Festivals, festivals everywhere

Sept. 5 — Happy Friday, and happy awards season! With the Telluride Film Festival and Venice Film Festivals kicking off this past weekend, awards season is in full swing. There are plenty of films to look forward to, but here are four of my big winners when it comes to buzz.

“Hamnet” – Much like Paul Mescal, I too find the positive reception to Chloé Zhao’s “Hamnet” to be a huge relief. I read the Maggie O’Farrell novel this movie is based on earlier this year, and it completely wrecked me. It’s nice to hear the movie is doing the same. It’s all I can do to keep my hopes from getting astronomically high.

“No Other Choice” – I’ve never met a Park Chan-wook movie I didn’t like. So, a Park Chan-wook movie about a man who, when faced with the prospect of gett

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