Telluride '06 Opener

The 33rd Telluride Film Festival, which gets under way Friday, will spotlight such Oscar hopefuls as Douglas McGrath's "Infamous," the second Truman Capote biopic in two years; Todd Field's "Little Children," the director's follow-up to "In the Bedroom"; Kevin Macdonald's "The Last King of Scotland," starring Forest Whitaker as Idi Amin; and Steven Shainberg's Diane Arbus biopic "Fur," starring Nicole Kidman. Last minute programming additions include Mira Nair's The Namesake and Philip Noyce's South African anti-apartheid drama "Catch a Fire," starring Derek Luke, but alas, not Nicholas Hytner's The History Boys.

For the full story, check out Anne's Telluride '06 curtain raiser.