Australian filmmaker Alice Maio Mackay’s sixth feature, The Serpent’s Skin, is a supernatural romantic thriller that takes on transphobia in the form of demons. Co-written by the 21-year-old Mackay and longtime collaborator Benjamin Pahl Robinson, it stars Alexandra McVicker, Avalon […]

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A horror legend’s zombie legacy continues this Halloween season. Tina Romero, the daughter of legendary director George A. Romero, is making her mark with her feature directorial debut, Queens of the Dead. It had its world premiere at this year’s […]

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With numerous animated films gracing our fall season, one to absolutely look forward to is writer-directors Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese’s Lesbian Space Princess. Winner of the Teddy Award at this year’s Berlinale, the Australian production features the voice […]

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Following their collaboration on the explosive romantic drama Passages, director Ira Sachs and star Ben Whishaw reunite for an intimate, verité-like portrait of a famed 20th-century photographer. Peter Hujar’s Day stars Whishaw and Rebecca Hall as NYC-based photographer Peter Hujar […]

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(Check out Chris Reed’s The Wedding Banquet movie review, it hits theaters on Friday, April 18. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) At the top of the list of reasons to see The Wedding Banquet, director […]

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Writer and actor River Gallo shines in Esteban Arango’s neo-noir, Ponyboi. Based on Gallo’s award-winning 2019 short film of the same name, it had its world premiere at Sundance 2024 and is finally set to arrive stateside early this summer. […]

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Writer-director Alain Guiraudie (Stranger by the Lake) explores desire and mercy in his newest queer noir, Misericordia. Translating to Mercy, the film follows Jérémie (Félix Kysyl) who returns to his Saint-Martial home for his late boss’s funeral. He soon becomes […]

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Premiering at last year’s DOC NYC, as well as numerous other festivals, Emily Packer’s documentary Holding Back the Tide gives a poetic look at the lives of oysters (a living creature) in New York City. While charting their presence in […]

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Elliot Page has been nothing but forthcoming about his transition. After a best-selling memoir detailing his experiences, Page is now ready to explore the issues trans people face on-screen in the new drama Close To You. Directed by BAFTA-winner Dominic Savage, […]

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Bobbi Salvör Menuez inhabits struggling actor and recently-transitioned Leo in writer-director Noah Schamus’ Summer Solstice, a new twist on the buddy comedy from a unique perspective. Juggling a series of odd jobs and auditions, trans man Leo is unexpectedly paid […]

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