{"id":3077,"date":"2017-09-07T15:19:13","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T15:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2017\/09\/07\/whats-the-hottest-tiff-title-film-buffs-offer-25-good-bets\/"},"modified":"2017-09-07T15:19:13","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T15:19:13","slug":"whats-the-hottest-tiff-title-film-buffs-offer-25-good-bets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2017\/09\/07\/whats-the-hottest-tiff-title-film-buffs-offer-25-good-bets\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s the hottest TIFF title? Film buffs offer 25 good bets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Peter Howell \/ Toronto Star<\/em><\/p>\n

The Toronto International Film Festival has downsized a bit for its 42nd edition, running Sept. 7 to 17, but the buzz about its film offerings roars as loudly as always.<\/p>\n

In fact, our 17th annual \u201cChasing the Buzz\u201d poll of the most eagerly anticipated movies at TIFF identified 25 films offering particular cinematic sustenance, up one from last year\u2019s 24, and that\u2019s out of a feature lineup that\u2019s been pared to 255-plus movies, down from 296 in 2016.<\/p>\n

No one movie dominated the polling of the Star\u2019s 31-member panel of critics, programmers, professors and regular film buffs. But six films took two votes apiece: Agn\u00e8s Varda\u2019s and JR\u2019s French travelogue\u00a0Faces Places<\/em>, Sean Baker\u2019s childhood daydream\u00a0The Florida Project<\/em>, Jennifer Baichwal\u2019s and Nick de Pencier\u2019s Tragically Hip salute\u00a0Long Time Running<\/em>, Guillermo del Toro\u2019s sci-fi fairy tale\u00a0The Shape of Water<\/em>, Iram Haq\u2019s culture clash nightmare\u00a0What Will People Say<\/em>\u00a0and Lucrecia Martel\u2019s long-awaited screen return\u00a0Zama<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Another 19 each received a single vote:\u00a0Bodied<\/em>;\u00a0Call Me By Your Name<\/em>;\u00a0The Death of Stalin<\/em>;\u00a0Downsizing<\/em>;\u00a0First They Killed My Father<\/em>;\u00a0Foxtrot<\/em>;\u00a0I Love You, Daddy<\/em>;\u00a0Lady Bird<\/em>;\u00a0Loveless<\/em>;\u00a0The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches<\/em>;\u00a0Mudbound<\/em>;\u00a0Never Steady, Never Still<\/em>;\u00a0On My Way<\/em>Out: The Secret Life of Nani and Popi<\/em>;\u00a0The Rider<\/em>;\u00a0A Season in France<\/em>;\u00a0The Seen and Unseen<\/em>;\u00a0Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood<\/em>;\u00a0The Square<\/em>; and\u00a0The Third Murder<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the \u201cbecause\u201d behind the buzz:<\/p>\n

Never Steady, Never Still\u00a0(Kathleen Hepburn): \u201cThis family drama set against the bleak Alberta oil field work camps promises to be fertile ground for new Canadian talent. Bonus: the always-fascinating Shirley Henderson also stars.\u201d \u2014\u00a0Johanna Schneller<\/strong>, freelance Toronto culture writer<\/p>\n

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