Festival Circuit 2024

[Mr Sausage]

I hope you got it as part of those excellent Library of America sets

I got the Dead Authors Society one from Amazon - what’s the difference?

Aside from the Library of America being amazing in general, its 50s noir volume also includes The Killer Inside Me, The Talented Mr. Ripley, and two others. Good value for money in a handsome volume.

[domino harvey]

To me their big hardback omnibus books are too cumbersome to actually read

[knives]

That is indeed an incredibly good volume. All of the included novels are worth reading a few times.

[Mr Sausage]

To me their big hardback omnibus books are too cumbersome to actually read

I'm surprised. I've never had a problem with them myself. The dimensions are around the size of a penguin paperback, and the thinner paper means they're never too thick. I find them easier to handle than most 500+ page hardbacks.

[domino harvey]

To be fair all the ones I’ve had were like 1000 pages. The thin paper makes me anxious I’ll rip a page out too. They’re just not for me, though I wish they were because they’re a better deal than buying individual paperbacks

[Mr Sausage]

One of the reasons I keep going back to their American Poetry volumes is how much more compact and easy to handle they are than pretty much any other poetry anthologies of a similar scope. And there's a lot to be said for being able to have, say, all of Hawthorne's novels or the complete tales of Poe in one portable volume.

It's my collected Shakespeare volumes that give me the most irritation. There's no comfortable way to read those outside of buying a lectern.

[brundlefly]

Cockfighter (Monte Hellman): A screening of a restored print for its 50th anniversary (indeed screened on the exact day of its premiere, 50 years later). Kier-La Janisse was on hand to introduce it, and her passion for this weird movie made me wish I liked it more.

Her book on the film (from a 2018 Indiegogo campaign) just showed up the other day and at least physically it's a lovely piece of work. (I've yet to read it, or see the film for that matter.) Once she's done touring, remaining copies will be on sale here.

[Mr Sausage]

Cockfighter (Monte Hellman): A screening of a restored print for its 50th anniversary (indeed screened on the exact day of its premiere, 50 years later). Kier-La Janisse was on hand to introduce it, and her passion for this weird movie made me wish I liked it more.

Her book on the film (from a 2018 Indiegogo campaign) just showed up the other day and at least physically it's a lovely piece of work. (I've yet to read it, or see the film for that matter.) Once she's done touring, remaining copies will be on sale here.

Yeah, she was selling copies of it at the screening, and it looked terrific when I flipped through it, a must for any fans. Would’ve bought it myself if I’d liked the film more. Was hoping to get a copy of House of Psychotic Women instead, but the few copies available were snatched up before I could get one. Still kicking myself for missing it, especially when I later saw how much it retails for.

[yoloswegmaster]

New phantom pages have popped up on the TIFF website for The Room Next Door, Queer, Babygirl, The Brutalist, On Swift Horses, and Dahomey. Cameron Bailey also said that at least 2 films will be screened on film prints, one of which is I'm assuming The Brutalist.

[swo17]

TIFF also has a documentary about Adam Kinzinger from the director of Hot Tub Time Machine, who he let tell his story "because Kinzinger is a big fan of Hot Tub Time Machine"!

[yoloswegmaster]

Latest TIFF announcements:

Wavelength Features:

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Collective Monologue [Monólogo colectivo] Jessica Sarah Rinland | Argentina/United Kingdom
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exergue - on documenta 14 Dimitris Athiridis | Greece
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Grand Tour Miguel Gomes | Portugal/Italy/France/Germany/Japan/China
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Lázaro at Night [Lázaro de noche] Nicolás Pereda | Canada/Mexico
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Pepe Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias | Dominican Republic/Germany/France/Namibia
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Perfumed with Mint [Moattar binanaa] Muhammed Hamdy | Egypt/France/Tunisia/Qatar
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The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich | USA
Canadian Premiere
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The Damned Roberto Minervini | Italy/USA/Belgium North American Premiere
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Viêt and Nam Trương Minh Quý | Philippines/Singapore/France/Netherlands/Italy/Germany/Vietnam
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Youth (Hard Times) [Qing Chun (Ku)] Wang Bing | France/Luxembourg/Netherlands
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Youth (Homecoming) [Qing Chun (Gui)] Wang Bing | France/Luxembourg/Netherlands
North American Premiere
Luminaries

Classics Programme 2024:

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Awāra Raj Kapoor | India

Bona Lino Brocka | Philippines

Essene Frederick Wiseman | USA

Masala Srinivas Krishna | Canada

The Sweet Hereafter Atom Egoyan | Canada

Time of Maturity [Reifezeit] Sohrab Shahid Saless | Germany

Centrepiece Programme:

