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With their keen attention to detail and cinematic vision, filmmaking duo Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw (The Truffle Hunters) capture the culture of the Argentinian cowboys for their newest undertaking. Gaucho Gaucho, shot in crisp black and white, follows the […]

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(The 2024 Middleburg Film Festival runs October 17-20. Check our Chris Reed’s Conclave movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Every time a Pope dies, Catholics around the world no doubt find themselves both mourning the loss […]

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Over the last couple weeks whenever I mentioned I was attending NYFF to a normie, they told me, “oh yeah, I saw the long lines.” What those normies didn’t realize is that the lines they saw were actually to enter […]

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DOC NYC, the world’s largest documentary film festival, has announced the lineup for its influential, distinguished Short List section for its 15th edition. This section features 15 titles that are the top documentary contenders, and is known to overlap with […]

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Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson, a trio of Canadian filmmakers known for their distinctive and experimental approach to cinema, have once again pushed the boundaries of storytelling with their latest project, Rumours. Maddin, a veteran director whose career […]

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(HtN fave Zach Clark is back with his wonderfully weird yet touching alien invasion film The Becomers. The film is out now on VOD via Darkstar Pictures. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Writer/director Zach Clark (Little […]

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Brazilian-American filmmaker Bernardo Britto, known for his innovative animated shorts, makes his feature directorial debut with Omni Loop. This sci-fi comedy, starring Ayo Edebiri and Mary-Louise Parker, made its world premiere at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival. Britto, whose previous […]

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(Check out Chris Reed’s The Apprentice movie review. It hits theaters Friday, October 11.. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) It is no hyperbole to claim that the 45th president of the United States, one Donald […]

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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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(The 2024 New York Film Festival (NYFF) runs September 27-October 14. Check out Matt Delman’s All We Imagine As Light movie review from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) A tender, lyrical drama […]

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