As we emerge on the other side of the long
film festival season and move into awards season, Damien Chazelle's Whiplash has been drumming up (sorry) so much good publicity that it isn't crazy to think the 29 - year - old filmmaker may be holding his first golden statue in a few months time.
It's
film festival season so we have a bit of film festival news this week.
Well, the fall
film festival season is starting to really take shape and if you were wondering what's up with the line - up of the 59th BFI London Film Festival, wonder no longer.
Put this one high up on your 2015 most anticipated list and hope it's ready by Cannes or the next fall
film festival season.
The studio is now the undisputed winner of the fall
film festival season, thanks to Guillermo del Toro's «The Shape of Water» and Martin McDonagh's «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.»
It's already the talk of
film festivals season with stunning reviews and so we're very intrigued to see Tom Ford «s new movie Nocturnal Animals starring Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal.
Not exact matches
This summer marks an historic
season for the annual Bard SummerScape
festival, when eight weeks of music, opera, theater, dance,
film, and cabaret will turn for the first time to Latin America.
(Note that any Tribeca premieres that have already debuted to the public prior to today — including the
film Duck Butter, the Netflix miniseries Bobby Kennedy for President, and the new
season of Westworld — are omitted, since they have subsequently been reviewed outside of the
festival.)
Below, we recap the reactions from critics to the major
films screening at this year's Telluride, Venice, and Toronto International Film
Festivals, considered the most prestigious events of the
season and the locales where many future Oscar nominees first debut.
United States of Tara,
Season 3, Episode 8: On the way to New York City for Marshall's
film festival, Max's fear of flying sets in.
Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master might have lost the Golden Lion in Venice (while still winning Best Director and Best Actor (s) awards), but it emerged as the most critically acclaimed
film of the fall
festival season.
The «Oscar launchpad» designation is mainly reserved for Toronto when it comes to
film festivals, with the September event kicking off awards «
season» (even though it's really half a year).
The
film won't be launched until a fall
festival, right into awards
season later this year.
In addition to presenting year end awards during the annual movie awards
season, AWFJ partners with select
film festivals throughout the year to present EDA Awards for best female directed
films in the documentary, narrative feature, and short categories.
Nakashima «Äôs
film was THE summer hit in Japan this
season and is riding high as a crowd pleaser in
festival circuits worldwide.
TELLURIDE, Colo. — Oscar
season opens every September with the Telluride and Toronto
film festivals, and again this year, biopics seem to be leading the field.
«The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby: Him & Her» Why It Could Be A Contender: One of the most ambitious
films of the
festival season, and one we've had our eye on for a little while, «The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby» is a two - part, three - hour drama from first - time writer / director Ned Benson.
There may already Gotham noms and
film festivals, but Oscar
season doesn't really start until The Hollywood Reporter's Actress Roundtable - at least in our hearts.
The 60th BFI London Film Festival has announced its
films this morning and they feature some familiar faces of the already announced fall
festivals and offer us a glimpse into the studio pushes for the upcoming Oscar
season.
What: Newcomer Timothée Chalamet is having a moment and, if this
film's reception on the
festival circuit is any indication, you will be hearing his name more come awards
season.
It is one of my most anticipated
films to come out of the early
festival season.
The Square, Call Me By Your Name, The Florida Project, Mudbound and A Fantastic Woman are just some of the early announced
films hitting the Mill Valley Film Festival The Venice and Telluride Film
Festivals are just kicking off but the Mill Valley Film Festival, now in its 40th
season, is set to show off some of the fall and...
Sundance, the prestige
film festival for American independent cinema, has frequently been the launching pad for
films that dominate Oscar
season.
That's right, it's
festival season in the world of
film.
The movies currently debuting at
film festivals and gearing up for the fall awards
season were largely
filmed either before or during the 2016 election — but that doesn't mean they can't reflect modern politics.
Renowned in recent years as a key launchpad for heavyweight Oscar contenders, the 74th Venice
film festival has unveiled a lineup heavy on potential award -
season frontrunners, as
films start to jockey for position in earnest.