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Addition Marcelle Lunam | Australia
World Premiere
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A Missing Part Guillaume Senez | Belgium/France
World Premiere
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An Unfinished Film Lou Ye | Singapore/Germany
North American Premiere
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Anywhere Anytime Milad Tangshir | Italy
International Premiere
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April Dea Kulumbegashvili | Italy/France/Georgia
North American Premiere
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Beloved Tropic Ana Endara | Panama/Colombia
World Premiere
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Bound in Heaven Huo Xin | China
World Premiere
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By the Stream Hong Sangsoo | South Korea
North American Premiere

Cloud Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Japan
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Crocodile Tears Tumpal Tampubolon | Indonesia/France/Singapore/Germany
World Premiere
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Don’t Cry, Butterfly Dương Diệu Linh | Vietnam/Singapore/Philippines/Indonesia
North American Premiere
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Edge of Night Türker Süer | Germany
North American Premiere
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Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara Erin Lee Carr | USA
World Premiere

Flow Gints Zilbalodis | Latvia/France/Belgium
Canadian Premiere

Front Row Merzak Allouache | Algeria/Saudi Arabia/France
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Happyend Neo Sora | Japan/USA
North American Premiere
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Happy Holidays Scandar Copti | Palestine/Germany/France/Italy/Qatar
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Jane Austen Wrecked My Life Laura Piani | France
World Premiere
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Julie Keeps Quiet Leonardo van Dijl | Belgium/Sweden
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Ka Whawhai Tonu - Struggle Without End Michael Jonathan | New Zealand
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Kill the Jockey Luis Ortega | Argentina/Mexico/Spain/Denmark/USA
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Little Jaffna Lawrence Valin | France
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Los Tortuga Belén Funes | Spain/Chile
World Premiere
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Matt and Mara Kazik Radwanski | Canada
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Measures for a Funeral Sofia Bohdanowicz | Canada
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My Sunshine Hiroshi Okuyama | Japan/France
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Pimpinero: Blood and Oil Andrés Baiz | Colombia
World Premiere

Presence Steven Soderbergh | USA
International Premiere

Santosh Sandhya Suri | United Kingdom
Canadian Premiere
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Seven Days Ali Samadi Ahadi | Germany
World Premiere
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Souleymane’s Story Boris Lojkine | France
International Premiere
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Sunshine Antoinette Jadaone | Philippines
World Premiere
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Sweet Angel Baby Melanie Oates | Canada
World Premiere
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The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos Agbajowo Collective: James Tayler, Ogungbamila Temitope, Okechukwu Samuel, Mathew Cerf, Tina Edukpo, Bisola Akinmuyiwa, A.S. Elijah | Nigeria/Germany/South Africa/USA
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The Mother and the Bear Johnny Ma | Canada/Chile
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The Mountain Rachel House | New Zealand
North American Premiere
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The Seed of the Sacred Fig Mohammad Rasoulof | Iran/France/Germany
Canadian Premiere

The Swedish Torpedo Frida Kempff | Sweden
World Premiere
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The Village Next to Paradise Mo Harawe | France/Austria/Germany/Somalia
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To a Land Unknown Mahdi Fleifel | United Kingdom/France/Germany/Netherlands/Greece/Qatar /Saudi Arabia/Palestine
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Under the Volcano Damian Kocur | Poland
World Premiere
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Universal Language Matthew Rankin | Canada
North American Premiere

When the Light Breaks Rúnar Rúnarsson | Iceland/Netherlands/Croatia/France
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TIFF Docs Programme:

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A Sisters’ Tale Leila Amini | Switzerland/France/Iran
International Premiere
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Blue Road - The Edna O’Brien Story Sinéad O’Shea | Ireland/United Kingdom
World Premiere
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Ernest Cole: Lost and Found Raoul Peck | France
North American Premiere

From Ground Zero Wissam Moussa, Nidal Damo, Ahmed Hassouna, Alaa Ayoub, Karim Satoum, Bashar Al Babisi, Khamis Masharawi, Nida’A Abu Hasna, Tamer Nijim, Ahmed Al Danaf, Rima Mahmoud, Muhammad Al Sharif, Basil El Maqousi, Mustafa Al Nabih, Rabab Khamis, Mustafa Kulab, Alaa Damo, Hana Eleiwa, Mahdi Kreirah, Aws Al Banna, Islam Al Zeriei, Etimad Washah | Palestine/France/Qatar/Jordan
North American Premiere
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Living Together Halima Elkhatabi | Canada
World Premiere

