Venice + Telluride + Toronto: The Fall Festivals Are Ready for Launch

“We are a Go for launch.” It’s time for lift off. The Venice Film Festival begins tomorrow (August 29th) with the world premiere of Damien Chazelle’s new film First Man, his follow-up to the Oscar-winning musical La La Land (which played at Venice & Telluride). This kicks off the annual “fall movie season”, beginning with three major festivals back-to-back: the Venice Film Festival (in its 75th year), the Telluride Film Festival (in its 45th year), and the Toronto Film Festival (in its 43rd year). For cinephiles and Oscar pundits, this is always the most exciting time of the year. The best films are usually waiting to premiere, or be discovered in the mix of all the madness, and it’s finally time to get into them. Time to see them, analyze them, debate them, and revel in their glory (or their failure). The line-ups this year look stellar, I can’t wait. ›››

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