World of Reel‘s Jordan Ruimy is “hearing” from certain wise guys that not only will Martin Scorsese‘s Killers of the Flower Moon have its big North American premiere at Telluride two weeks hence, but that Scorsese will be celebrated with a special career tribute.

It is odd, I must say, that after all the hoopla surrounding Flower Moon‘s big Cannes premiere three months ago (5.20.23) and with Scorsese’s 1920s epic slated to open theatrically on Friday, 10.6.23 via Apple and Paramount, followed by the streaming debut several weeks later…it does seem odd that no domestic fall festival screenings have been announced for Toronto or New York…

Flower Moon has to generate some kind of festival heat, right? It can’t just hide out and cool its heels between now and 10.6. We’re now in film festival mode. The engines have started. To quote William S. Burroughs, “We are here to go.”