Here are the 14 best films we saw at the fall film festivals in Venice, Telluride, and Toronto

Yorgos Lanthimos' " Poor Things " won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival .

Bradley Cooper's " Maestro " was met with a warm reception.

Michael Mann's " Katey Rich Ferrari's " biopic isn't exactly one of the beloved director’s sleek wonderments.

The Mission is a searing new film from the directors of Boys State .

It's a surprisingly busy season for movies about frustrated academics and frustrated academics.

It’s a challenge for American Fiction star Jeffrey Wright to play a down-luck-luck professor named Erasure .

His Three Daughters was one of the biggest surprises among the TIFF premieres.

Sing Sing is a true ensemble effort cowritten by director Greg Kwedar and Clint Bentley in collaboration with two Sing Sing prison alumni, one of whom plays himself in the film.

The Boy and the Heron ’s dreamy (and occasionally nightmarish) visuals and poignant story give it remarkable staying power.