London always offers a lot of amazing
film events, awards and
festivals but one definite highlight of the every
season is the Somerset House...
Beyond the inside - the - mediasphere headaches of scheduling and other logistics, the transition only served to underscore how the
festival continues to be torn between premieres of Hollywood
films hitting theaters within weeks, the carefully calibrated launch of award -
season hopefuls, the rediscovery of
films from earlier in the
festival year, and the emergence of new international and independent titles.
While that latter
film was already considered a dead - cert for awards -
season glory, even before it premiered at the
festival, this year's event boasts no such obvious frontrunner.
Festival director Alberto Barbera, who is responsible for selecting much of the
festival programme, acknowledges the issue, but is confident that several of the
films in his lineup will be in the reckoning at the sharp end of awards
season.
Once seen as a waning force in the
film industry calendar, the world's oldest
film festival has regained its status as a kingmaker for award -
season hopefuls, with a record of launching
films that have gone on to enjoy success at the Academy Awards, including two recent best picture winners in Spotlight and Birdman, and the
film that took home the highest number of Oscars this year, La La Land.
The Venice
film festival kicks off awards -
season with star power — from Clooney's Suburbicon to Damon in sci - fi comedy Downsizing — as it fights off competition from Telluride, Toronto and Netflix
It's mid-September and the Oscar
season is in its first lap with the Venice, Telluride and Toronto
film festivals wrapped up but we still don't have any word on who the Oscar host for the 87th Academy Awards will be.
The release date falls in the thick of awards
season and suggests the studio is most likely going to premiere the
film at one of the major fall
festivals.
The Gist: A look at the relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking (Redmayne) and his wife (Jones), this is definitely a
film with awards
season hopes, and given how competitive this
season is, it'll likely need a
festival boost.
The most overused word of the political
season was poised to become the buzzword for America's most renowned
film festival.
But, in a
festival season that's too often populated by quite literally vanilla awards fare, writer / director Barry Jenkins» astonishing new
film is both proudly black and refreshingly queer.
The Chicago International
Film Festival kicked off last night, and over the next couple weeks I'll be reviewing some
festival season stragglers, beginning with the opening night
film, Miss Julie, which blew chunks.
Awards
season is just under way, but it's already time to start thinking about next year's
film festival circuit.
He will be writing about the movies he's seeing, the trends he's observing and what it all means for an event that, along with the Venice and Telluride
film festivals, marks the official kickoff of the fall movie
season.
Speaking of Sundance, another
festival film to watch this awards
season is Fruitvale.
The
film would be a prime candidate for any distributor looking to bolster its awards
season slate, as Fox Searchlight did last year when it acquired Pablo Larraín's «Jackie» out of the
festival, and went on to earn an Oscar nomination for star Natalie Portman.
«As usual, we'll be welcoming some of the best - known names in the industry to Dublin during
festival season and we'll be running a range of ancillary events to complement the programme of
film screenings.
It's very clear why The Girl on the Train was completely absent in all precursor Oscar
season film festivals.
The movie awards
season begins to take shape each September, around the time of the big international
film festivals.
As the industry spins out of the late - summer
film festival circuit, which annually grinds the gears of the
season to life, this year's race is shaping up to be one of -LSB-...]
As the industry spins out of the late - summer
film festival circuit, which annually grinds the gears of the
season to life, this year's race is shaping up to be one of the most exciting ever observed in the early stages.
Labor Day is the official start of the awards
season with the advent of annual
film festivals in Venice, Telluride and Toronto (not that we will forget earlier
films like «Get Out»).
While many folks are furiously updating and upgrading their Oscar predictions as
festival season gets underway, the thing is we're barely into the swing of the awards
season, and more crucially, most of the
films have yet to be seen.
There was something to look forward to in each
season, from very well crafted
festival films, meant to stir powerful emotions and meditation, to entertaining, witty blockbusters, meant to take the edge off.