Latest Reviews
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A Conversation with Shalini Kantayya (LOVE APPTUALLY)
In her latest documentary, Love Apptually, director Shalini Kantayya takes an informed look at how we date in the modern world. Through a series of character profiles, including of French journalist Judith Duportail—who has written extensively on the subject, based
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SHEEP IN THE BOX Trailer: Hirokazu Koreeda’s Not-Too-Futuristic Drama Arrives in July
Among the many Neon titles that graced this year's Cannes Film Festival, Hirokazu Koreeda's newest drama explores a vision of the future that may not be too far off from our era. Sheep in the Box stars Daigo Yamamoto and
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LATE FAME Trailer: Willem Dafoe Steps Back Into His Poetry Roots in Kent Jones’ Evocative Drama
Following his winning 2018 narrative debut Diane, film critic & programmer-turned-director Kent Jones returns with a New York tale that pays tribute to a bygone artistic generation. Late Fame stars Willem Dafoe, giving one of his best performances, as former
Interviews
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A Conversation with Shalini Kantayya (LOVE APPTUALLY)
In her latest documentary, Love Apptually, director Shalini Kantayya takes an informed look at how we date in the modern world. Through a series of character profiles, including of French journalist Judith Duportail—who has written extensively on the subject, based
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A Conversation with Mark Jenkin (ROSE OF NEVADA)
There is no working filmmaker whose process is more inseparable from his images than Mark Jenkin's. All three of his features have been shot in Cornwall on 16mm using a clockwork Bolex, a camera that runs roughly twenty-seven seconds before
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A Conversation with Gar O’Rourke (THE SIEGE OF PARADISE)
In the documentary The Siege of Paradise, Irish director Gar O’Rourke examines the toll that rapidly rising rates of tourism take on Italy’s beautiful Cinque Terre region. Comprised of five separate villages—Corniglia, Manarola, Monterosso, Riomaggiore, and Vernazza—along the northern Mediterranean
Trailers
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SHEEP IN THE BOX Trailer: Hirokazu Koreeda’s Not-Too-Futuristic Drama Arrives in July
Among the many Neon titles that graced this year's Cannes Film Festival, Hirokazu Koreeda's newest drama explores a vision of the future that may not be too far off from our era. Sheep in the Box stars Daigo Yamamoto and
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LATE FAME Trailer: Willem Dafoe Steps Back Into His Poetry Roots in Kent Jones’ Evocative Drama
Following his winning 2018 narrative debut Diane, film critic & programmer-turned-director Kent Jones returns with a New York tale that pays tribute to a bygone artistic generation. Late Fame stars Willem Dafoe, giving one of his best performances, as former
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DREAMS IN NIGHTMARES Trailer: A Trio of Friends Go On A Different Kind of Road Trip in New Drama
After their stunning 2019 feature debut, Test Pattern, writer-director Shatara Michelle Ford is back with a new drama that measures the strength of friendship and chosen family. Dreams In Nightmares stars Denée Benton, Sasha Compère, and Dezi Bing as a
In Theatres
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THE INVITE
(Check out Jessica Baxter’s The Invite movie review, it opens Friday, June 26. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Olivia Wilde levels the fuck up with her third feature, a Mike Nichols riff with a micro cast,
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A Conversation with Mark Jenkin (ROSE OF NEVADA)
There is no working filmmaker whose process is more inseparable from his images than Mark Jenkin's. All three of his features have been shot in Cornwall on 16mm using a clockwork Bolex, a camera that runs roughly twenty-seven seconds before
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A Conversation with Harry Dodge & Silas Howard (BY HOOK OR BY CROOK)
By Hook or by Crook arrived in 2001 as the kind of film queer and trans cinema needed before the culture knew how to ask for it. Written, directed by, and starring Silas Howard and Harry Dodge, the film emerged from
Watch at Home
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AGAIN AGAIN
(The 52nd Seattle International Film Festival runs May 7-17th in and around Seattle. Check out Jessica Baxter’s Again Again movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) For their feature debut, co-directors Heather Ballish and Mia
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A BODY TO LIVE IN
(Check out Jonathan Marlow’s A Body to Live In movie review, it hits Blu-ray May 26. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) "Body is the door to Spirit” What is a body (and to what extent can a body be
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THE TALLEST DWARF
(Check out Chris Reed’s The Tallest Dwarf movie review, the film premieres on PBS Monday, April 6. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Those who stand outside what society considers normative usually face discrimination of some sort, put


