Now that the summer blockbusters are fading from the theatres, the attention of the global film community shifts to Canada for the Toronto International Film Festival--lauded as the unofficial kickoff to prestige movie season. APM Music is proud to be a source of music for a number of entries in this year’s festival.
Bodied
From music-video director Joseph Kahn, who has worked with such notable artists as Taylor Swift and Eminem, comes a satire about a Caucasian college student doing his thesis on the art of battle rapping--only to find himself as an obsessed competitor.
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Brad's Status
Ben Stiller plays Brad Sloan, a professor, and father who takes his son to tour colleges on the East Coast. After he meets up with an old friend who makes him feel inferior, he questions his life choices.
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Mudbound
Dee Rees adapts the prize-winning novel, Mudbound by Hilary Jones for this Netflix Original. Two veterans, one black and one white, forge a friendship as they adjust to life after World War II.
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Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
A portrait of unsung Hollywood legend Scotty Bowers, whose bestselling memoir chronicled his decades spent as sexual procurer to the stars.
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Stronger
Stronger is the inspiring adaptation of Jeff Bauman’s memoir, recounting his struggles of adjusting to a life without legs after the infamous 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.
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The Disaster Artist
This biographical comedy, based on the book The Disaster Artist, portrays the making of the 2003 feature "The Room". It stars James Franco as the film’s director/writer/producer Tommy Wiseu.
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The Deuce
From the minds behind The Wire and Treme comes this gritty snapshot into the birth of the porn industry in 1970s New York, starring James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
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The Girlfriend Experience Season 2
The second season of Starz's chilling serialized drama — about individuals who provide their clients with the full girlfriend experience — focuses on the lives of Anna, caught up in the corrupt world of Washington politics, and Bria, who can’t escape her past.
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Cardinals
This drama follows Valerie played by Sheila McCarthy who returns home from prison years after killing her neighbour in an drunk driving accident. As she struggles to move on, the deceased’s son shows up at her door and it becomes clear that the past is not easily forgotten.
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We encourage you to add these films to your must-watch list.
Also please let our Director of Sales in Canada, Caron Nightingale know if you will be attending this year’s festival; she would be happy to connect with you!