(The New/Next Film Festival took place October 2-5 in Baltimore, MD which just happens to be home base for our Lead Critic, Chris Reed. Check out his André Is an Idiot movie review! Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on

After taking us to the land of dreams in his 2021 feature, Strawberry Mansion, director Albert Birney is back to transport us to a virtual reality from the late '80s. OBEX, which he co-wrote with filmmaker Pete Ohs (also serving

(Check out Chris Reed's The Ice Tower movie review, it's in theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.)

The Ice Tower is French director Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s fourth feature, after Innocence (2004), Evolution (2015), and Earwig (2021). Based on her body of work, she appears fascinated with the perils of youth, treating the subject through various genres over the years, including the fantastical. In her latest, she follows Jeanne, a teenage runaway who becomes obsessed with an older actress (who returns the interest) starring in a cinematic adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “The Snow Queen.”

Norwegian filmmaker Dag Johan Haugerud is one of his country's most influential directors and writers, having won numerous Amanda Awards and international recognition for films like I Belong and Beware of Children. His latest achievement is an ambitious trilogy examining

South Korean director Yeon Sang-ho (Train to Busan) just premiered his latest movie, The Ugly (based on his graphic novel), at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival, where I reviewed it. Set in two different time periods, the film features actor Park Jeong-min in

Prolific documentarian Billy Corben just premiered his latest film, Canceled: The Paula Deen Story, at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival. It tells the story of the disgraced former TV chef who saw her empire crumble in 2013 over allegations

After taking us to the land of dreams in his 2021 feature, Strawberry Mansion, director Albert Birney is back to transport us to a virtual reality from the late '80s. OBEX, which he co-wrote with filmmaker Pete Ohs (also serving

Documentarian Amber Fares' documentary, Coexistence, My Ass!, shines a light on how humor can be a vigorous tool in activism. It follows the rise of Israeli comedian Noam Shuster Eliassi, who grew up with a sense of unity in a

A romance unlike anything you've seen in recent years, breakout writer/director Harry Lighton's Pillion will certainly make you gasp and swoon. This funny and surprisingly touching BDSM tale is adapted from the 2020 novel "Box Hill" by Adam Mars-Jones, starring