(The 2024 Tribeca Film Festival runs June 5-16, and as always, we have many boots on the ground. Check out Matt Delman’s Sabbath Queen movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Sandi Dubowski’s transformative documentary Sabbath Queen follows Amichai […]

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(Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of Anonymous Sister, it opens Friday, June 2 at New York’s IFC Center before a wider rollout. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Director Laura Poitras’ searing 2022 documentary All […]

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The blue carpet rolled out on Saturday and many of the year’s best independent films and TV series were recognized in Santa Barbara, California. Everything Everywhere All At Once swept the 38th Independent Spirit Awards as it took home seven […]

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After a truly difficult few years, 2022 seemed like it had so much promise. While things overall are certainly “better,” there remains an existential feeling of impending doom. It’s weird too because ostensibly, for our purposes at HtN, movies in […]

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After a year of new groundbreaking documentaries, the Cinema Eye Honors has announced the full slate of nominations for its 16th Annual Awards Ceremony. Sara Dosa’s Fire of Love and Alex Pritz’s The Territory, both National Geographic films, lead with […]

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The nominations for the 2022 Gotham Awards have been revealed. The nominations in 12 categories recognize independent/arthouse films and breakout TV from this year. The ceremony will be held at Cipriani Wall Street in Manhattan on Monday, November 28. Angelica […]

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(The 60th New York Film Festival (NYFF) runs September 30-October 16. Check out Matt Delman’s movie review of All The Beauty and the Bloodshed. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Filmmaker Laura Poitras immerses herself in […]

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After 10 days of long standing ovations and exciting new titles making their world premieres, the 79th annual Venice Film Festival concluded yesterday with its awards ceremony, which sets the stage for Awards Season. The Julianne Moore-headed jury awarded the […]

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The Toronto International Film Festival (or TIFF) was founded in 1976 and since then has become one of the world’s premier showcases of quality films of all kinds, be they large event movies, microbudget flicks, and everything in between. Given […]

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The main slate for the 60th annual New York Film Festival is bursting with unmissable auteur titles. Presented by Film at Lincoln Center, it will take place from September 30 through October 16 in Lincoln Center and in other venues […]

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