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2024 Venice Film Festival Award Winners: Almodóvar’s ‘The Room Next Door’ Wins The Golden Lion

M.J. O'Toole — Sat, 07 Sep 2024 22:29:52 +0000

After 10 days of 10+ minute standing ovations and exciting new titles making their world premieres, the 81st annual Venice Film Festival concluded today with its awards ceremony, which sets the stage for Awards Season. The Isabelle Huppert-headed jury awarded […]

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THE PEOPLE’S JOKER

Bears Rebecca Fonte — Wed, 01 May 2024 16:28:05 +0000

(Check out Bears Rebecca Fonté’s The People’s Joker movie review. The film had a fantastic festival run with a torrent of success and is in theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) For hundreds of years, […]

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THE NORTHMAN

Christopher Reed — Fri, 22 Apr 2022 16:12:38 +0000

(Check out this movie review of The Northman, the latest film from Robert Eggers. Seen it?Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Worried that Shakespeare’s Hamlet isn’t gory enough? Have no fear. Director Robert Eggers (The Lighthouse) is […]

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A Conversation with Joel Edgerton (BOY ERASED)

Christopher Reed — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 17:27:01 +0000

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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BOY ERASED

Christopher Reed — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 19:25:51 +0000

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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Jim Brunzell’s 2018 Fantastic Fest Primer

Fri, 21 Sep 2018 18:32:33 +0000

Some cinephiles would say it’s “the most wonderful time of the year.” The fall movie festival season begun a few weeks ago with Venice, Telluride, and Toronto unveiling their star-studded and Oscar-baiting films, but there are still a few more […]

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THE FAMILY FANG

Jessica Baxter — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:44:08 +0000

"The Family Fang" is far from the feel good movie of the year. But it has purpose.

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STOKER

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:18:01 +0000

Whatever the film’s flaws, Stoker’s visual storytelling is masterful and operatic.

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Cannes 2012 Dispatch #8: Hello, I Must Be Going

Thu, 24 May 2012 13:17:03 +0000

Another sunny day here in Cannes started with a loud round of booing to greet the end credits of Lee Daniels’ The Paperboy: a pulpy, finger-painted piece of unfocused melodrama that stands a good chance of spawning a midnight cult […]

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NETFLIX HIDDEN GEMS: Issue #2

Michael Tully — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:07:27 +0000

Okay, class. Raise your hands if you did your homework and watched all of last month’s selections. Anyone, anyone? As your teacher, I have a confession to make. I, myself, was only able to make it midway through the first batch. […]

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