Thanks to Alexandra Heller-Nicholas for joining us in the cave this week with her round-up of the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival!

Films reviewed this week:

Birds of Passage (Ciro Guerra, Cristina Gallego)

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas chatted about some films from the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, including: Justin Kurzel's True History of the Kelly Gang, Unjoo Moon's I Am Woman, Gregor Jordan's Dirt Music, Mati Diop's Atlantics, Chiara Malta's Simple Women, Marjane Satrapi's Radioactive, Taika Waititi's Jojo Rabbit, Benedict Andrews' Seberg, Mattie Do's The Long Walk, Neasa Hardiman's Sea Fever, and Katrin Gebbe's Pelican Blood.

ET (Steven Spielberg, 1982) *Retro selection*

Playlist for Plato's Cave – 7 October 2019
  • Kool Thing Sonic Youth
  • Flying (ET Theme)John Williams

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