Yesterday Nextbestpicture.com‘s Matt Neglia posted what seems to me like a reasonably savvy and comprehensive guess list of what the hot fall festivals may (and probably will to a large extent) be screening. I’ve heard this and that, and Neglia’s guesses seem pretty spot-on. Boldfaced HE = exceptional interest and unseen (and in some cases Cannes-viewed) approval.

Which projected festival are giving me the slight willies? Wilde’s Don’t Worry Darling, for one. Aronofsky’s The Whale, for another.

Why isn’t Neglia projecting Blonde to play Telluride? Venice and Toronto but not Telluride? Doesn’t figure.

VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

The Banshees Of Inisherin (Dir. Martin McDonagh) – WORLD PREMIERE
Bardo (Dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu) – WORLD PREMIERE / HE
Blonde (Dir. Andrew Dominik) – WORLD PREMIERE / HE
Bones & All (Dir. Luca Guadagnino) – WORLD PREMIERE / HE
Don’t Worry Darling (Dir. Olivia Wilde) – WORLD PREMIERE
The Master Gardener (Dir. Paul Schrader) – WORLD PREMIERE / HE
Tár (Dir. Todd Field) – WORLD PREMIERE / HE
The Whale (Dir. Darren Aronofsky) – WORLD PREMIERE / HE

TELLURIDE FILM FESTIVAL

Aftersun (Dir. Charlotte Wells)
Armageddon Time (Dir. James Gray) / HE
Bardo (Dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu) / HE
Broker (Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda)
Close (Dir. Lukas Dhont) / HE
Decision To Leave (Dir. Park Chan-wook)
EO (Dir. Jerzy Skolimowski)
Holy Spider (Dir. Ali Abbasi)
The Master Gardener (Dir. Paul Schrader) / HE
One Fine Morning (Dir. Mia Hansen-Løve)
The Pale Blue Eye (Dir. Scott Cooper) – WORLD PREMIERE / HE
See How They Run (Dir. Tom George) – WORLD PREMIERE
She Said (Dir. Maria Schrader) – WORLD PREMIERE / HE
Showing Up (Dir. Kelly Reichardt) / HE
The Son (Dir. Florian Zeller) – WORLD PREMIERE
Tár (Dir. Todd Field) / HE
Tori and Lokita (Dir. The Dardenne Brothers)
Triangle Of Sadness (Dir. Ruben Östlund) / HE
The Whale (Dir. Darren Aronofsky) / HE
Women Talking (Dir. Sarah Polley) – WORLD PREMIERE

TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Aftersun (Dir. Charlotte Wells)
Armageddon Time (Dir. James Gray)
The Banshees Of Inisherin (Dir. Martin McDonagh)
Bardo (Dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu)
Broker (Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda)
Blonde (Dir. Andrew Dominik)
Bones & All (Dir. Luca Guadagnino)
Boy From Heaven (Dir. Tarik Saleh)
Bros (Dir. Nicholas Stoller) – WORLD PREMIERE
Brother (Dir. Clement Virgo) – WORLD PREMIERE
Brothers (Dir. Max Barbakow) – WORLD PREMIERE
Call Jane (Dir. Phyllis Nagy)
Close (Dir. Lukas Dhont)
Corsage (Dir. Marie Kreutzer)
Decision To Leave (Dir. Park Chan-wook)
Devotion (Dir. J. D. Dillard) – WORLD PREMIERE
Don’t Worry Darling (Dir. Olivia Wilde)
The Eight Mountains (Dir. Felix van Groeningen & Charlotte Vandermeersch)
Eileen (Dir. William Oldroyd) – WORLD PREMIERE
EO (Dir. Jerzy Skolimowski)
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Dir. Rian Johnson) – WORLD PREMIERE
The Good Nurse (Dir. Tobias Lindholm) – WORLD PREMIERE
The Greatest Beer Run Ever (Dir. Peter Farrelly) – WORLD PREMIERE
Halloween Ends (Dir. David Gordon Green) – WORLD PREMIERE
Holy Spider (Dir. Ali Abbasi)
Leila’s Brothers (Dir. Saeed Roustayi)
Living (Dir. Oliver Hermanus)
The Lost King (Dir. Stephen Frears)
The Menu (Dir. Mark Mylod) – WORLD PREMIERE
Moonage Daydream (Dir. Brett Morgen)
My Policeman (Dir. Michael Grandage) – WORLD PREMIERE
The Pale Blue Eye (Dir. Scott Cooper)
Passages (Dir. Ira Sachs) – WORLD PREMIERE
Past Lives (Dir. Celine Song) – WORLD PREMIERE
One Fine Morning (Dir. Mia Hansen-Løve)
On The Come Up (Dir. Sanaa Lathan) – WORLD PREMIERE
R.M.N. (Dir. Cristian Mungiu)
See How They Run (Dir. Tom George)
She Said (Dir. Maria Schrader)
Shirley (Dir. John Ridley) – WORLD PREMIERE
Smile (Dir. Parker Finn) – WORLD PREMIERE
Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies (Dir. Michael Showalter) – WORLD PREMIERE
The Son (Dir. Florian Zeller)
Tár (Dir. Todd Field)
Tchaikovsky’s Wife (Dir. Kirill Serebrennikov)
Till (Dir. Chinonye Chukwu) – WORLD PREMIERE
Tori and Lokita (Dir. The Dardenne Brothers)
Triangle Of Sadness (Dir. Ruben Östlund)
I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Dir. Kasi Lemmons) – WORLD PREMIERE
The Whale (Dir. Darren Aronofsky)
Women Talking (Dir. Sarah Polley)
The Woman King (Dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood) – WORLD PREMIERE
The Wonder (Dir. Sebastián Lelio) – WORLD PREMIERE

NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL

Aftersun (Dir. Charlotte Wells)
Armageddon Time (Dir. James Gray)
Bardo (Dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu)
Boy From Heaven (Dir. Tarik Saleh)
Broker (Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda)
Close (Dir. Lukas Dhont)
Decision To Leave (Dir. Park Chan-wook)
The Eight Mountains (Dir. Felix van Groeningen & Charlotte Vandermeersch)
EO (Dir. Jerzy Skolimowski)
The Fabelmans (Dir. Steven Spielberg) – WORLD PREMIERE
Holy Spider (Dir. Ali Abbasi)
Leila’s Brothers (Dir. Saeed Roustayi)
One Fine Morning (Dir. Mia Hansen-Løve)
R.M.N. (Dir. Cristian Mungiu)
Showing Up (Dir. Kelly Reichardt)
The Stars At Noon (Dir. Claire Denis)
Tár (Dir. Todd Field)
Tchaikovsky’s Wife (Dir. Kirill Serebrennikov)
Tori and Lokita (Dir. The Dardenne Brothers)
Triangle Of Sadness (Dir. Ruben Östlund)