(The Toronto International Film Festival (or TIFF) ran September 10-20 and HtN had boots on the ground covering all the best indie films they have to offer. Check out M.J. O’Toole’s Idda movie review from the fest! Seen it? Join the conversation with […]

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Winner of the Critics’ Week Grand Prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, cinematographer Marine Atlan’s directorial debut La Gradiva is a sun-kissed coming-of-age drama that transports viewers to the streets and ruins of Naples. It follows a group of […]

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Oscar-winning director Paweł Pawlikowski (Ida; Cold War) is back at the helm with a stunning new 20th-century-set drama shot in his signature black-and-white. Fatherland centers on life in post-World War II where Erika Mann (Sandra Hüller) accompanies her father, famed writer […]

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Romanian auteur Cristian Mungiu (4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days) returned to Cannes this year with his newest intense drama, and left with his second Palme d’Or. Set in a Norwegian coastal town, Fjord stars Sebastian Stan and Renate […]

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One film that premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes this year got lots more buzz than most films in competition. Club Kid, the directorial debut of Jordan Firstman (I Love LA; Rotting in the Sun) may just be the […]

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After 12 years, Chris Rock returns to the director’s seat for a drama set in the modern cutthroat world of Hollywood. Rock writes and directs Misty Green, which stars Rosalind Eleazar (Slow Horses; Rose of Nevada) as an actress seeking […]

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