B. Ruby Rich (Film Quarterly Editor and UC Santa Cruz professor) and Bilal Qureshi (Cultural Critic and NPR Contributor) report from the Toronto International Film Festival in this, Film Quarterly’s first-ever podcast. Listen to their commentary for the advance word on a few of the important films that debuted at TIFF and will surely be coming to a theater near you before long. 
Films discussed include:
Raoul Peck’s I Am Not Your Negro
Barry Jenkins’s Moonlight 
Damien Chazelle’s La La Land
Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival
J. A. Boyana’s A Monster Calls
Pablo Larraín’s Neruda
François Ozon’s Frantz
Pedro Almodóvar’s Julieta
Do enjoy this report, available free on the FQ website and wherever fine podcasts are shared. And do let us know if you want to hear more podcasts from the like of Bilal and Ruby.



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