(The 2026 DC/DOX Documentary Film Festival ran June 11-14. Check out Chris Reed’s Bucks Harbor movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Longtime photographer Pete Muller marks his feature-film debut with the […]

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By Hook or by Crook arrived in 2001 as the kind of film queer and trans cinema needed before the culture knew how to ask for it. Written, directed by, and starring Silas Howard and Harry Dodge, the film emerged from […]

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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 Savina Petkova’s The Man I Love movie review. The film just had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Ira Sachs doesn’t make films for the audience, he […]

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(Check out Lé Baltar’s Elephants in the Fog movie review. The film just had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) The first-ever Nepali feature film to premiere in the […]

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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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(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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(The 2026 SXSW Film Festival runs March 12-18 in beautiful Austin, TX. Check out Chris Reed’s Sparks movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Cleo is a French New Wave heroine even before she realizes […]

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“Where’s my water? What did I do with the water?” a priest mutters, patting and digging into his pants pockets.  Standing on a fisherman’s dock, wearing a fedora and sunglasses hanging from his shirt pocket, he looks slightly out of […]

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(Check out Jessica Baxter’s Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror movie review, it’s in select theaters now! Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) If you’re reading this review, chances are you’re already aware of the awesome […]

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