Chalamet earned his first Academy Award nomination for his breakout role in Call Me by Your Name, so I assume this film-it’s a cannibal romance-could bring him some heat. There are plenty of other potential leading actor performances that seem like they could pop as well, like Adam Driver reteaming with Baumbach as a professor who is deeply affected by an “airborne toxic event.” Speaking of reunions, Luca Guadagnino is back with Timothée Chalamet for Bones and All. You mentioned Blanchett-and also, erm Dominik-but what other performances are you expecting to really pop in this program?įord: I think it could be time for a Jackman Oscar campaign (he’s only been nominated once for Les Misérables), and I do think Zeller’s work could make that happen for him. Too soon to happen again? Probably not-his theatrical style is made for great actors to show their stuff. The director’s last movie, The Father, won Anthony Hopkins an Oscar and earned Olivia Colman a nom. Speaking of Dern, she’s on this lineup too: opposite Hugh Jackman in Florian Zeller’s The Son. He’s back with White Noise, an adaptation of the Don DeLillo novel that will likely mark his biggest swing yet in the director’s chair. Ditto Baumbach for Marriage Story, which went on to win Laura Dern the acting Oscar.

The former is reportedly a return to comedy for the Mexican filmmaker, which may bode very well considering Venice is where Birdman got its start before a very long, successful Oscar campaign. There’s a ton to get into, including a few under-the-radar titles that may prove unexpected hits of the festival, but for me-at least in awards terms-Netflix has two of the most anticipated on this year’s roster in new films from Iñárritu and Noah Baumbach. David Canfield: It’s an extremely exciting group of films, the kind that gets you in the fall spirit in just the way you’d hoped.

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