“You know, you’re Irish, so when I’m saying Dédalus you’re probably thinking Joyce.” It’s early December in Avelino and Arnaud Desplechin isn’t really talking  A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. The French director’s latest, Spectateurs!, reintroduces the […]

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(The 2024 Sundance Film Festival runs January 18-28. Check out Melanie Addington’s movie review of A Different Man. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Aaron Schimberg in his third feature film, A Different Man, sets himself into a […]

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Stellan Skarsgård has been an actor for over 50 years. Most of his early roles were on the stage or in television programs in Sweden. Skarsgård, now 70 years old, has worked with great auteurs such as Denis Villeneuve, David […]

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Mike S. Ryan’s very biased 25 fave low budget American Indies of the ‘10 Decade. 1. Moonlight-Barry Jenkins 2. Meek’s Cutoff/Certain Woman– Kelly Reichardt 3. The Rider-Chloe Zhao 4. The Fits– Anna Rose Holmer 5. It Felt Like Love– Eliza […]

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Surviving Progress is a warning cry that will hopefully shake viewers into considering our behavior while we have some behavior left to consider.

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Ineffability is a plus here; Mackenzie's film is meant to be felt first, understood second—and in this regard it's often quite affecting.

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Take Shelter is a modern American masterpiece.

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Melancholia is arrestingly rendered from first frame to last, nowhere more so than in its opening montage.

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