(The Toronto International Film Festival (or TIFF) runs September 10-20 and HtN has boots on the ground covering all the best indie films they have to offer. Check out Clara Cuccaro’s Trash Mountain movie review from the fest! Seen it? Join the conversation […]

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(The Toronto International Film Festival (or TIFF) runs September 10-20 and HtN has boots on the ground covering all the best indie films they have to offer. Check out Chris Reeds’s The Smell of Apples movie review from the fest! Seen it? Join […]

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(Check out Chris Reed’s Romeria movie review, it’s in theaters now via Janus Films. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) In her phenomenal 2017 feature debut, Summer 1993, Spanish director Carla Simón brought challenging moments from her […]

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(The 2026 SXSW Film Festival runs March 12-18 in beautiful Austin, TX. Check out Chris Reed’s Ugly Cry movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) In her directorial debut feature, Ugly Cry, actor-turned-writer/director Emily Robinson delivers […]

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(Check out Chris Reed’s The Ice Tower movie review, it’s in theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) The Ice Tower is French director Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s fourth feature, after Innocence (2004), Evolution (2015), and Earwig […]

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(Check out Jessica Baxter’s Year of the Fox movie review, it’s available on VOD now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Megan Griffiths’ latest film, Year of the Fox (check out my interview with Griffiths and […]

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Megan Griffiths’ latest film, Year of the Fox, is a coming-of-age drama that takes place in 1997 Aspen and Seattle. Ivy (Sarah Jeffery) is a young woman on cusp of finishing high school, when she gets a disillusioning peek behind […]

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(Check out MJ. O’Toole’s movie review of Who By Fire, now playing at NY’s Film at Lincoln Center LA’s Laemmle Theaters. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) French-Canadian director Philippe Lesage knows how uneasy it is to […]

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