Fall previews, 9/20.

"As the coming-out party for the fall film season, the Toronto International Film Festival inevitably has its share of dazzling debuts and catastrophic face plants, but the balance was distinctly tilted toward the high end of the scale this year," writes Sam Adams, whacking two birds, fest review and season preview, with one annotated list in the Philadelphia City Paper.

"After a $4 billion summer of fun, the film industry now focuses on the real world. It's time to take things seriously and cram for the finals: the Academy Awards." Peter Keough presents the Boston Phoenix's fall preview.

Sean Burns previews a healthy handful of highlights for the Philadelphia Weekly.

Zack Smith picks the don't-misses for the Independent Weekly.

Piper Weiss turns Radar's preview into a quiz: "Can you tell the difference between real movies and fakes?"

Posted by dwhudson at September 20, 2007 6:18 AM