As awards season is right around the corner, one big contender MUBI has on its hands is a tender queer romance that had audiences swooning at the Cannes Film Festival. The History of Sound unites Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor […]

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What if you had the opportunity to speak with your dead parents? That’s what Andrew Scott finds himself doing in Andrew Haigh’s latest drama, All of Us Strangers. Known for his authentically-told romantic dramas such as his 2011 breakout Weekend […]

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It’s a new season for contemporary musicals! Famed ballet choreographer Benjamin Milliepied makes his directorial debut this spring with a reimagining of the classic Georges Bizet opera, Carmen. Melissa Barrera (Scream, In the Heights) stars as the titular character, an […]

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The blue carpet rolled out on Saturday and many of the year’s best independent films and TV series were recognized in Santa Barbara, California. Everything Everywhere All At Once swept the 38th Independent Spirit Awards as it took home seven […]

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(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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The nominations for the 2022 Gotham Awards have been revealed. The nominations in 12 categories recognize independent/arthouse films and breakout TV from this year. The ceremony will be held at Cipriani Wall Street in Manhattan on Monday, November 28. Angelica […]

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One film that took Cannes by surprise this year was Scottish writer-director Charlotte Wells’ emotional feature debut, Aftersun. Her “emotionally autobiographical” film stars Paul Mescal and newcomer Frankie Corio as a father and daughter Calum and Sophie who take a […]

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The Toronto International Film Festival (or TIFF) was founded in 1976 and since then has become one of the world’s premier showcases of quality films of all kinds, be they large event movies, microbudget flicks, and everything in between. Given […]

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Years after making a splash on the indie scene with The Fits, filmmakers Anna Rose Holmer and Saela Davis bring their newest drama from inner-city Cincinnati to an Irish fishing village. God’s Creatures premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival […]

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Cannes has now announced the slate for this year’s Directors’ Fortnight, aka Quinzaine des Réalisateurs section, following the in-competition lineup announcement last week. The opening film in this section is Scarlet, by Martin Eden director Pietro Marcello. Inspired by the […]

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