(The Toronto International Film Festival (or TIFF) ran September 10-20 and HtN had boots on the ground covering all the best indie films they have to offer. Check out M.J. O’Toole’s Idda movie review from the fest! Seen it? Join the conversation with […]

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One film that came out of nowhere and set the film community on fire is Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s documentary, You Can See Everything. Announced as a surprise world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival, the film follows Fielder […]

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After diving into his childhood in his 2022 coming-of-age drama Armageddon Time, writer-director James Gray isn’t done going back in time to his NYC roots. Having premiered at this year’s Cannes and set as the Opening Night film for this year’s […]

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Winner of the Critics’ Week Grand Prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, cinematographer Marine Atlan’s directorial debut La Gradiva is a sun-kissed coming-of-age drama that transports viewers to the streets and ruins of Naples. It follows a group of […]

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After 10 days of exciting new titles in cinema making their world premieres, the 83rd annual Venice Film Festival concluded today with its awards ceremony, setting the stage for Awards Season. HtN was on the ground covering its numerous world […]

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Oscar-winning director Paweł Pawlikowski (Ida; Cold War) is back at the helm with a stunning new 20th-century-set drama shot in his signature black-and-white. Fatherland centers on life in post-World War II where Erika Mann (Sandra Hüller) accompanies her father, famed writer […]

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Winner of the Best Director award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, directing duo Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi’s (aka Los Javis) La Bola Negra is an epic like no other. Set in the directors’ native Spain, it follows the […]

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Romanian auteur Cristian Mungiu (4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days) returned to Cannes this year with his newest intense drama, and left with his second Palme d’Or. Set in a Norwegian coastal town, Fjord stars Sebastian Stan and Renate […]

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After taking the world by storm with their Oscar-winning documentary and IFSN Advocate Award winner No Other Land, two of the co-directors, Rachel Szor and Yuval Abraham, are bringing a new look at the Gazan genocide to the 83rd Venice […]

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One of the biggest cinematic gems this year is a conspiracy thriller of sorts that dabbles in some form of time travel. Writer-directors Kevin Walker and Jack Auen’s Chronovisor follows a French academic (played by real-life professor Anne-Laure Sellier) holed […]

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