Kogonada’s latest cinematic reverie, A Big, Bold, Beautiful Journey, has officially been rescheduled for a September 19, 2025 theatrical release, nudging it into prime festival season — with TIFF looking like a likely first stop. Originally slated for a spring debut, the shift suggests the studio has confidence in its awards potential, or at least hopes for a warmer reception from cinephiles than test audiences have reportedly given so far.
The newly released trailer confirms what many expected: visually, the film is exquisite. Shot by Mandy cinematographer Benjamin Loeb, the imagery is soaked in soft light and melancholic hues, true to Kogonada’s meticulous style. But behind the beauty lies a story that’s anything but straightforward — a time-traveling, GPS-guided odyssey in which Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell play two strangers thrown together at a wedding before being swept into a surreal and romantic journey through time and memory.
Written by The Menu scribe Seth Reiss, the film blends wistful sci-fi with existential pondering, something Kogonada flirted with in After Yang and continues to explore here. The project has been quietly simmering since wrapping in June of last year, undergoing at least four test screenings, with early reactions running the gamut from intrigued to unsure. Still, with its star power and arthouse pedigree, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey may yet find its audience on the festival circuit.
Whether this journey is big, bold, or simply baffling remains to be seen. But if nothing else, it will be beautiful — and that, in Kogonada’s cinema, is never just surface-deep.
