Toronto Hot Titles: There’s Optimism, But There’s One Certainty That You Won’t Be Hit by a Tram on King Street

As they say here north of the border: it’s time to sneak into the 2022 Toronto Film Festival.

The weather is fine and they closed King Street from Lightbox to Roy Thomson Hall. People wear helmets, most don’t wear masks outside. It’s a better sight than last year when the trams didn’t leave King Street as very few people attended the festivities. Unsurprisingly, there hasn’t been a big deal on the ground, as festivals and specialist theater companies are still feeling the effects of Covid.

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Will it be better this year? Some really believe it couldn’t get any worse. Buyers and sellers expect the pace to be slow, with a few possible exceptions. I understand that a catchy title is one that isn’t officially on the sales charts, but I hope it’s something important. like this ruinsThe holiday-themed film reunites Alexander Payne and Paul Giamatti for the first time since 2004’s Wine Country Saga. beside. Sources tell me there will be a screening for distributors this weekend (Miramax is involved with CAA Media Finance), and it’s entirely possible that one of the usual suspects will step up and put this movie into season. . year-end race Another possible exception is the Paul Weitz movie. act together With Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin or some genre title like Midnight Madness SISU anyone turn black.

The festival will be one where distributors care about getting their films into the Oscar race. But some deals will go a long way in restoring confidence in the movie industry. And since most distributors don’t have room on this year’s schedule, these movies won’t even hit the rails again until late 2023, when adult cinema is at its best. But no one will be surprised if the pace of trade is slow. After all, there aren’t that many buyers here, so sellers don’t have to wait until they have to hold a secondhand show in Los Angeles for some selling headlines to make sure the buying public can see everything.

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Here are some titles we heard might sell. But even if the opportunities come after the festival crowds have gone, you can still cross King Street while texting and avoid being stranded on a streetcar as Toronto comes alive and the streets are movie-goers for a few days. Again.

to carry – Director: Paul Weitz; Cast: Jane Fonda, Malcolm McDowell, Lily Tomlin. Fonda and Tomlin star in this edgy comedy and dramatic drama about estranged friends who are reunited after a dear mutual friend dies and leaves his widow the target of a revenge plot. Section: Gala Presentation

Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin ‘Go’ for New Film and Life ‘Grace and Frankie’ – Toronto Film Festival

Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe – Director: Aich Alberto. Cast: Max Pelayo, Reese González, Eugenio Derbez, Eva Longoria. In 1987 El Paso, two Mexican-American teenagers find an instant connection in Alberto’s brilliant story based on Benjamin Alire Sáenz’s best-selling novel. Section: Exploration, Choosing the next wave

daleland – Director: Maria Haron. Cast: Ben Kingsley, Barbara Sukova, Christopher Brynn, Rupert Graves, Alexander Beyer, Andrea Pejic. american psychopath Helmer Harron reveals the greatest bond between Spanish artist Salvador Dalí and his wife. although not advertised Get excited Star Ezra Miller plays the painter as a young man. Section: Gala Presentation

RAYMOND AND LIGHTNING – Director: Rodrigo Garcia. Cast: Ethan Hawke, Ewan McGregor, Maribel Verdu, Tom Bauer. Alfonso Cuarón produced the film, in which McGregor and Hawke play long-separated half-siblings who are reunited to bury their father. Section: Gala Presentation

wild flower – Director: Matt Smukler. Cast: Kiernan Shipka, Dash Mihawk, Charlie Plummer, Jean Smart, Jackie Weaver, Alexandra Daddario, Brad Garrett, Reid Scott, Erica Alexander. may be next CODA? Smukler’s first storytelling is a funny and compassionate coming-of-age tale of a young woman struggling to live independently of her mentally handicapped parents. Department: Contemporary world cinema

to come – Director: Sanaa Lathan. Cast: Jamila C. Gray, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Lil Yachty, Mike Epps. After a distinguished acting career, Lathan is making his feature directorial debut with a bestselling adaptation. the hate you give by Angie Thomas. A talented high school student dreams of succeeding in the war rap world. Section: Next waves

SISU – Director: Jalmari Helander. Cast: Axel Hahn, Jack Doolan, Jorma Tommila, Mimosa Vilamo, Onni Tommila. It may be asleep. great game Helmer Hellander returns to TIFF with a gritty WWII epic that pits an elusive Finn against Nazi soldiers in Finnish Lapland for gold. Episode: Midnight Madness

turn black – Director: Tim Story. Cast: Grace Byers, Jermaine Fowler, Melvin Gregg, X Mayo. Based on the famous 3Peat Comedy sketch of the same name, Story’s clever and vicious genre movie tropes pose a cynical question: If the entire cast of a horror movie is black, who dies first?
Episode: Midnight Madness

shelter – Director: Zachary Wigon. Cast: Margaret Cowell, Christopher Abbott. Set entirely in a hotel room, the story follows a young man who succeeds his late father as the CEO of a large hotel company. She gets a visit from her usual Domintrix and sees how the power dynamic changes as she tries to break up with him, laying the groundwork for blackmail. Section: Special Presentation

prisoner’s daughter – Director: Catherine Hardwicke. Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Brian Cox, Ernie Hudson, Tyson Ritter. Pic tells the tale of a fierce but proud ex-pervert who tries to find a way to reunite with his only daughter and grandchild; As she tries to reconcile, her violent past returns to haunt her. Section: Gala premieres

patient – Director: John Hyams. Cast: Gideon Adlon, Dylan Sprayer, Beth Million, Jane Addams. A lean, mean, and timely slasher from American action writer Hyams (Universal Soldier: Doomsday) cry Write Kevin Williamson. Episode: Midnight Madness

wild dream – Director: Bill Pohlad. Cast: Casey Affleck, Noah Jupp, Zooey Deschanel, Chris Messina, Beau Bridges. What if a childhood dream suddenly comes true, but 30 years later? That’s what happened to singer-songwriter Donnie Emerson. His dream of success came true suddenly and unexpectedly, but he is only 50 years old. And while it brought hope for second chances, it also brought with it ghosts from the past and long-buried emotions like Donnie, his brother Joe, and their entire family reconciling to their newfound fame. This movie was screened in Venice, but it’s a very sweet movie. Section: Select Industry

master gardener – Director: Paul Schrader. Cast: Joel Edgerton, Sigourney Weaver. A meticulous gardener and a wealthy landlord, his tenant, devoted to tending the grounds of a beautiful mansion. Another one that crashed in Venice.

holy omer – Director: Alice Diop. Cast: Kayije Kagame, Guslagie Malanda. At the Court of Saint Omar, a young novelist named Rama joins the trial of a young woman accused of abandoning and murdering her 15-month-old daughter during a high tide off the coast of northern France. But as the trial continues, the testimony of the accused and the witness will shake Rama’s faith and question our own judgment. Another from Venice is impressing him. Section: Special Presentations

land of joy – The film, which won the Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard category at Cannes in May, will be screened in the TIFF Special Presentations section. Director: Saim Sadik. Cast: Ali Junejo, Alina Khan, Rusty Farooq, Sarwat Gillan, Sohail Sameer, Salman Peerzada, Sania Saeed. When Ranas, a happy, close-knit patriarchal family, longs for a boy to continue the family line, their youngest son secretly attends an erotic dance theater and falls in love with future trans stars. Impossible love stories slowly ignite the entire Rana family’s desire for sexual rebellion. Section: Special Presentations