(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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(Check out Anders Ljung’s The Natural State movie review, fresh from the 2026Telluride Film Festival. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) In 1989, wealthy New York mother Julie Thayer traveled to the Swiss Alps with an extraordinary objective: […]

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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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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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(Check out Matt Delman’s Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma movie review. The film just had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) In their new film, Jane Schoenbrun proves […]

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(Check out Frank Yan’s Silent Friend movie review, it’s in theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) A ginkgo biloba has stood in the botanical garden of Marburg University since 1832, and for most of that […]

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(The 2025 Sundance Film Festival runs January 23- February 2 in and around gorgeous Park City, UT. HtN has you covered for all the hottest titles like M.J. O’Toole’s OBEX movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) “One […]

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(Check out Jonathan Marlow’s Nadja movie review. Michael Almereyda’s 1994 vampire film has been given the 4k restoration treatment and is in theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Our season of the vampires. Predisposed to […]

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(The 2026 Sundance Film Festival kicks off Thursday, January 22 and runs through Sunday, February 1 for, sadly the last time, in and around Park City, Utah. Check out Chris Reed’s Barbara Forever movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join […]

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(Check out Brandon Wilson’s Merrily We Roll Along movie review, it opens Friday, November 5. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) There are few words in all of filmdom that strike fear in the hearts of cinephiles […]

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