Fall Festivals Say It Loud: Here Comes Awards Season

Now comes the moment of truth for George Clooney, Guillermo del Toro, Angelina Jolie and many more. Now comes the real start of awards season.

While awards contenders have been released so far this year — including “Get Out,” “The Big Sick,” “War for the Planet of the Apes,” “Detroit” and especially “Dunkirk” — the season really arrives with the Venice, Telluride and Toronto Film Festivals, which hit back-to-back-to-back and bring with them dozens of movies that hope to be in the awards conversation from now until Oscar night.

Venice, which began on Wednesday, was the first out of the gate, and it launched with Alexander Payne’s “Downsizing,” a sci-fi-ish comedy starring Matt Damon that immediately won rave reviews.