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DIE, MY LOVE

Savina Petkova — Fri, 23 May 2025 14:34:43 +0000

(Check out Savina Petkova’s Die, My Lovemovie review. The film just had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Eight whole years after You Were Never Really Here shook Cannes, […]

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New Directors/New Films Unveils 2025 Lineup

M.J. O'Toole — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:37:59 +0000

New Directors/New Films is coming back for its 54th edition. Since 1972, it has showcased work from the likes of Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Kelly Reichardt, Pedro Almodóvar, Souleymane Cissé, Jia Zhangke, Spike Lee, Lynne Ramsay, Michael Haneke, Wong Kar-wai, […]

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AFTERSUN

M.J. O'Toole — Sat, 04 Mar 2023 19:33:23 +0000

(The 60th New York Film Festival (NYFF) runs September 30-October 16. Check out M.J. O’Toole’s movie review of Aftersun. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Do we often look back on our memories in a more subjective […]

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Nelson Kim’s New Directors/New Films 2019 Report

Nelson Kim — Wed, 01 May 2019 17:05:09 +0000

The 48th annual edition of New Directors/New Films, jointly presented by the Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, came to a close on April 7. Showcasing the work of first- and second-time directors from around […]

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Jim Brunzell’s 2018 Sundance Film Festival Preview

A.D. Calvo — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 00:08:45 +0000

The projectors are warming up, the curtains are about to be raised and the first images will soon be hitting the screen on the 2018 Sundance Film Festival (hosted by the Sundance Institute), starting Thursday, January 18 and running through […]

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FINALLY, LILLIAN AND DAN

Lena Dunham — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 00:00:28 +0000

Mike Gibisser's drama gives the impression of having been made in a vacuum, conceived without influence and then delivered, squinting, into the fluorescent world around it.

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WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:04:49 +0000

Lynne Ramsay's third film is something like a restless dream, one in which the only prospect more frightful than moving onward is waking up and attempting to piece it all together.

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RED RIDING

Lena Dunham — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:59:08 +0000

Here are some things I do like: serial killers (especially ones that prey on prostitutes, behavior I do not condone but enjoy seeing investigated by hard-nosed police detectives); the filthy, funny-sad realism of Mike Leigh, Ken Loach, Lynne Ramsay; and the British Broadcasting Corporation.

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BETTER THINGS

Brandon Harris — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:00:18 +0000

(Better Things is screening as part of “Film Comment Selects” at the Walter Reade Theater. Visit the film’s French website to watch a striking trailer.) A sublime experiment in mood and texture, Better Things is that rare film which seems […]

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A Conversation With Barry Jenkins (MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY)

Michael Tully — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:48:33 +0000

In the years after graduating from Florida State University’s film school, writer/director Barry Jenkins realized that it was difficult to call himself a filmmaker when he hadn’t produced anything since his college days. And so, after writing a script, Jenkins […]

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