South Korean filmmaker Jason Yu steps into the spotlight with his feature directorial debut Sleep, a taut psychological thriller that debuted at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023. Drawing from his experiences in his own marriage, cinema history, and his work as an […]

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(Check out Bears Rebecca Fonté’s The People’s Joker movie review. The film had a fantastic festival run with a torrent of success and is in theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) For hundreds of years, […]

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Near the conclusion of Michael Almereyda’s beguiling Tesla, the title character, played mysterious mystical perfect Ethan Hawke, steps up to the mic for a karaoke version of Everybody Wants To Rule The World by Tears For Fears. His voice is […]

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Though Hal is cinematically straightforward, without any striking innovations of its own, the material it showcases elevates it beyond the pedestrian biopic, making it a wonderful tribute to its subject's free spirit and brilliant talent.

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The classic rebel film of the late 60's gets the Criterion Blu-ray treatment

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If Frances Ha is spring, then Nebraska is autumn, the heat of youth versus the frost of middle and old age.

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