The stoner comedy is alive and well! While the legalization of marijuana continues to be a debated topic, writer-director Dylan Meyer’s raunchy comedy The Wrong Girls emphasizes its hilarious side effects that make the subgenre as legendary as it is. […]

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The 2026 Seattle International Film Festival opened with a bang as a sold-out crowd filled the historic Paramount Theater to see Boots Riley’s second feature film, I Love Boosters. In honor of the film’s high fashion theme, Riley wore a […]

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(The 52nd Seattle International Film Festival ran May 7-17th in and around Seattle. Check out Jessica Baxter’s I Love Boosters movie review, fresh from the fest and in theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) As someone who […]

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Following his breakout hit Sorry To Bother You and his much underrated miniseries I’m A Virgo, Boots Riley is back and ready to once again flip the middle finger to American capitalism. With I Love Boosters, he assembles a kick-ass […]

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Oscar-nominated director Raoul Peck (I Am Not Your Negro) returns to form in his newest documentary that pays tribute to a pioneering photographer. Ernest Cole: Lost and Found chronicles the life of the South African photographer who captured searing images […]

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(The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival runs September 5-15 and HtN has you covered once again. Check out Matt Delman’s Ernest Cole: Lost & Found movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Raoul Peck’s ode to […]

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Founded in 1980 by Robert Redford to promote the art and craft of filmmaking, the U.S. Film Festival, rebranded as the Sundance Film Festival in 1985, has long been a beacon for American independent cinema. Ever since then, the annual […]

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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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Media as a weapon emerged as a theme throughout; a viral video is an advertiser’s best friend, but can also be a powerful platform for social change. Sorry to Bother You harnesses that possibility, preaching the ideas of a mass working class uprising and racial equality through a satirical, accessible, memorably insane indie film

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It’s worth noting that first-time film director Christian Papierniak has a background in video games because that’s a bit how Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town plays out.

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