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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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French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat burst onto the international cinema scene with her audacious debut feature, Revenge (2017), a visceral and stylish take on the rape-revenge thriller that subverted genre expectations. Known for her bold visual style and unflinching approach to […]
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Australian director Jennifer Kent directed her first feature, The Babadook, in 2014. That supernatural horror film proved extremely effective at externalizing both grief and a mother’s worst fears about parenting. Starring Essie Davis (Babyteeth) as that mom, Amelia, a widow […]
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After exploring the lingering effects of World War II in his documentary Occupied City last year, Steve McQueen takes on the subject once again in his war thriller Blitz. The film, which will premiere Closing Night at the New York […]
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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 Anywhere Anytime movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Life can be a challenge for migrants everywhere. […]
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Following up his Oscar-winning performance in Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy stars as a devoted father dealing with the complexity of discovering a terrible truth in Small Things Like These. Belgian filmmaker Tim Mielants directs this adaptation of the novel by Claire […]
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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 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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(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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