Brawl in Cell Block 99, Downsizing, mother!, The Shape of Water, Suburbicon, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
I know this is not all the films at VIFF. There’s plenty of other great films there but this is just to keep a tally for the ones with the most interest in before release.
Brawl in Cell Block 99
Director: S. Craig Zahler
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Written Reviews:
David Rooney – The Hollywood Reporter
Downsizing
Director: Alexander Payne
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Written Reviews:
Todd McCarthy – The Hollywood Reporter
mother!
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Rotten Tomatoes:100%
Metacritic:
Written Reviews:
Todd McCarthy – The Hollywood Reporter
Shape of Water
Director: Guillermo del Toro
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Suburbicon
Director: George Clooney
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Written Reviews:
David Rooney – The Hollywood Reporter
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Director: Martin McDonagh
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Written Reviews:
David Rooney – The Hollywood Reporter
Suburbicon doesn’t look too good, but that doesn’t surprise me much. I’m a little let down by the somewhat mixed response to Downsizing, Payne hasn’t made a bad film yet in my opinion. Very excited for both mother! and The Shape of Water though, and I almost forgot about the new McDonaugh film Three Billboards which looks interesting too. Overall a solid amount to look forward to after the somewhat disappointing level of response to Cannes this year, although there are quite a few films from there that I’ve liked this year and still want to see.
Others from Venice that have my attention include:
* Ex Libris (New doc from Wiseman)
* Lean on Pete (Andrew Haigh)
* Zama (Lucretia Martel)
* The Third Murder (Hirokazu Kore-eda)
* First Reformed (Paul Schrader)
Also keen on hearing about the new films from John Woo and Abdellatif Kechiche but I don’t think they’ve premiered yet.
If we were to take the Oscar contenders out of the movies that premiered at Venice and Telluride, the ones to look out for are these ones.
**The Shape of Water**. Possibilities: Best Picture, Best Director (vamos Guillermo), Best Actress (Sally Hawkins), Best Supporting Actor (Richard Jenkins or Michael Shannon, there can only be one) Best Original Screenplay, etc.
**Darkest Hour**. Possibilities: Best Picture, Best Director (Joe Wright), Best Actor (Gary Oldman), Best Supporting Actress (Kristin Scott Thomas), Best Original Screenplay, etc.
**Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri**. Possibilities: Best Picture, Best Actress (Frances McDormand), Best Supporting Actor (Sam Rockwell), Best Original Screenplay (Martin McDonagh), etc.
**Lady Bird**. Possibilities: Best Picture, Best Actress (Saoirse Ronan), Best Supporting Actress (Laurie Metcalf), Best Original Screenplay (Greta Gerwig), etc.
**Battle of the Sexes**. Possibilities: Best Picture (if it makes a shit ton of money), Best Actress (Emma Stone).
**First They Killed My Father**. Possibilities: Best Foreign Language Film? (There’s gonna be a controversy about that one)
**Downsizing**. Possibilities: Best Supporting Actress (Hong Chau). Yep, that’s it. Sorry, Alex.
And now we’ve got TIFF and NYFF coming. The chase is on.