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HtN’s 15 Most Anticipated Films at TIFF 2024

The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival runs September 5-15, and this year’s edition promises a strong, exciting variety of new cinema – ranging from Almodovar’s English feature debut The Room Next Door, to Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or winner Anora, to […]

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 From REPO MAN to DEAD SOULS: A Lifetime in the Cinema of Alex Cox

REPO MAN (1984) [the latest edition in an ongoing Curbside Criterion saga] or From REPO MAN to DEAD SOULS: A Lifetime in the Cinema of Alex Cox “Lattice of coincidence… all part of the cosmic unconsciousness…” In the pantheon of […]

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MEMOIR OF A SNAIL Trailer: Adam Elliot Returns With a Heartwarming Animated Coming-Of-Age Tale

Adam Elliot's MEMOIR OF A SNAIL

Oscar-winning filmmaker Adam Elliot (Mary and Max; Harvey Krumpet) is back with his second stop-motion feature in 15 years! Memoir of a Snail – which took nearly a decade to complete – follows the life of melancholic Grace (voiced by […]

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Telluride Film Festival 2024 Lineup: Slate Includes Sean Baker, Errol Morris, Andrea Arnold, and More

2024 Telluride Film Festival Lineup

The always epic (and, slightly esoteric in terms of attending goes…) Telluride Film Festival kicks off this Labor Day Weekend, running from August 30 through September 2. Sadly, HtN won’t be there this year but the lineup is, as always, incredibly […]

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HOLDING BACK THE TIDE Trailer: New Documentary Chronicles the Oyster as a Queer Icon

Emily Packer's HOLDING BACK THE TIDE

Premiering at last year’s DOC NYC, as well as numerous other festivals, Emily Packer’s documentary Holding Back the Tide gives a poetic look at the lives of oysters (a living creature) in New York City. While charting their presence in […]

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EMILIA PÉREZ Teaser Trailer: Jacques Audiard Is Back with Sensational Trans-Cartel Musical

Karla Sofía Gascón in EMILIA PÉREZ

Jacques Audiard is a auteur of many surprises. The French writer/director – known for his gritty, socially aware dramas (see A Prophet and Rust and Bone) – is back with a groundbreaking crime musical that took Cannes by storm this […]

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