You've heard about Widows opening the fest. You've seen the preview for First Man a hundred times. You've even started reading If Beale Street Could Talk so you can be the first on your block to talk about how Barry Jenkins captures the essence of James Baldwin better than any other filmmaker. Even then, you've barely scratched the surface of all the excellent films playing at this year's Toronto International Film Festival, which gets started on Thursday. We'll be on hand throughout the festival with reviews and reactions, but first, here are six films premiering at TIFF that we're super excited about.
In Fabric
We’ve been big fans of English filmmaker Peter Strickland since we saw Berberian Sound Studio back at IFFBoston in 2012. However, we truly fell in love with his work with the psychosexual drama The Duke of Burgundy, which if you haven’t seen, you should as soon as possible, and his latest release, In Fabric looks to be along the same lines. The film follows a cursed dress as it’s passed from person to person in a department store and, if early word is any indication, it is not to be missed. Game of Thrones‘ Gwendoline Christie heads up a large ensemble of Britain’s best talents, and we’d recommend you keep your eyes out for this one as it secures a distributor.
