‘Take Two’ -Venice, Telluride & Toronto Reactions, Part 2: What Were The Best Movies Of The Fall Festival Awards Season Kickoff?
, in which Pete Hammond and Todd McCarthy tackle the artistry of films. Each has reviewed and written about the craft for decades and built a remarkable breadth of knowledge of films past and present. What we hoped for when we asked them to do this was a concise, mature and thoughtful conversation comparable to what we saw from Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel.
This week we continue downloading our reactions to what we saw at the Venice, Telluride, and Toronto film festivals and how we think this new batch of adult-oriented movies will impact the 2022 film year — including awards prospects and whether they live up to the hype.including personal movies from the likes of Steven Spielberg, Sam Mendes, Alejandro González Iñárritu and others that are already setting a mini-theme for this fall’s crop.
Hammond has been Deadline’s Awards Columnist for the past decade, covering what now seemingly is the year-round Oscar and Emmy seasons. He is also Deadline’s Chief Film Critic, having previously reviewed films for MovieLine,