From ‘Hamnet’ to ‘Wicked’: The movies defining the Oscars race so far

TORONTO — So many movies have debuted over the past three weeks. So. So. So. Many. Movies.

Back-to-back film festivals in Venice, Telluride, Colorado, and Toronto are where studios bring their biggest, most prestigious fall titles for splashy world premieres amid a gathering of international press. It can feel a little like being in an antigravity chamber with a very loose door policy: You’re a little high from the adrenaline, there are way too many people in here and it’s impossible to track who’s up and who’s down.