After over a decade of being persecuted and imprisoned by the Iranian government, Jafar Panahi made his triumphant in-person return to the Cannes Film Festival this year, where he presented what may be his most courageous film yet. It Was […]

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The Cannes Film Festival has unveiled the first slate of films for its 78th edition, which will take place from May 13 through 24. The films are divided into sections, from the Main Competition to Un Certain Regard. Iris Knobloch, […]

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There’s no better movie to arrive in early spring like Carson Lund’s Eephus. The Cannes and NYFF hit is a phenomenal baseball movie for anyone with a deep love of the classic American sport/pastime. Set in a baseball field in […]

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(Check out Hannah Tran’s Santosh movie review, in theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) “There are two types of untouchables in this world,” begins the imperative line of director Sandhya Suri’s Santosh, “one who nobody wants […]

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Renate Reinsve (The Worst Person in the World) is a force to be reckoned with in Armand. The psychological thriller marks the directorial debut of Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, the grandson of Liv Ullmann and Ingmar Bergman. It had its world […]

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Ryan J. Sloan’s directorial debut Gazer is a gritty fever dream filmed in 16mm. The psychological neo-noir, which premiered at Cannes Directors Fortnight, stars Ariella Mastroianni – who co-wrote and produced the film with Sloan – as a single mother […]

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Oscar-winning director Paolo Sorrentino (The Great Beauty) is back and doing what he does best: making people and places look enchantingly beautiful. Parthenope, titled after the myth of Greek sirens who lured men to their deaths at sea, stars Celeste […]

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Inspired by a true story, The Girl with the Needle draws from one of the most heinous murder cases in Danish history. Magnus von Horn (Sweat) directs Denmark’s Oscar entry from a script he co-wrote with Line Langebeck. The film follows a […]

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When it premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, writer-director Mohammad Rasoulof’s secretly-shot thriller The Seed of the Sacred Fig made headlines. Marking his first project to debut following his exile from his native Iran, after being sentenced to 8 […]

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Jacques Audiard is a auteur of many surprises. The French writer/director – known for his gritty, socially aware dramas (see A Prophet and Rust and Bone) – is back with a groundbreaking crime musical that took Cannes by storm this […]

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