TIFF 2023: Patricia Arquette’s ‘Gonzo Girl’ Discovery Opening Night, Midnight Madness To Fire Up With Larry Charles’ ‘Dicks: The Musical’
deadline.comThe Toronto International Film Festival pulled the curtain off their lineup for their Discovery and Midnight Madness sections with notable titles respectively teeing off both programmes’ opening nights: Patricia Arquette’s Gonzo Girl and Borat director Larry Charles’ Dicks: The Musical from A24.
The Midnight Madness section counts ten features, seven of which are world premieres. The Discovery lineup, which primarily boasts world and international premieres, includes 26 titles.
Notably, 13 female filmmakers representing 50% of the total programme are featured in this year’s Discovery programme. The latter lineup is known for being a window to contemporary world cinema with first and second movies from frosh filmmakers while Midnight Madness is anything goes. “We’re excited to be showcasing new voices, audacious vision, and genre-bending cinema,” said Anita Lee, TIFF Chief Programming Officer. “TIFF’s Discovery and Midnight Madness programmes for 2023 will once again prove to be the ultimate destination for tastemakers and experience seekers.” Gonzo Girl is set in 1992 in Aspen, Colorado, and inspired by a true story.
Pic follows Alley Russo (Camile Morrone), an aspiring writer who takes on an assistant job to the iconoclast and founder of gonzo journalism, Walker Reade (Willem Dafoe).
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