Men of War Jen Gatien, Billy Corben | USA/Canada
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Mistress Dispeller Elizabeth Lo | China/USA
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No Other Land Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor | Palestine/Norway
Canadian Premiere
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Patrice: The Movie Ted Passon | USA
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Russians at War Anastasia Trofimova | Canada/France
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So Surreal: Behind the Masks Neil Diamond, Joanne Robertson | Canada
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Space Cowboy Marah Strauch, Bryce Leavitt | USA
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Sudan, remember us Hind Meddeb | France/Tunisia/Qatar
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Tata Lina Vdovîi, Radu Ciorniciuc | Romania/Germany/Netherlands
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Temporary Shelter Anastasiia Bortuali | Iceland
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The Freedom of Fierro Santiago Esteinou | Mexico/Canada/Greece
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The Last of the Sea Women Sue Kim | USA
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The Last Republican Steve Pink | USA
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Vice is Broke Eddie Huang | USA
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Wishing on a Star Peter Kerekes | Italy/Slovakia/Czech Republic/Austria/Croatia
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Your Tomorrow Ali Weinstein | Canada
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Primetime:

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Disclaimer Alfonso Cuarón | United Kingdom
Canadian Premiere

Faithless Tomas Alfredson, Sara Johnsen | Sweden
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Families Like Ours Thomas Vinterberg | Denmark/France/Sweden/Czech Republic/Belgium/Norway/Germany
North American Premiere

M. Son of the Century Joe Wright | Italy/France
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The Knowing Courtney Montour, Tanya Talaga | Canada
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The Listeners Janicza Bravo, Jordan Tannahill | United Kingdom
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The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal Mike Downie | Canada
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Thou Shalt Not Steal Dylan River | Australia
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[zedz]

To be fair all the ones I’ve had were like 1000 pages. The thin paper makes me anxious I’ll rip a page out too. They’re just not for me.

Actual picture of domino harvey:

[yoloswegmaster]

No idea how it works for other film festivals but this year's iteration of TIFF will have reserved seating for all the screenings. This has never been the case the last 2 times I've gone, so I'm disappointed that they decided to go down that route.

[yoloswegmaster]

Telluride 2024 Lineup:

• ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT (d. Payal Kapadia, France-India-Netherlands-Luxembourg, 2024)
• ANORA (d. Sean Baker, U.S., 2024)
• APOCALYPSE IN THE TROPICS (d. Petra Costa, Brazil-U.S.-Denmark, 2024)
• BETTER MAN (d. Michael Gracey, Australia, 2024)
• BIRD (d. Andrea Arnold, U.K., 2024)
• BLINK (d. Daniel Roher, Edmund Stenson, U.S.-Canada, 2024)
• CARVILLE: WINNING IS EVERYTHING, STUPID! (d. Matt Tyrnauer, U.S., 2024)
• CONCLAVE (d. Edward Berger, U.K., 2024)
• DISCLAIMER (d. Alfonso Cuarón, U.K.-U.S., 2024)
• DON’T LET’S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHT (d. Embeth Davidtz, South Africa, 2024)
• EMILIA PÉREZ (d. Jacques Audiard, France, 2024)
• IN WAVES AND WAR (d. Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk, U.S., 2024)
• JEAN COCTEAU (d. Lisa Immordino Vreeland, U.S., 2024)
• LEONARDO DA VINCI (d. Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon, U.S., 2024)
• MARIA (d. Pablo Larraín, Germany-Italy-U.S.-Hungary-France-Greece, 2024)
• MARTHA (d. R.J. Cutler, U.S., 2024)
• MEMOIR OF A SNAIL (d. Adam Elliot, Australia, 2024)
• MISERICORDIA (d. Alain Guiraudie, France-Spain-Portugal, 2024)
• NICKEL BOYS (d. RaMell Ross, U.S., 2024)
• NO OTHER LAND (d. Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor, Palestine-Norway, 2024)
• ONE TO ONE: JOHN & YOKO (d. Kevin Macdonald, U.K., 2024)
• PIECE BY PIECE (d. Morgan Neville, U.S., 2024)
• SANTOSH (d. Sandhya Suri, U.K.-Germany-France, 2024)
• SATURDAY NIGHT (d. Jason Reitman, U.S., 2024)
• SEPARATED (d. Errol Morris, U.S., 2024)
• SEPTEMBER 5 (d. Tim Fehlbaum, Germany, 2024)
• SOCIAL STUDIES (d. Lauren Greenfield, U.S., 2024)
• THE END (d. Joshua Oppenheimer, Ireland-Germany-Italy-Sweden-Denmark-U.K., 2024)
• THE FRIEND (d. David Siegel, Scott McGehee, U.S., 2024)
• THE OUTRUN (d. Nora Fingscheidt, U.K.-Germany, 2024)
• THE PIANO LESSON (d. Malcolm Washington, U.S., 2024)
• THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (d. Mohammad Rasoulof, Germany-France-Iran, 2024)
• THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT (d. Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk, Pedro Kos, U.S., 2024)
• WILL & HARPER (d. Josh Greenbaum, U.S., 2024)
• ZURAWSKI V TEXAS (d. Maisie Crow, Abbie Perrault, U.S., 2024)

[hearthesilence]

No idea how it works for other film festivals but this year's iteration of TIFF will have reserved seating for all the screenings. This has never been the case the last 2 times I've gone, so I'm disappointed that they decided to go down that route.

