Prepare For Award Season With The Best Movies of TIFF

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🗓️ 11 September 2019

⏱️ 51 minutes

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On the September 11, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film writer Chris Evangelista to discuss the best films he saw at the Toronto International Film Festival. Opening Banter: Chris has returned! Why should people care about the films that play at the Toronto International Film Festival? How was Chris’ TIFF this year? Nicolas Cage, Richard Stanley, and Joely Richardson on the Cosmic Horrors of ‘Color Out of Space’ [TIFF 2019 Interview] In Our Feature Presentation: Chris talks about the films he saw at the Toronto International Film Festival: Chris’ Top 10: ‘Dolemite Is My Name’ Review: Eddie Murphy’s Triumphant Return is a Big Winner [TIFF 2019] PAIN & GLORY ‘The Personal History of David Copperfield’ Review: A Delightful Dickens Adaptation From Armando Iannucci [TIFF 2019] ‘Joker’ Review: Joaquin Phoenix is Phenomenal in This Nihilistic Nightmare [TIFF 2019] ‘Marriage Story’ Review: Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson Dazzle In Noah Baumbach’s Heartfelt Drama [TIFF 2019] ‘Waves’ Review: An Ambitious Saga of a Family Crumbling Before Our Eyes [TIFF 2019] LIGHTHOUSE HIDDEN LIFE ‘Knives Out’ Review: Rian Johnson’s Star-Studded Whodunit is Hilarious, Clever and Endlessly Entertaining [TIFF 2019] ‘Jojo Rabbit’ Review: Taika Waititi Expertly Balances Darkness and Light in One Of the Year’s Best Films [TIFF 2019] Brief Mentions: ‘True History of the Kelly Gang’ Review: A Punk-Rock Outlaw Tale Covered in a Thick Layer of Grime [TIFF 2019] ‘Color Out of Space’ Review: Nicolas Cage Screams In Richard Stanley’s Absolutely Batsh*t Crazy Lovecraft Adaptation [TIFF 2019] ‘Uncut Gems’ Review: Adam Sandler Makes Bad Choices in the Latest Tense Saga From the Safdie Brothers [TIFF 2019] ‘Ford v Ferrari’ Review: James Mangold’s Racing Drama Thrills When On the Track, Slogs When Off [TIFF 2019] ‘Sound of Metal’ Review: Riz Ahmed Delivers a Powerhouse Performance In This Jarring Drama [TIFF 2019] ‘Synchronic’ Review: Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead Play With Time and Space Again [TIFF 2019] BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes. /Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). Send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Slash Film Daily for Wednesday, September 11th, 2019.
0:04.8	On today's episode, we're going to talk about the best films at the Toronto International Film Festival.
0:10.0	This is Slash Film Editor-in-Chief Peter Sorata. And joining me on this podcast is slash home writer Chris Evangelista.
0:17.0	Hello folks.
0:19.0	Welcome back, Chris.
0:20.0	Glad to have you back in the States.
0:22.0	Thanks. Glad to have you back in the States.
0:23.0	Thanks.
0:24.0	Well, we're talking today about the Toronto International Film Festival.
0:29.0	Why should people care about this?
0:31.0	Because I think it's a different beast than like
0:34.0	Sundance and it's like these smaller films that were trying to give exposure to like you
0:38.4	know there's gonna be some possible breakouts out of there this is more what
0:41.8	like award contenders? Right, you know, I don't want to get I don't
0:46.1	make it sound like that I only care about you know the award season because I honestly am not
0:50.9	big on award season in general but the the Toronto film
0:54.6	festival along with stuff like you know the Venice film festival and tell your ride
0:58.4	film festival they all happen around the same time this is like the official kickoff to award season. So a lot of the films that
1:05.4	debut at Toronto are the are the films we're going to be talking about for the
1:10.9	next several months ad nauseum as you know award season heats up and people
1:16.3	think you know this is what's going to get nominated for this and so on and so forth and a lot of times you know a lot of times
1:21.9	the films that debut at Toronto are some of the best
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