical release Fall 2020
Notturno (dir. Gianfranco Rosi, Italy-France-Germany, 100 min)
How to watch: Venice Film Festival (Sept. 2-12), Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 10-19)
Pray Away (dir. Kristine Stolakis, USA, 101 min)
There is No Evil (dir. Mohammad Rasoulof, Germany-Iran, 152 min)
How to watch: theatrical and virtual release at www.KinoMarquee.com by end of 2020
To the Moon (dir. Tadhg O’Sullivan, Ireland, 76 min)
How to watch: Venice Days Film Festival (Sept. 2-12)
Torn (dir. Max Lowe, USA, 92 min)
The Truffle Hunters (dir. Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw, Italy-USA-Greece, 84 min)
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation (dir. Lisa Immordino Vreeland, USA, 86 min)
The Way I See It (dir. Dawn Porter, USA, 100 min)

2020 Tributees that would have been: Kate Winslet, Anthony Hopkins and Chloe Zhao.

IN THEATERS/ONLINE NOW A documentary that premiered at the 2021 Telluride Film Festival directed and

06/13/2020

The Nugget is not open yet. But if/when we do reopen there is a safe path to the front door while the renovations continue overhead. While lots of films are being released online or postponed for a loooong while, we hear that some titles may start being released ON THE BIG SCREEN by mid July. And we are still hoping to attend the Film Festival IN PERSON this September. Fingers crossed.

06/01/2020

Telluride Film Festival Announces It Will Go On With The Show; Plans Continue To Hold Important Oscar-Precursor Event On Schedule

By Pete Hammond

May 29, 2020 6:11 pm

The Venice Film Festival has said they are bound and determined to do their event this year, even in light of the continuing Coronavirus pandemic. Now, the second wheel in the traditional Fall Festival Trifecta that launches awards season, Telluride, has sent an email to all, indicating that they intend to move ahead and hold their annual Labor Day weekend festival. The festival is adding a day (as previously reported here) by starting on Thursday September 3, rather than Friday, and by adding an extra charter flight from New York City to make it easier for East coasters.

“We are not ignorant of the devastation facing the world. We feel the fear and distress too. This is why we are committed to observing all guidance as suggested by the consensus of voices of the scientific community with whom we are consulting now. This will not be a business as usual event. Things will look and feel very different,” the Festival said. “We’re contacting you today to let you know we’re hard at work to provide a safe and joyous environment that will include an extra day to allow more space within and between screenings, along with all of the necessary safety tweaks and adjustments you’ve become very familiar with, regardless of where you call home.”

The question of which films, and just how many the festival can attract this year, is still out there. Word in recent weeks is that some studios and distributors who normally attend will not be doing so. Netflix, which has been a key presence in the last couple of years is sitting this one out, at least at this point.

One source at the streamer told me they would love to participate, but their films, which include David Fincher’s Mank and Ron Howard’s Hillbilly Elegy, both strong awards contenders, won’t be ready. Logistics in traveling talent is also a bit overwhelming. Netflix right now plans to entirely skip the festival circuit. Of course, there is great uncertainty about other big name films being ready for any fest, and the situation is fluid, to say the least.

One possibility would appear to be Fox Searchlight’s Wes Anderson film French Dispatch, which was reported to appear in Cannes and open in May. It has been moved to an October launch, which would make it an obvious choice for Telluride and Toronto, especially since Searchlight almost always has at least one premiere, and often more, in the pipeline for these fests.

Telluride is notoriously secretive about its lineup, which includes all sorts of film programs, retrospectives, and, of course, hot titles aimed at Oscar, and never officially unveils it until the day before the fest. So there is time to get this together. Several titles always come from Cannes, so we can probably expect some of them when Cannes reveals the lineup they had set for the May fest that didn’t happen. That will be on June 3, and those films will be able to carry the Cannes Film Festival 2020 label. So Telluride toppers Julie Huntsinger and Tom Luddy will certainly be looking at those. Time will tell, but for right now, both Venice and Telluride are in. Your move, Toronto.

Here is the complete message from Telluride Film Festival:

From the very beginning, the founders of the Telluride Film Festival declined to call it an “annual” event. Like most things with the SHOW, this was intentional. There was an understanding that life is indeed full of uncertainty. Maybe there wouldn’t be a festival every year…and it has made each eventual Labor Day celebration that much sweeter.

We see clearly the obstacles that are cruelly, tragically and stubbornly in our way this year in orders of magnitude our dear founders might not ever have envisioned.

But there has been a determination to proceed, in large part fueled by the voices in our community. This community understands that movies really are empathy machines, that when we assemble to witness the glories of cinema together, something magical happens. We humbly suggest that our world needs the light of cinema and its beautiful by-products of compassion and emotional storytelling alchemy like never before.

We are not ignorant of the devastation facing the world. We feel the fear and distress too. This is why we are committed to observing all guidance as suggested by the consensus of voices of the scientific community with whom we are consulting now. This will not be a business as usual event. Things will look and feel very different.

We’re contacting you today to let you know we’re hard at work to provide a safe and joyous environment that will include an extra day to allow more space within and between screenings, along with all of the necessary safety tweaks and adjustments you’ve become very familiar with, regardless of where you call home.

The festival will begin Thursday, September 3, instead of Friday, and will end on Monday, as usual. We will have a charter from New York City, in addition to our usual charters from Los Angeles, to ensure easier and more controlled transit for our East Coast friends.

Your comfort and safety are the most important things to us. A defining characteristic of our community and especially of the dedicated volunteers who bring you the SHOW, is remarkable willpower – and grit. We promise to marshal these qualities to create the most secure environment possible for all of us.

For those of you who opt to not join us, we absolutely understand and support this decision. Your reasons surely involve heightened personal health concerns and you must do what is the very best for you. We trust and hope you’ll be back with us the next time we can provide optimal conditions for the SHOW. May that be soon.

In the meantime, we will let you know additional and specific information in the coming weeks.

For every gesture of support you have shown us, we thank you — very, very much.

FIAT LUX!

05/21/2020

Dear Nugget Friends,

We hope you are sheltering in place and attending MountainFilm on line. The films will be available through May 25. There are some great features, filmmakers have Q&A moments after their films, plenty of other interviews and don't miss the adrenalin and other short programs.

04/02/2020

Dear Nugget Friends,

The Nugget will remain closed until at least April 11. We are aware that long range projections and guidance may require us to hibernate for a little while longer, but we will keep our updates coming weekly.

It will be wonderful to tell you, whenever that is, that the Nugget is opening up again to show movies. Your support means everything and we hope we see you soon!

Please continue to stay safe, healthy, and home.

Sincerely,
Telluride Film Festival

03/27/2020

Due to an executive order by the Governor of Colorado and in the interest of the health and safety of our employees, all operations will be closed until Monday, April 6. We will, at that time, reevaluate the situation. Stay safe.

03/24/2020

My friend Genne keeps talking about JOJO RABBIT and it's gotten me thinking about it and now I really want to see it again. Quirky, funny, thought provoking.

03/24/2020

Please post your recommendations of films you have recently liked and why. A mini review, if you will.

03/24/2020

The last film we got to see before the quarantine hit was EMMA. We were transported back in time but the story was so universal that it translated perfectly.

03/24/2020

Dear Nugget Friends,

The Nugget will remain closed through April 3. We look forward to a time when we can open our doors again but in the meantime, please stay safe and healthy.

Sincerely,
Telluride Film Festival