NYFF is like this, but only for the big screenings at Alice Tully Hall. Screenings at the other theaters at Lincoln Center are still everyone-for-themselves.

[beamish14]

Hasn’t Denzel Washington and his family done enough damage to August Wilson’s work?

[yoloswegmaster]

No idea how it works for other film festivals but this year's iteration of TIFF will have reserved seating for all the screenings. This has never been the case the last 2 times I've gone, so I'm disappointed that they decided to go down that route.

NYFF is like this, but only for the big screenings at Alice Tully Hall. Screenings at the other theaters at Lincoln Center are still everyone-for-themselves.

They only did reserved seating at TIFF for the venues that aren't normally designed to screen films in past years but now they've included the 2 main venues that are actually movie theaters. Which is very frustrating since this means that the rich people who spend $$$ on the memberships get to have better seating since they get first dibs on tickets, while the rest of us regular joes get the scraps. It makes it hard for me to take the motto of this being the "people's festival" seriously.

[cantinflas]

Wonderful masterclass by Peter Weir in Venice

[Never Cursed]

Venice awards:

Golden Lion: Pedro Almodóvar, The Room Next Door
Grand Jury Prize: Maura Delpero, Vermiglio
Special Jury Prize: Dea Kulumbegashvili, April
Director: Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Actress: Nicole Kidman, Babygirl
Actor: Vincent Lindon, The Quiet Son
Screenplay: Murilo Hauser and Heitor Lorega, I’m Still Here
Marcello Mastroianni: Paul Kircher, Their Children After Them

[yoloswegmaster]

Some notable films have premiered the last couple of days at Venice/TIFF:

Hard Truths has been getting very strong notices, especially for Marianne Jean-Baptiste. Interestingly Mike Leigh confirms that Cannes/Venice/Telluride all declined to screen it. It makes no sense why Thierry Fremaux has been declining the past couple films that Leigh has directed but will add every Nanni Moretti film to competition.

Takeshi Kitano's Broken Rage has also been getting very positive reviews and is considered to be a strong crowd pleaser. Shame that TIFF decided to not add this as a part of their Midnight Madness screenings, as it sounds like it would have been a major hit with that audience.

Angelina Jolie's Without Blood, however, has been getting negative reviews and apparently a lot of people walked out of the premiere last night.

[Omensetter]

Honestly, if I'm Fremaux in 2018, I'd reject Peterloo from competition, too. (Not Vera Drake in 2004, of course.) Cannes is finicky, of course, but both Venice and Telluride declining is a bit insulting. I honestly don't know what exciting world premiere Toronto debuted or is to debut this year if not for Mike Leigh.

Almodóvar's newest seems a worthy winner of Venice based on reaction. (Of course, many think he's overdue, but I run mostly cold on him.) Corbet would have won regardless based on the reactions to his film and its recent pick-up by A24. I love to see such ambition from a relatively young individual rewarded, and it seems that after a flat Cannes and Berlin that the year might be revived yet from unlikely individuals like Corbet and RaMell Ross.

Her last film was one of the more grating films of this decade, so it's nice that A24 let Halina Reijn direct her own script. I also saw a solid amount of praise for Dag Johan Haugerud's second entry into his trilogy. Perhaps Janus/Sideshow will pick that up, but now I remember that the first entry was taken by Strand. Maybe they (or MUBI) will go for the Romanian film that won Orizzonti.

[cantinflas]

[Never Cursed]

TIFF People's Choice Awards:

Winner: The Life of Chuck (Mike Flanagan)
First Runner-up: Emilia Pérez (Jacques Audiard)
Second Runner-up: Anora (Sean Baker)

[yoloswegmaster]

The winners aren't much of a surprise considering how they kept adding additional screenings for each film.

[domino harvey]

The Flanagan film came out of nowhere and absolutely no one was talking about it or expecting it to win until it screened, and even then it winning was a shock. The other two were very expected

It sounds very much of a piece with the Darabont King movies, sentimental favorites that your parents will like