(The Toronto International Film Festival (or TIFF) marks its 50th anniversary this year. TIFF 50 runs September 4-14, with the fest’s usual vast array of movies playing in venues around the downtown entertainment district. Chris Reed has boots on the ground and […]

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(The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival ran September 5-15 and HtN has you covered once again. Check out Chris Reed’s Superboys of Malegaon movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Based on real-life events previously profiled in […]

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(The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival runs September 5-15 and HtN has you covered once again. Check out Chris Reed’s Anora movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) In his last three features—Tangerine, The Florida Project, and Red Rocket—director […]

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The new documentary Tata marks Moldovan-born journalist Lina Vdovîi’s feature-directorial debut. She is not alone in the process, working closely with her Romanian husband, Radu Ciorniciuc, with whom she co-wrote his own directorial debut, Acasă, My Home. Together, they explore […]

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Irish documentarian Sinéad O’Shea (Pray for Our Sinners) has a new film out, Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story, which just premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival—aka TIFF—where I reviewed it. As per the title, it offers a […]

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(The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival ran September 5-15 and HtN has you covered once again. Check out M.J. O’Toole’s Cloud movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa has long been fascinated […]

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Argentinian director Luis Ortega (El Angel) just premiered his latest film, Kill the Jockey, at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival—aka TIFF—where I reviewed it. The movie follows the titular horse rider, Remo (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, BPM), as he navigates the treacherous terrain of […]

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(The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival runs September 5-15 and HtN has you covered once again. Check out Matt Delman’s Ernest Cole: Lost & Found movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Raoul Peck’s ode to […]

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(The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival runs September 5-15 and HtN has you covered once again. Check out Chris Reed’s The Life of Chuck movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) A star-studded fantasy about life and […]

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(The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival runs September 5-15 and HtN has you covered once again. Check out M.J. O’Toole’s On Swift Horses movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Director Daniel Minahan observes the lives […]

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