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 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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(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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(Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of Bottoms, out on Blu-ray now from Kino Lorber. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Emma Seligman’s sophomore feature, Bottoms, was among my favorite films of 2023. The queer high-school comedy with a penchant […]

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(Check out Jessica Baxter’s I Don’t Understand You movie review. It’s on VOD now via Vertical Entertainment. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Watching I Don’t Understand You, the new semi-autobiographical comedy/thriller co-written and directed by real-life […]

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(After being nominated for the Queer Palm at the 2024 Director’s Fortnight program at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel’s film Eat the Night is now streaming. Bears Rebecca Fonté has this review. Seen it? Join the […]

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(The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival runs September 5-15 and HtN has you covered once again. Check out M.J. O’Toole’s On Swift Horses movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Director Daniel Minahan observes the lives […]

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No one likes being 14. That age just sucks. Unless you happen to be the lead character on the Disney show, or arguably the actor portraying that lead character, real life conflicts come at you from every angle and never […]

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