17 Films From Fall Festivals to Watch For: ‘Tár,’ ‘The Fabelmans,’ ‘Blonde’ and More
For years, Cannes held dominion over the film-festival world. But that hierarchy has been fading, and never more strikingly than this year, when the Venice Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival reignited the fall awards movie season with a powerful one-two punch. Telluride, meanwhile, had an off year, leaning on documentaries and films that premiered at other festivals over its typical slate of headline-making discoveries. But Toronto enjoyed a seismic comeback.
After a shadow-of-its-former-self edition in 2021, TIFF faced dire financial consequences — and, perhaps, an existential blow to its brand — if it couldn’t stage a major rebound, a challenge that the festival’s organizers tackled head-on, securing a host of massive world premieres, notably Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans” and “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.
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