Returning for its 64th year this September, the New York Film Festival promises a nice variety of international cinema from all walks of life. After announcing its Opening Night (Paper Tiger), Centerpiece (Behemoth!), and Closing Night (14th) Films, the festival […]

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(The 52nd Seattle International Film Festival ran May 7-17th in and around Seattle. Check out Jessica Baxter’s The Best Summer movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) The 2025 Palisades fire had at […]

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(The 2026 Oak Cliff Film Festival runs July 30 through August 2 in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas, TX. Check out Don Lewis’s The Sun Never Sets movie review, it’s in theaters August 28 from the Independent Film Company. […]

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I am writing to you from the 15th Oak Cliff Film Festival and this time, it’s personal. I’ll get back to that (you know what you did…) momentarily but, I really cannot believe it’s the 15th festival seeing as I […]

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The Venice Film Festival is coming to the Lido for its 83rd edition, taking place September 2 – 12. Earlier this morning, they unveiled the lineup for its in- and out-of-competition titles. Hammer To Nail will be on the ground […]

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With Switzerland having advanced in the 2026 World Cup, the country is about to celebrate another huge event just around the corner. The Locarno International Film Festival has announced the lineup for its 79th edition, featuring 233 films from 69 […]

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With a working relationship spanning over a decade, Michigan-based guerilla filmmaker Joel Potrykus and actor Joshua Burge have collaborated on five feature films. Such films that solidified their craft in the “metal slackerism” genre include Buzzard and Relaxer. Their most […]

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The 2026 Seattle International Film Festival closed on May 17th, with a special screening of Olivia Wilde’s third film, The Invite (which I also reviewed) at the SIFF Cinerama in downtown Seattle. It’s a micro-cast dramedy in the style of […]

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In her latest documentary, Love Apptually, director Shalini Kantayya takes an informed look at how we date in the modern world. Through a series of character profiles, including of French journalist Judith Duportail—who has written extensively on the subject, based […]

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(The 2026 DC/DOX Documentary Film Festival ran June 11-14. Check out Chris Reed’s Love Apptually movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Finding a companion—whether for a moment, a lifetime, or somewhere in between—has […]

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