
As the summer comes to an end, the next season begins – the fall film festival season is about to launch this week. Ready to discover what awaits us over these next few months? What will be the stand out discoveries within these line-ups? It’s time to find out! Kicking things off with the 83rd Venice Film Festival which is beginning this week in sunny Italy, along with the 53rd Telluride Film Festival in Colorado – two of the most iconic and important festivals in the world. Then the 51st Toronto Film Festival will continue right through September, before Fantastic Fest in Austin, TX (starting on Sept. 17) and the 64th New York Film Festival in NYC (starting on Sept. 25), continuing with the Zurich Film Festival (on Sep. 24) and London Film Festival (starting on Oct. 7) and many others. This is when all the big new movies and surprise projects they’ve been saving for the end of the year finally make their first appearance. It’s always an exciting time for cinephiles who make the voyages to these cities to discover the latest that the gods of cinema have provided. We’ve been covering these festivals all over the world for the last 20 years in a row – it’s part of who we are. Below is my list of my most anticipated from the line-ups across all of the festivals. I’ll be back in Venice to watch films in Italy – though this list includes many films from each of the fall fests. // Continue Reading ›