(The 52nd Seattle International Film Festival ran May 7-17th in and around Seattle. Check out Jessica Baxter’s The Best Summer movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) The 2025 Palisades fire had at […]

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Megan Griffiths’ latest film, Year of the Fox, is a coming-of-age drama that takes place in 1997 Aspen and Seattle. Ivy (Sarah Jeffery) is a young woman on cusp of finishing high school, when she gets a disillusioning peek behind […]

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It’s not a love story so much as the tale of a woman who turns things around thanks to the inspiration from an unlikely source – a man who has given up.

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The gimmick is reason enough to see this film. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for outsiders to get a real peak behind the scenes at the Olympics. But the trio sweeten the deal with a terrific story that plays like Before Sunrise for the socially awkward and unpretentious.

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Young romantic love is a big deal, but high school BFFs are some of the most intense relationships in a woman’s life.

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