Ok, it probably wasn’t that difficult to guess, but we were right when we reported that Spike Lee’s “Miracle At St. Anna” would be premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival (We’re 1-for 3, so far, here’s hoping Michel Gondry’s “Tokyo” and Guy Ritchie’s “RocknRolla” are also announced to prove our sources mettle).
Canada’s National Post has confirmed our report. Other newly announced premieres at TIFF include Steve Jacobs’ “Disgrace” starring John Malkovich, “Good,” starring Viggo Mortensen as liberal German professor whose moral cowardice leads to his involvement with the Nazi war machine and Auschwitz.
Also premiering is the long-awaited Micheal Cera and Kat Dennings punk-rock romance date night, “Nick & Nora’s Infinite Playlist,” which will feature a bunch of indie-rock like Bishop Allen and Project Jenny/Project Jan. Plus Paolo Sorrentino’s “Il Divo,” and Kathryn Bigelow’s “The Hurt Locker” (her first feature since ’02s “K-19: The Widowmaker,” she directed “Point Break” too) – an Iraq War thriller that stars Ralph Fiennes, Guy Pearce and David Morse.
The 33rd annual Toronto International Film Festival runs from Sept. 4-13 and new films are supposed to be announced almost all summer long.
Previously announced films at TIFF include, Laurent Cantet‘s Palme d’Or-winning “The Class,” Brazilian filmmaker Walter Salles’ “Linha de Passe,” Ari Folman’s “Waltz With Bashir,” Kim Jee-woon’s Sergio Leone-like Western “The Good the Bad the Weird” and Canadian actor Paul Gross’ sure-t0-be budget WWI film “Passchendaele” (the trailer is so bad).