As the awards season approaches, studios are coordinating their efforts regarding the films they intend to promote for the 97th Academy Awards, and it appears that the best picture category is poised to be a sausage fest. While many features […]

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The blue carpet rolled out on Saturday and many of the year’s best independent films were recognized at the 39th Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Barbara, California. A24’s Past Lives took home Best Feature just moments after its writer-director Celine […]

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(The Middleburg Film Festival runs October 19-22, 2023 in Middleburg, Virginia. HtN Lead Critic Chris Reed will be providing his usual excellent coverage like this movie review of Anatomy of a Fall. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Winner […]

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2023 has been the year everything got back to normal. Hahahha….oh man, had you there! As many people paying the slightest bit of attention know, “things” may never be “back to normal” again. But, let’s steer away from the big […]

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The major box-office successes of the year notwithstanding (we see you, “Barbenheimer”), 2023 saw many outstanding independent films come out to rival (or surpass) the quality of big-studio releases. Fortunately, in this 21st-century of ours, there are many theatrical distributors […]

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The first major awards ceremony of the season kicked off tonight in Manhattan. The Gotham Awards marks the unofficial beginning of Oscar season, recognizing some of the best in independent and arthouse cinema from this year. The 33rd annual ceremony […]

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A staple of the upper west side, the New York Film Festival has the best films of the year. So it’s no surprise that this was the second straight year of record ticket sales. With most shows selling out packed […]

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