Episode 504: The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival

Erik Childress spent six days at this year’s Toronto Film Festival and is here to dish on a bunch of the films he saw. They include the latest works from Francis Ford Coppola, Pedro Almodovar, Ron Howard and Sean Baker. Films about the aging plight of women in entertainment with Demi Moore, Elisabeth Moss and Pamela Anderson run the gamut from great to dismal. The Vatican and religion have their share of bad guys too. Erik splits his votes on a pair of relationship dramas as well as films about Press Your Luck and Saturday Night Live. Nicole Kidman and Amy Adams handle their unsatisfying home lives in wildly different manners. Plus, the latest Stephen King adaptation from Mike Flanagan wins both the festival’s Audience Award as well as Erik’s heart. All this and more on a recap of this year’s fest.

0:00 - Intro

2:21 – The Luckiest Man In America

8:09 - The Substance

15:24 - The Last Showgirl

19:28 - The Life of Chuck

25:28 - We Live in Time

28:22 - Anora

34:06 - Eden

38:41 - Nightbitch

44:36 - Shell

46:54 - Conclave

50:22 - All of You

53:35 - Heretic

1:00:16 - Friendship

1:02:51 - The Room Next Door

1:05:01 - Relay

1:09:18 - The Assessment

1:13:53 - Saturday Night

1:22:02 - Megalopolis

1:29:20 - Babygirl

1:33:38 - Riff Raff

1:37:05 - Outro