After announcing their first wave of titles last week, organizers of the Toronto International Film Festival are back this week and have unveiled their Midnight Madness and TIFF Docs lineup. Let’s take a quick overview.
The biggest surprise in the documentary section is Morgan Spurlock‘s “Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!,” a sequel to his breakout hit, which presumably confirms that fast food is still awful for you if you only eat it for a month. Crossing over from Venice is “JIM & ANDY: the Great Beyond – the story of Jim Carrey & Andy Kaufman featuring a very special, contractually obligated mention of Tony Clifton,” which, based on its title alone, is pretty intriguing.
Meanwhile, the Midnight Madness lineup features at least two heavy hitters, even if they’ve premiered elsewhere. A24 will be bringing James Franco‘s “The Disaster Artist,” while S. Craig Zahler will be unveiling “Brawl In Cell Block 99,” which we really can’t wait to see.
TIFF runs from September 7-17.
TIFF DOCS
“Azmaish: A Journey through the Subcontinent,” Sabiha Sumar, Pakistan
“BOOM FOR REAL The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat,” Sara Driver, USA
“The China Hustle,” Jed Rothstein, USA
“Cocaine Prison,” Violeta Ayala, Australia/Bolivia/France/USA
“Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars” Lili Fini Zanuck, United Kingdom
“Ex Libris – The New York Public Library,” Frederick Wiseman, USA
“The Final Year,” Greg Barker, USA
“The Gospel According to André,” Kate Novack, USA
“Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami,” Sophie Fiennes, United Kingdom/Ireland (opening film)
“JIM & ANDY: the Great Beyond – the story of Jim Carrey & Andy Kaufman featuring a very special, contractually obligated mention of Tony Clifton,” Chris Smith, USA/Canada
“Jane,” Brett Morgen, USA
“The Judge,” Erika Cohn, Palestine/USA
“The Legend of the Ugly King,” Hüseyin Tabak, Germany/Austria
“Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle,” Gustavo Salmerón, Spain
“Love Means Zero,” Jason Kohn, USA
“Makala,” Emmanuel Gras, France (closing film)
“One of Us,” Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady, USA
“The Other Side of Everything,” Mila Turajlić, Serbia/France/Qatar
“Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me,” Sam Pollard, USA
“Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood,” Matt Tyrnauer, USA
“Silas,” Anjali Nayar and Hawa Essuman, Canada/South Africa/Kenya
“Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!” Morgan Spurlock, USA
MIDNIGHT MADNESS
“Bodied,” Joseph Kahn, USA (opening film)
“Brawl in Cell Block 99,” S. Craig Zahler, USA
“The Crescent,” Seth A. Smith, Canada
“The Disaster Artist,” James Franco, USA
“Downrange,” Ryuhei Kitamura, USA
“Great Choice,” Robin Comisar, USA
“Let the Corpses Tan,” Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, Belgium/France
“Mom and Dad,” Brian Taylor, USA
“Revenge,” Coralie Fargeat, France
“The Ritual,” David Bruckner, UK
“Vampire Clay,” Sôichi Umezawa, Japan (closing film)