The Telluride Film Festival Thursday unveiled the lineup of movies for this weekend's event, regarded as among the top U.S. movie gatherings of the year and an early highlight for Oscar hopefuls. The festival, which takes place over four days in the ski resort town of Telluride, Colorado, is considered a key event for cineastes featuring an eclectic group of foreign and US movies. This year's highlights include British director Mike Leigh's “Another Year,” Mexican filmmaker Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's “Biutiful” and a documentary from Martin Scorsese, “A Letter to Elia,” about legendary director Elia Kazan . Others in Telluride's key section, called the Show, include US director Mark Romanek's “Never Let Me Go,” Stephen Frears UK-entry “Tamara Drewe,” Australian Peter Weir's feature “The Way Back” with Colin Farrell, and documentaries “Inside Job” from Charles Ferguson and “Tabloid” by Errol Morris. Telluride has long been a launching ground for movies seeking critical praise and audience buzz ahead of Hollywood's Oscar race. “Slumdog Millionaire” wowed Telluride crowds in 2008 before going on its run at the best film Academy Award.
