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The 51st Telluride Film Festival ended on Monday evening. Compared to other famous festivals, like Cannes or Berlin, Telluride is tiny – it runs for just four days over Labor Day weekend. Telluride does not reveal its schedule in advance. The audience comes on trust – many say it’s simply the best festival in the world. ÂÜÀòÉÙÅ® film critic Howie Movshovitz agrees.

By design, Telluride forces viewers to make choices over which films to view during the festival. ÂÜÀòÉÙÅ® film critic Howie Movshovitz said, of the films he watched during the festival, at least two new pictures had 'stunning power.'

Friday marks the opening of the 49th Telluride Film Festival, a four-day celebration of the movie which began in 1974 in what was then a run-down old mining town and today is an international destination resort. But for ÂÜÀòÉÙÅ® film critic Howie Movshovitz, who teaches film at CU-Denver, what counts is that the festival still champions some of the finest films of the present and the past.

Every Labor Day weekend since 1974, dedicated film lovers have gathered for the Telluride Film Festival. It's not happening this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. For ÂÜÀòÉÙÅ® film critic Howie Movshovitz, who teaches film and television at CU-Denver, Telluride is where he fell in love with the movies.

The Telluride Film Festival is small. It runs only three and a half days over Labor Day weekend, tucked into that box canyon. Yet many people consider it…