(The 63rd New York Film Festival (NYFF) ran September 26-October 13 via Film at Lincoln Center. Check out M.J. O’Toole’s The Love That Remains movie review, fresh from the fest! Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) As the seasons […]

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Three years ago, at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival Directors’ Fortnight, I had the opportunity to speak with filmmaker Owen Kline to discuss his remarkable feature directorial debut, Funny Pages. At the time, Kline was most notable for his memorable […]

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Do you remember the kid who played the younger brother in Noah Baumbach’s The Squid and the Whale? That was Owen Kline, and 17 years later he is back with his directorial debut. Funny Pages premiered at this year’s Cannes […]

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Released in 2005,The Squid and the Whale marked a turning point in the career of New York-based filmmaker Noah Baumbach.

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From 18, a 30 year-old can look like a finished person. What often goes unseen are the loose threads: the failed relationships, missed opportunities, nagging regrets. It’s these shortfalls, the mistakes and missteps, that helped build this so-called “complete” person. […]

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Frances Ha is about those maddening late-20-something days when you know it's time to grow up but the world won't let you get there yet.

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(Holy Rollers was picked up for distribution by First Independent Pictures and is now available on DVD. It opened in New York City and Los Angeles on Friday, May 21, 2010, before going wider in the following weeks. Visit the […]

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