Not exact matches
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.
For those who don't know,
most studios use the
fall film festivals as a kind of launching pad for their big awards contenders.
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.
Its October release date is prime position that makes perfect sense for a premiere at one of the major
fall film festivals, Toronto or Telluride
most likely, and it has the potential to be a hit through many different branches of the Academy.
Movie fans trekking to Telluride, Colo., for the resort town's annual
film festival this weekend are set to see some of the
fall's
most anticipated performances, including Bill Murray as FDR in «Hyde Park on Hudson,» Michael Shannon as family man and freelance assassin in «The Iceman,» and Ben Affleck as a CIA agent in «Argo.»
As some of the other responders have noted, the
fall movies have not «petered out» for
most of us, since we don't attend the major
film festivals.
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
festival will also be welcoming directors of some of this
fall and winter's
most anticipated
films like Barry Jenkins (Moonlight), Mike Mills (20th Century Women), Jeff Nichols (Loving) and Damien Chazelle (La La Land).
Most recent anthology
films have typically played primarily to
film festival audiences so perhaps keep an eye out for «The Turning» to surface sometime during the
fall next year.
By Sean O'Connell Hollywoodnews.com: Three titles were conspicuously absent from the recently announced programming at this
fall's Venice and Toronto
film festivals: Jason Reitman's «Young Adult,» Phyllida Lloyd's «The Iron Lady» and Clint Eastwood's «J. Edgar,» all of which are expected by
most pundits to make some noise in the upcoming -LSB-...]