Once Upon a Time in Harlem is the best film I saw at Sundance this year. It is also, in a sense, a miracle. In 1972, the legendary documentary filmmaker William Greaves—director of the avant-garde masterpiece Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968), […]

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Modern love is in the air this summer. The aptly titled Love, Brooklyn finds André Holland, Nicole Beharie, and DeWanda Wise navigating relationships while coping with the changes in their borough. Rachael Holder makes her feature directorial debut from a […]

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The Toronto International Film Festival returns to mark its 50th edition this fall. It will take place September 4 – 14, featuring both world premieres and North American/Canadian premieres for titles that have premiered at other festivals such as Sundance, […]

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(The 2025 Sundance Film Festival ran January 23- February 2 in and around gorgeous Park City, UT. HtN has you covered for all the hottest titles like M.J. O’Toole’s Love, Brooklyn movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) […]

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After terrifying audiences at this year’s Sundance and TIFF, Steven Soderbergh’s haunted house experiment Presence will finally make its way to U.S. theaters to kick off the new year. NEON picked up the movie following its Sundance premiere, adding it […]

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Steven Soderbergh has never been bound by genre. The Oscar-winning director has revolutionized Hollywood over his decades-long career with his DIY approach to filmmaking, which includes acting as his cinematographer and editor. Thirty-plus years after his iconic debut Sex, Lies, […]

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In 1991, filmmaker Nancy Savoca directed her second feature (after True Love),  Dogfight, starring River Phoenix and Lili Taylor. Working off an original script by Bob Comfort, Savoca told a moving story of how friendship and love can develop in […]

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(Returning for its 13th edition, the Museum of the Moving Image’s First Look Festival  (https://movingimage.org/series/firstlook2024/) marks the emergence of strong breakout international cinema. From March 13-17, it will screen over three dozen eclectic films, both features and shorts, making their […]

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Celebrating its 40th year, the Sundance Film Festival attempts to regain its footing and retake its legacy in 2024 after a couple of Covid years and a sad sales market – especially for documentaries. However if you look back on […]

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(The 2024 Sundance Film Festival runs January 18-28. Check out Melanie Addington’s movie review of Presence. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) In Steven Soderbergh’s newest, Presence, which world premiered at Sundance this week, the stripped-down supernatural thriller […]

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