Iranian-French cinematographer Darius Khondji turned 70 in October of this year and shows no sign of slowing down in any way. His credits include such masterpieces as Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s 1991 Delicatessen and 1995 The City of Lost Children, David Fincher’s […]

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With his brother Benny making his solo directing outing later this year with his MMA drama The Smashing Machine, Josh Safdie is crafting his vision with a sports drama of his own just in time for Christmas. Marty Supreme takes […]

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After working together on the polarizing, yet mindblowing Beau Is Afraid, Ari Aster and Joaquin Phoenix are back together for the former’s fourth feature. Eddington, fresh off its world premiere at Cannes, is a Western set in 2020 during the […]

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Three years after his bewildering, anxiety-inducing Beau Is Afraid, Ari Aster is back with his fourth feature that addresses current events. His black-comedy/western Eddington is set to premiere in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, which will run May 14-22. […]

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Over half a decade after winning back-to-back Oscars for Birdman and The Revenant, Alejandro G. Iñárritu returns with a new ambitious cinematic undertaking that takes us both through the mind of a man, and the history of Mexico. BARDO, False […]

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(The 2022 Cannes Film Festival runs May 17-28. Our own Jack Schenker is at the fest and has this movie review of Armageddon Time. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page). James Gray returns from outer space for […]

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In "Uncut Gems," the Safdies once again capture the anger and intensity of Manhattan with the humor and heart only a couple of real New Yorkers could.

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Its soundtrack devoid of just about everything but the actors’ voices and the piano music they occasionally listen to, and its space confined almost totally to the couple’s spacious flat, Love feels like a purposefully clean movie; an orderly ordeal.

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