Telluride Debut Dazzles With Moore’s Bold, Oscar-Ready Turn

Jesse Eisenberg's The Debut lands at Telluride as a savage, faux-musical community-theater satire led by Julianne Moore's fearless Mona and Paul Giamatti's tyrannical director; with A24 set for a December release, the film is positioned as a potential Oscar contender and a standout in this year's festival slate.