38th Telluride Film Festival

In this second part of the Conversation Series, TABLOID director Errol Morris and INSIDE JOB director Charles Ferguson talk about making their subjects squirm.

BLACK SWAN director Darren Aronofsky talks with theatre critic Hilton Als about transformation, art, and the rigors of ballet.

Our Labor Day Picnic seminar focuses on how filmmakers translate their visions into compelling images for the screen. In this part, THE KING'S SPEECH director Tom Hooper discusses how he found his way into the story of King George VI, and how Hooper brought this struggle with stammering to life using specific lenses and compositions.

Geoffrey Rush talks about the moment when he, Tom Hooper, and Colin Firth discovered THE KING'S SPEECH was by nature a "bromance."

Danny Boyle discusses his shooting style for 127 HOURS, and why it is difficult to define it as a wilderness film.

As part of our Courthouse Conversations series, director Olivier Assayas and actor Edgar Ramirez sit down with author Greil Marcus to discuss the 5 hour epic film CARLOS. In this segment, Assayas acknowledges he was unsure which direction to take in terms of the film's score. Eventually, the film itself decided for him.

TFF 37 Tributee Claudia Cardinale sits down for a rare conversation with Turner Classic Movies' Ben Mankiewicz in this edition of our Courthouse Conversation series.

James Franco talks with Peter Sellars about his first meeting with director Danny Boyle and how acting on "General Hospital" actually helped him land the role of Aron Ralston in 127 HOURS.

TABLOID director Errol Morris and INSIDE JOB director Charles Ferguson take sides on the best way to question interviewees.

TFF 37 Silver Medallion recipient and THE KING'S SPEECH star Colin Firth graciously, and with wonderfully good humor, accepts his place among our family.

Telluride Film Festival's Courthouse Conversations are once again in session. Here, Phillip Lopate asks Guest Director Michael Ondaatje and "Never Let Me Go" author Kazuo Ishiguro whether or not they think cinematically when they write.

After finishing his newest documentary PRECIOUS LIFE, director Shlomi Eldar discovered love truly knows no bounds.

Annette Insdorf moderates a panel about one of the most popular subjects of all time. Listen as BIUTIFUL director Alejandro González Iñárritu expresses what he believes love, life, and art are all about in this first part of our Elks Park Seminar.

TFF 37 Silver Medallion recipient and THE WAY BACK director Peter Weir tells an opening night crowd about his favorite invention in cinema - the close-up.