10 movies for fall 2024: Our film picks and questions about everything from ‘Wicked I’ to ‘Joker II’

Considering that the screen industry still holds enough confusion for any 20 industries, the upcoming movie titles have some promise. The fall season is still the fall season, which means it’s the run-up or run-down to awards season late this year and early next.

It means imminent best-of-2024 lists destined for pushback (why does everyone anoint the same favorites?), Golden Globes and the Academy Awards. As always, much of what’ll likely fill the ballots will come out of the international film festival noisemakers this time of year...