Just a quick note to say that it was announced yesterday that The Story of Judas, the French film that takes a sympathetic view of Judas Iscariot, will have its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival next month. Details here. There is no word yet on whether the similarly minimalist Last Days in the Desert, which premiered at Sundance earlier this year, will play there.
August 20 update: Here’s a trailer, but it’s in French and has no subtitles: