The 2026 Seattle International Film Festival opened with a bang as a sold-out crowd filled the historic Paramount Theater to see Boots Riley’s second feature film, I Love Boosters. In honor of the film’s high fashion theme, Riley wore a […]

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(The 52nd Seattle International Film Festival ran May 7-17th in and around Seattle. Check out Jessica Baxter’s I Love Boosters movie review, fresh from the fest and in theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) As someone who […]

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(The 52nd Seattle International Film Festival runs May 7-17th in and around Seattle. Check out Jessica Baxter’s See You When I See You movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) The Duplass Brothers […]

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(Check out Jessica Baxter’s Among Neighbors movie review, it’s available on VOD now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Early on in the compelling historical documentary, Among Neighbors, Polish journalist Konstanty Gerbert advises that if you […]

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(The 52nd Seattle International Film Festival runs May 7-17th in and around Seattle. Check out Jessica Baxter’s Again Again movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) For their feature debut, co-directors Heather Ballish and […]

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(The 52nd Seattle International Film Festival runs May 7-17th in and around Seattle. Check out Jessica Baxter’s Mārama movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Writer/director Taratoa Stappard didn’t set out to make a […]

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(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 […]

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(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 […]

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(Check out Jessica Baxter’s Mr. Kmovie review, it’s in select theaters now via Music Box Films. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) After over two decades of directing Dutch film and television, Tallulah Hazekamp Schwab makes her […]

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Many actors have added multi-hyphenates to their resumes, dipping into other facets of auteur filmmaking. But no one has done it quite like Crispin Hellion Glover. For that, and many other reasons, he remains one of the most unique artists […]

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