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The topic: 

It’s the final weekend of the 51st annual Toronto International Film Festival and a handful of movie premieres are already stirring up buzz for this upcoming awards season. We talk to FilmWeek critics Amy Nicholson and Maureen Lee Lenker about their favorites from this year’s festival and what movies they think audiences should look out for when they hit theaters. 

Films to watch for:

I Play Rocky

Elsinore

The Debut

Being Heumann

Bucking Fastards

The Julia Set 

Ink 

Fjord 

The critics:

Amy Nicholson, film critic for LAist and the LA Times and host of the podcast ‘Unspooled’ 

Maureen Lee Lenker,LAist film critic and freelance journalist who's written for Gold Derby, The Los Angeles Times, The Hollywood Reporter, and Turner Classic Movies. She is also the author of three novels set in the Golden Age of Hollywood.

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The topic:&nbsp;
It&rsquo;s the final weekend of the 51st annual Toronto International Film Festival and a handful of movie premieres are already stirring up buzz for this upcoming awards season. We talk to FilmWeek critics Amy Nicholson and Maureen Lee Lenker about their favorites from this year&rsquo;s festival and what movies they think audiences should look out for when they hit theaters.&nbsp;
Films to watch for:
<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11995650/">I Play Rocky</a>
<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt37363222/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1_tt_3_nm_4_in_0_q_elisnore">Elsinore</a>
<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34718200/">The Debut</a>
<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15095848/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1_tt_7_nm_0_in_0_q_being%20heumann">Being Heumann</a>
<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35670577/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1_tt_2_nm_0_in_0_q_bucking%20fastards">Bucking Fastards</a>
<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21154812/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1_tt_1_nm_6_in_0_q_he%20julia%20set">The Julia Set</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt37967547/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1_tt_7_nm_0_in_0_q_Ink!">Ink</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35410859/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_2_tt_4_nm_2_in_0_q_fjord">Fjord</a>&nbsp;
The critics:
<a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/critic/amy-nicholson/movies">Amy Nicholson</a>, film critic for LAist and the LA Times and host of the podcast &lsquo;<a href="https://www.earwolf.com/show/unspooled/">Unspooled</a>&rsquo;&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.maureenleelenker.com/">Maureen Lee Lenker</a>, LAist film critic and freelance journalist who's written for Gold Derby, The Los Angeles Times, The Hollywood Reporter, and Turner Classic Movies. She is also the author of three novels set in the Golden Age of Hollywood.
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