A Private Life, the latest feature from French director Rebecca Zlotowski (Other People’s Children), stars the great Jodie Foster as an American psychotherapist living in Paris. When a patient of hers commits suicide, she is forced to reevaluate her entire […]

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The major box-office successes of the year notwithstanding (we see you, “Barbenheimer”), 2023 saw many outstanding independent films come out to rival (or surpass) the quality of big-studio releases. Fortunately, in this 21st-century of ours, there are many theatrical distributors […]

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(Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of Other People’s Children, in theaters now via Music Box Films. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Growing older is never easy, especially if one is filled with sorrow over things […]

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One of the most acclaimed films of the year already is writer-director Rebecca Zlotowski’s Other People’s Children. Recent César Award winner Virginie Efira takes the reigns in this romance as a teacher who falls in love with a single father […]

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The 2019 New York Film Festival began with a bang — the world premiere of Martin Scorsese’s feverishly anticipated The Irishman. And The Irishman itself ended with a whimper, or something close to it: This long (three and a half […]

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