Fall Film Preview 2008
Besides Iron Man and Dark Knight, I can’t name two films I’ve really enjoyed this year so far. It’s September; that’s a sad statement.
As the leaves begin to think about changing colors and the air becomes delightfully crisp from now until the holidays (memo to God re: CA…please grace us with that weather sooner than later), I start looking forward to the release of higher quality and Oscar-caliber films.
Here are a few on my must-see list:
AUSTRALIA
Release date: November 26, 2008
Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman. Directed by Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge).
BLINDNESS
Release date: October 3, 2008
Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Gael Garcia Bernal, Danny Glover, Sandra Oh. Directed by Fernando Meirelles (The Constant Gardner).
CHANGELING
Release date: October 31, 2008
Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Amy Ryan. Directed by Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby).
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Release date: December 25, 2008
Cate Blanchett, Brad Pitt, Tilda Swinton. Directed by David Fincher (Zodiac, Fight Club).
DOUBT
Release date: December 25, 2008
Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Philip Seymour Hoffman. Directed by John Patrick Shanley.
THE DUCHESS
Release date: September 2008 tbd
Kiera Knightly, Ralph Fiennes. Directed by Saul Dibb.
MILK
Release date: November 26, 2008
Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, James Franco, Emile Hirsch, Diego Luna. Directed by Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting).
RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
Release date: October 2008 tbd
Anne Hathaway, Debra Winger. Directed by Jonathan Demme (The Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia).
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
Release date: December 26, 2008
Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet. Directed by Sam Mendes (American Beauty).
SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK
Release date: November 2008 tbd
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Hope Davis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Catherine Keener, Samantha Morton, Emily Watson, Dianne Wiest, Michelle Williams. Directed by Charlie Kaufman (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind).
THE SPIRIT
Release date: December 25, 2008
Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Jaime King, Gabriel Macht, Eva Mendes, Sarah Paulson. Directed by Frank Miller (300, Sin City).
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Release date: October 17, 2008
Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, Ellen Burstyn, Richard Dreyfuss, Scott Glenn, Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright. Directed by Oliver Stone.
Of course there are many other new releases in the coming months which I’d like to see, but not necessarily in the theater.
Which fall & winter movies top your list?