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BACKROOMS Trailer: Renate Reinsve and Chiwetel Ejiofor Explore a Dimension of Horrors in Kane Parsons’ Feature Debut
In 2022, a then-16-year-old Kane Parsons (aka Kane Pixels) introduced the world to his creepypasta, found-footage web series Backrooms, which drew tens of millions of viewers and followers on YouTube over the next few years. Now, the 20-year-old director has
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CPH:DOX 2026: Winners and Winners
This year’s edition of CPH:DOX (March 11–22) was as usual jam-packed with exciting discoveries. And unlike the Oscars, which aired the first weekend of the fest, many of the eventual doc award winners, competing in six categories, were well-deserving of
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I LOVE BOOSTERS Trailer: Keke Palmer Leads a Gang of Stylish Shoplifters in Boots Riley’s Colorful Heist Comedy
Following his breakout hit Sorry To Bother You and his much underrated miniseries I'm A Virgo, Boots Riley is back and ready to once again flip the middle finger to American capitalism. With I Love Boosters, he assembles a kick-ass
Interviews
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A Conversation with Patrick Bresnan & Amy Reid (FIRST THEY CAME FOR MY COLLEGE)
First They Came for My College is the latest documentary from director Patrick Bresnan (Naked Gardens) and it follows the takeover and transformation of the New College of Florida by the state’s governor, Ron DeSantis, and his conservative cronies. Deeply
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A Conversation with Maya Annik Bedward (BLACK ZOMBIE)
The documentary Black Zombie marks director Maya Annik Bedward’s feature debut. In the film, Bedward examines how the cinematic zombie has its roots in the Haitian Vodou faith, even though the original term refers to a live person enslaved by a sorcerer, and
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A Conversation with Christian Petzold (MIROIRS NO. 3)
Christian Petzold was born in Hilden, Germany in 1960. After studying theater at the Free University of Berlin, he attended the German Film and Television Academy Berlin from 1988 to 1994. He directed his first feature in 1995, Pilots. His films
Trailers
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BACKROOMS Trailer: Renate Reinsve and Chiwetel Ejiofor Explore a Dimension of Horrors in Kane Parsons’ Feature Debut
In 2022, a then-16-year-old Kane Parsons (aka Kane Pixels) introduced the world to his creepypasta, found-footage web series Backrooms, which drew tens of millions of viewers and followers on YouTube over the next few years. Now, the 20-year-old director has
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I LOVE BOOSTERS Trailer: Keke Palmer Leads a Gang of Stylish Shoplifters in Boots Riley’s Colorful Heist Comedy
Following his breakout hit Sorry To Bother You and his much underrated miniseries I'm A Virgo, Boots Riley is back and ready to once again flip the middle finger to American capitalism. With I Love Boosters, he assembles a kick-ass
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MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART I – LAST AIR IN MOSCOW New Trailer: Julia Loktev’s Defiant Documentary Arrives on MUBI This Friday
Last Fall, the Indie Film Site Network (IFSN) awarded the annual IFSN Advocate Award to Julia Loktev's 5+ hour documentary, My Undesirable Friends: Part I - Last Air In Moscow. Set during the fall and winter of 2021-2022, the documentary
In Theatres
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FORBIDDEN FRUITS
(Check out Jessica Baxter's Forbidden Fruits movie review. It hits theaters Friday, March 27. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) The newest addition to the toxic female friendship cinema pantheon is here and it’s called Forbidden Fruits. The film’s
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MIROIRS NO. 3
(The 63rd New York Film Festival (NYFF) runs September 26-October 13 via Film at Lincoln Center. Check out Matt Delman’s Miroirs No. 3. movie review, fresh from the fest! Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) The filmmaker behind my favorite
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NEON Announces Free Screenings of ‘The Secret Agent’ for Sunday, March 8
To celebrate the success of the Oscar-nominated The Secret Agent, NEON has announced that it will be hosting free screenings in nationwide U.S. theaters for one day only on Sunday, March 8. Kleber Mendonça Filho's political thriller is nominated for
Watch at Home
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A Conversation with Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (HALF NELSON)
Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck are an American filmmaking duo whose partnership spans over two decades. Boden, originally from Newton, Massachusetts, developed a love of movies, English literature, and photography at a young age. She discovered filmmaking as a medium
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A Conversation with Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani (REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND)
Married directors Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani (Let the Corpses Tan) are out with a new film, Reflection in a Dead Diamond (which I recently reviewed), which offers espionage and visual delights aplenty. Featuring actors Fabio Testi and Yannick Renier
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REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND
(Check out Chris Reed’s Reflection in a Dead Diamond movie review, it’s in theaters now and hits Netflix November 21! Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) The 1960s were the golden age of spy movies, thanks to an international


