Late last week, the 2025 (technically the 2026) Awards Season started heating up in earnest but it’s typically the nominees for Golden Globes that signify the full season kick-off. While snubs and surprises are always part of the fun, the […]

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(Check out Chris Reed’s Train Dreams movie review, it’s in theaters now and hits Netflix November 21! Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) With Train Dreams, the writing/directing duo of Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar (Sing Sing) adapt […]

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There’s so much uncertainty in the world and strangely, as it always somehow seems to, the Sundance Film Festival reflects that. On a surface level, there’s the fact that no one knows where the 2026 Sundance Film Festival will be […]

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Editors Note: Master Gardener is now playing in theaters via Magnolia Pictures. Below is Matt Delman’s review from the New York Film Festival. (The 60th New York Film Festival (NYFF) runs September 30-October 16. Check out Matt Delman’s movie review […]

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One of the masters of the character study is Paul Schrader. The veteran filmmaker made a resurgence with First Reformed and then followed that up with the equally dark and compelling The Card Counter. He now returns with an even […]

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I met with writer/director/actor Joel Edgerton (The Gift) on Saturday, October 20, 2018, at the Middleburg Film Festival, to discuss his feature adaptation of Garrard Conley’s eponymous 2016 memoir, Boy Erased (which I also reviewed). The film is brisk and […]

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With remarkable emotional reserve, he walks us through material that could quickly descend into histrionics, maintaining his cinematic cool as he explores the complex drama with sharp observational skills.

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One of the great joys of the movie is watching how Nichols and his terrific cast handle these scenes where little is said, but much revealed. It's a master class in subtext and behavioral acting.

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