Invader may not be for you. Director Mickey Keating has made a film that shows you what it is immediately and if you need to walk out after five minutes he’s okay with that. He has given you permission. But […]

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In 2021, zero states banned transgender health care for adolescents. Now in 2024, 24 states ban lifesaving transgender healthcare for adolescents. What happened? Prominent medical experts and organizations, including the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association, and the American […]

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(After being nominated for the Queer Palm at the 2024 Director’s Fortnight program at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel’s film Eat the Night is now streaming. Bears Rebecca Fonté has this review. Seen it? Join the […]

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Charlie Shackleton wasn’t a true crime documentary maker, but he figured it was time to visit the genre. Everyone else making documentaries seem to be dipping into the true crime well, in fact I wonder how many crimes there are […]

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AJ’s life is so perfect – buttered toast breakfasts, low stress job, regular meals with his dad and his friends, and regular trips to the dog park for his two puppies – that even his boss understands why he won’t […]

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File this one under books that kill [see The Babadook, the tome in Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose, or certain limited editions of Stephen King’s Firestarter apparently bound in asbestos (went down a rabbit hole this morning)].  Danny […]

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No one likes being 14. That age just sucks. Unless you happen to be the lead character on the Disney show, or arguably the actor portraying that lead character, real life conflicts come at you from every angle and never […]

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(Check out Bears Rebecca Fonté’s Summer Solstice movie review. will be released in theaters beginning June 14th in New York at the IFC Center with a national roll-out to follow. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) […]

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(Check out Bears Rebecca Fonté’s The People’s Joker movie review. The film had a fantastic festival run with a torrent of success and is in theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) For hundreds of years, […]

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(Check out Bears Rebecca Fonté’s Femme movie review. The film premiered at Berlinale in February and is in theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Although the range of film covering the LGBTQ experience has widened, […]

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