Modern Whore, which world-premiered at TIFF, is the latest sex-work-destigmatizing project in an unusual multiyear collaboration between director Nicole Bazuin and the hybrid doc’s co-writer and star Andrea Werhun (who also served as a consultant on EP Sean Baker’s Anora). It’s based on Werhun's book Modern Whore: A Memoir, which features Bazuin’s photos, and comes on the heels of Bazuin’s 2020 shorts Modern Whore and Last Night at the Strip Club, which likewise center on Werhun. In other words, this prolific pair have long been on a fierce artistic mission to bring the oldest and perhaps most misunderstood profession in the world out of the closet, and simultaneously slay some tired tropes in an inventively stylish and often cheeky manner along the way.

(The 52nd Seattle International Film Festival runs May 7-17th in and around Seattle. Check out Jessica Baxter's The Life We Leave movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Since its inception in

Following her Oscar-nominated documentary Fire of Love, Sara Dosa returned to the Sundance Film Festival this year for her newest documentary, which captures the toll global warming is taking on Arctic regions. Time and Water documents the life of Icelandic

Modern Whore, which world-premiered at TIFF, is the latest sex-work-destigmatizing project in an unusual multiyear collaboration between director Nicole Bazuin and the hybrid doc’s co-writer and star Andrea Werhun (who also served as a consultant on EP Sean Baker’s Anora). It’s based on Werhun's book Modern Whore: A Memoir, which features Bazuin’s photos, and comes on the heels of Bazuin’s 2020 shorts Modern Whore and Last Night at the Strip Club, which likewise center on Werhun. In other words, this prolific pair have long been on a fierce artistic mission to bring the oldest and perhaps most misunderstood profession in the world out of the closet, and simultaneously slay some tired tropes in an inventively stylish and often cheeky manner along the way.

In the Blink of an Eye is a science fiction drama that asks what connects us across the vast expanse of time. Directed by two-time Academy Award winner Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo, WALL-E) and written by Colby Day (Spaceman), the

Some filmmakers are known for their documentary works. Others for their narrative films. Still others—the better filmmakers (for me), generally—do not fit comfortably into either category. Or any category whatsoever. Poet / artist / filmmaker Lynne Sachs is one of the

Following her Oscar-nominated documentary Fire of Love, Sara Dosa returned to the Sundance Film Festival this year for her newest documentary, which captures the toll global warming is taking on Arctic regions. Time and Water documents the life of Icelandic

One of the exciting emerging voices in Australian horror is writer-director Adrian Chiarella. His terrifying and unnerving feature debut, Leviticus, will no doubt shake up audiences with terror this summer. Named after the Old Testament book that inspires homophobia, it

Writer-director (and HtN alum) David Lowery is back with Mother Mary, a mystical, psychological thriller that looks at fame and identity in a whole new light. Anne Hathaway stars as a pop artist who has an uneasy reunion with her