'Foxcatcher' To Close AFI Fest, Watch 30-Minute Talk With Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo & Bennett Miller

Here's the thing about premiering your movie at the Cannes Film Festival, and then hoping to ride that wave to Oscar glory — it ain't as easy as you might think. Last year, the Coen Brothers' "Inside Llewyn Davis" got no shortage of love on the Croisette and strong reviews followed, but it only mustered two nominations by the time the Academy Awards rolled around. So can "Foxcatcher" succeed where "Inside Llewyn Davis" couldn't? That will be one of the questions posed over the next several months, but the film is certainly heading into the awards season battle right to fight.

AFI Fest has announced that "Foxcatcher" will be the Closing Night Gala film on Thursday, November 13th. It's a splashy and smart way to get the movie back on the radar, screening at the last major American film festival before critics groups start announcing winners at the start of December. It's also a nice bit of promo for the movie, which will open a day later in...