(The 2025 Sundance Film Festival runs January 23- February 2 in and around gorgeous Park City, UT. HtN has you covered for all the hottest titles like M.J. O’Toole’s OBEX movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) “One […]

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(Check out Jonathan Marlow’s Nadja movie review. Michael Almereyda’s 1994 vampire film has been given the 4k restoration treatment and is in theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Our season of the vampires. Predisposed to […]

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Many actors have added multi-hyphenates to their resumes, dipping into other facets of auteur filmmaking. But no one has done it quite like Crispin Hellion Glover. For that, and many other reasons, he remains one of the most unique artists […]

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Twenty-five years after the season two finale of the seminal prestige drama Twin Peaks aired, David Lynch heralded a third season with the following tweet: “That gum you like is going to come back in style.” This was exciting news […]

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(Check out Jessica Baxter’s I Know Catherine, the Log Lady movie review. It’s in theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) You probably DO know Catherine, the Log Lady. She was an actress for stage and […]

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Argentinian director Laura Casabé (The Returned) premiered her latest feature, The Virgin of the Quarry Lake, at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival (where I reviewed it). Based on two short stories—“Our Lady of the Quarry” and “The Cart”—by author Mariana […]

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Grand Theft Hamlet is a groundbreaking documentary that follows 3 out-of-work British actors who, during the depths of the COVID-19 lockdown, attempted something unprecedented: staging Shakespeare’s masterpiece within the chaotic virtual world of Grand Theft Auto Online. Directed by Sam […]

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(The 2024 Tribeca Film Festival ran June 5-16, and as always, we have many boots on the ground. Check out M.J. O’Toole’s’s A Desert movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) What lurks beneath the barren, yet […]

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Bertrand Bonello is a multi-hyphenate talent in the film industry. The acclaimed filmmaker is also a producer, composer and actor. His films have been associated with the movement known as New French Extremity. Bonello actually got his start in music […]

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In HtN’s review of Jane Schoenbrun’s feature directorial debut We’re All Going To The World’s Fair, Mike S. Ryan wrote “One gets a sense right away that the filmmaker understands that a personal story structure is essential to a unique […]

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