7 Upcoming Films You Gotta Catch, From Sci-Fi to Shootouts

Yes, the Emmys were wonderful, but that doesn’t mean television has dethroned film as our dominant storytelling medium—and it probably never will. Yet the elegies lamenting the demise of cinema continue to roll in, despite growing evidence that movies are alive and well. Case in point: the Toronto International Film Festival, where for the last two weeks the restorative power of film was on full display up in the Great White North. From show-stopping musicals to intellectually dense sci-fi, the fall slate promises several movies—both big and small—worth trotting out to the theater to see. Here are seven of them.