The first round of titles premiering in the Galas and Special Presentations programs of the 39th Toronto International Film Festival has been announced. The 2014 Toronto Festival runs from September 4-14.
Of the 13 Galas and 46 Special Presentations announced, this initial 2014 lineup includes 37 world premieres from directors including Noah Baumbach, Susanne Bier, Peter Ho-Sun Chan, David Dobkin, Philippe Falardeau, Mia Hansen-Lรธve, Ning Hao, Franรงois Ozon, Christian Petzold, Lone Scherfig and Chris Rock.
The closing night film will be A Little Chaos directed by Alan Rickman. Kate Winslet stars as a landscape gardener who is invited to design one of the fountains of the Palace of Versailles. As she battles with the weather, the rivalries at the court of Louis XIV and her own private demons, she finds herself drawn closer to the architect who hired her.
The Gala films include: Black and White directed by Mike Binder, The Equalizer (a big screen adaptation of the cult 1980s TV show) directed bM Antoine Fuqua, the already much lauded Foxcatcher directed by Bennett Miller, The Judge helmed by David Dobkin, Haemoo directed by Shim Sung-bo, Pawn Sacrifice directed by Ed Zwick, The Riot Club helmed by Lone Scherfig, Samba from filmmakers Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, Wild by Jean-Marc Vallee, and This Is Where I Leave You, a dramatic comedy directed by Shawn Levy (who is interviewed in SHOOT’s Chat Room, coming out in the 7/25 print issue and concurrent SHOOT>e.dition.).
Among the Special Presentations are: 99 Homes directed by Ramin Bahrani, American Heist from director Sarik Andreasyan, Before We Go helmed by Chris Evans, Breakup Buddies from Ning Hao, Cake directed by Daniel Barnz, Coming Home from Zhang Yimou, The Dead Lands (Hautoa) helmed by Toa Fraser, Dearest Peter from Ho-Sunm Chan, The Drop directed by Michael R. Roskam, Eden from Mia Hansen-Love, Far From Men (Loin des Hommes) helmed by David Oelhoffen, Force Majeure directed by Ruben Ostlund, The Gate from Regis Wargnier, Good Kill directed by Andrew Niccol, The Good Lie from Philippe Farlardeau, Hector and the Search for Happiness directed by Peter Chelsom, The Humbling directed by Barry Levinson, Hungry Hearts from Saverio Costanzo, The Imitation Game helmed by Morten Tyldum, Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet (created by animators and artists around the world), The Keeping Room directed by Daniel Barber, The Last Five Years from Richard LaGravenese, Learning to Drive helmed by Isabel Coixet, Love & Mercy directed by Bill Pohlad, Manglehorn directed by David Gordon Green, Mary Kom helmed by Omung Kumar, Men, Women and Children directed by Jason Reitman, Miss Julie helmed by Liv Ullmann, Mr. Turner directed by Mike Leigh, My Old Lady from Israel Horovitz, Ned Rifle directed by Hal Hartley, Nightcrawler from Dan Gilroy, Pasolini directed by Abel Ferrara, Phoenix helmed by Christian Petzold, The Reach from Jean-Baptiste Leonetti, Red Amnesia (Chuangru Zhe) from Wang Xiaoshuai, Return to Ithaca directed by Laurent Cantet, Rosewater directed by Jon Stewart (marking The Daily Show host’s directorial debut), A Second Chance (En chance til) from Susanne Bier, Still Alice from filmmakers Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland, The Theory of Everything helmed by James Marsh, Time Out of Mind directed by Oren Moverman, Top Five helmed by Chris Rock, While We’re Young directed by Noah Baumbach, Whiplash from Damien Chazelle, and Wild Tales (Relatos salvajes) directed by Damian Szifron.
Carrie Coon Relishes Being Part Of An Ensemble–From “The Gilded Age” To “His Three Daughters”
It can be hard to catch Carrie Coon on her own.
She is far more likely to be found in the thick of an ensemble. That could be on TV, in "The Gilded Age," for which she was just Emmy nominated, or in the upcoming season of "The White Lotus," which she recently shot in Thailand. Or it could be in films, most relevantly, Azazel Jacobs' new drama, "His Three Daughters," in which Coon stars alongside Natasha Lyonne and Elizabeth Olsen as sisters caring for their dying father.
But on a recent, bright late-summer morning, Coon is sitting on a bench in the bucolic northeast Westchester town of Pound Ridge. A few years back, she and her husband, the playwright Tracy Letts, moved near here with their two young children, drawn by the long rows of stone walls and a particularly good BLT from a nearby cafe that Letts, after biting into, declared must be within 15 miles of where they lived.
In a few days, they would both fly to Los Angeles for the Emmys (Letts was nominated for his performance in "Winning Time" ). But Coon, 43, was then largely enmeshed in the day-to-day life of raising a family, along with their nightly movie viewings, which Letts pulls from his extensive DVD collection. The previous night's choice: "Once Around," with Holly Hunter and Richard Dreyfus.
Coon met Letts during her breakthrough performance in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe?" on Broadway in 2012. She played the heavy-drinking housewife Honey. It was the first role that Coon read and knew, viscerally, she had to play. Immediately after saying this, Coon sighs.
"It sounds like something some diva would say in a movie from the '50s," Coon says. "I just walked around in my apartment in my slip and I had pearls and a little brandy. I made a grocery list and I just did... Read More