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MTFB blew past the two million view mark since the last post. The average views per post now is 818. That's a lot of reading...and writing. Thanks for taking a look...2,000,000 times.
COLLATING YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU NEEDED
So, I went through the various lists that I have used to try to get a bead on TFF...
E. JEAN CARROLL DOC, ASK E. JEAN, DROPS A TRAILER
Ask E. Jean, a documentary that screened as a part of TFF #52, has released a trailer. That release comes ahead of a May 22nd release date.
Here's the IMDb description:
"E. Jean Carroll won two lawsuits against Donald Trump for defamation and battery. Beyond that, she built a career as a successful magazine writer and...
MARK JOHNSON'S (THE AWARDS ALCHEMIST) FIRST OSCAR STAB (AND WHICH OF THEM COULD BE AT TELLURIDE)
Mark Johnson who is housed at Awards Watch as "The Awards Alchemist" has posted his first look at predicting Oscar nominees for Best Picture for the 2026 run of films. MTFB analyzes his list and names "possible" TFF #53 selections. Today I'll also add for each, the biggest reason...
PAPER TIGER (AND OTHERS) ANNOUNCED FOR CANNES
Adam Driver on the set of Paper Tiger
As expected, the Cannes Film Festival added a number of films to several different sections on Wednesday. Most notable is the addition of James Gray's Paper Tiger to the Palme d'Or competition. That addition had been widely expected.
14 other films were added to various sections but,...
DIGGER NOT DIGGING???
Deadline reported last week that Alejandro G. Inarritu's hotly anticipated Digger starring Tom Cruise may not play any festival at all. The context for this was the presentation for the film at Cinemacon last week.
Of course, we know that Digger is not playing Cannes but with its announced Oct. 2nd release date many assumed (me included) that a...
CANNES DIRECTOR'S FORTNIGHT ANNOUNCED
The Director's Fortnight Section of the 79th Cannes Film Festival has been announced. That information was released on Tuesday. Taking a quick look at the titles, the only film that jumps out as a possibility for TFF #53 is Kantemir Balagov's Butterfly Jam. Balagov was at Telluride in 2029 with Beanpole. I will say that Reed...
CANNES EXTENDED
We know that Cannes has announced a good deal of their lineup and in MTFB's last post, we looked at a number of those films that have already been announced as possible players for TFF #53. But there are some films still left to be unveiled for Cannes and that's what we're focusing on today.
Initially, James Gray's Paper Tiger and Werner Herzog's Bucking...
CANNES ANNOUNCES
The field of films for the 79th Cannes Film Festival have been announced. This is important because history tells us that it's highly likely that 6-8 of these films (mostly from the Palme d'Or competition category) will be selected/invited to play at TFF #53 this fall. Here, from Next Best Picture, are the fils that were announced this morning (films that I...
A WEEK UNTIL CANNES ANNOUNCES-UPDATES AND POSSIBLE TFF FILMS
With a week left until the Cannes Film Festival announces the bulk of its 2026 lineup...MTFB is laser focused on the titles that will be announced and their potential as possible choices for TFF #53. To remind readers, the two fests commonly share about 6-8 titles every year. Last year such films as...
ANOTHER LOOK AT OSCAR POSSIBLES AND TFF
As we march closer to the official announcement of films playing the Cannes Film Fest (see below), MTFB continues looking at really early Oscar predictions from a number Oscarologists to they to at least begin creating a list of possibilities for TFF #53. Today we focus on Joey Magidson's Awards Radar. Magidson posted his list of 25...