(The 2026 Venice Film Festival runs September 2-12 on the island of the Lido di Venezia (Venice Lido) in Italy. HtN has coverage coming in like Lé Baltar’s One Minute To Midnight movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on […]

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(The Toronto International Film Festival (or TIFF) runs September 10-20 and HtN has boots on the ground covering all the best indie films they have to offer. Check out Chris Reeds’s Wild Wild East movie review from the fest! Seen it? […]

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(Check out Anders Ljung’s Hope movie review, it’s in theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) There is a moment somewhere within the relentless carnage of Na Hong jin’s Hope when the human body seems to […]

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(The Toronto International Film Festival (or TIFF) runs September 10-20 and HtN has boots on the ground covering all the best indie films they have to offer. Check out Chris Reed’s Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! movie review. Seen it? Join the […]

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(The 2026 Venice Film Festival runs September 2-12 on the island of the Lido di Venezia (Venice Lido) in Italy. HtN has coverage coming in like M.J. O’Toole’s Furies movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) If […]

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(The 2026 Venice Film Festival runs September 2-12 on the island of the Lido di Venezia (Venice Lido) in Italy. HtN has coverage coming in like M.J. O’Toole’s Too Much Sugar movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd […]

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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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(Check out Anders Ljungs Maddie’s Secret review, it’s available on VOD now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) There is something almost miraculous about the tonal balancing act of Maddie’s Secret. John Early’s feature directorial debut is […]

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(The Vashon Island Film Festival ran August 13–16 for its fifth year. Check out Alan Motley’s Labrador: Autopsy of Silence movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Everyone is a suspect. That was […]

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(Check out Chris Reed’s The Rivals of Amziah King, it’s in theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) The Rivals of Amziah King is only writer/director Andrew Patterson’s second feature—the first was the wholly original […]

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