Toronto Film Festival 2025: 10 Films to Watch
Okay, here’s a breakdown of the film previews from the provided text, focusing on key details:
1. The Choral
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Writer: Alan Bennett
Star: Likely a prominent actor (the article hints at someone recently Oscar-nominated and potentially nominated again).
Setting: 1916 Yorkshire, during World War I.
Plot: A choir director attempts to assemble a choir amidst the backdrop of war.
Tone/Expectation: A rousing, heartstring-pulling period piece. The director/writer team previously worked on The Lady in the Van (described as “middling” but wiht hope for this film being better).
Festival Showing: Toronto International Film Festival.
2. EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Subject: Elvis Presley
Format: Documentary/Concert Film – uses recently discovered archival footage of Elvis’s 1970s Vegas residency.
Content: Combines rehearsal footage, electrifying performances, and reactions from the celebrity audience.
Context: Follows Luhrmann’s 2022 biopic Elvis, which was divisive critically but successful with audiences and awards bodies.
Festival Showing: Toronto International Film Festival (luhrmann’s first premiere there).
3. Couture (The text cuts off before providing details about this film.)
Overall Impressions from the Article:
The article focuses on films with established directors and/or subjects that have already proven popular (Elvis).
There’s a sense that Toronto is a good festival for crowd-pleasing, potentially awards-kind films.
The writing style is fairly descriptive and analytical, offering a sense of what to expect from each film.