Hammer to Nail is traveling to Austin as lead critic Chris Reed is once again headed to the Texas state capital. SXSW 2026 runs March 12-18. With 120 features, 90 of which are world premieres, plus assorted television pilots, XR […]
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Sara Dosa is an Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker whose work centers on human relationships with the natural world. Her films, including Fire of Love (2022), The Seer & The Unseen (2019), and The Last Season (2015), have won numerous awards, including […]
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It’s not so often we get to witness a new film from Hungarian filmmaker Ildikó Enyedi, but when we do, it’s something truly unique to behold. Years after resurfacing with her Oscar-nominated drama On Body and Soul, she’s back with […]
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Known for his jaw-dropping and often steamy thrillers, French auteur François Ozon is back with an ambitious adaptation of a literary masterpiece. The Stranger, adapted by Ozon from Albert Camus’ 1942 novella, received plenty of acclaim following its world premiere […]
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To celebrate the success of the Oscar-nominated The Secret Agent, NEON has announced that it will be hosting free screenings in nationwide U.S. theaters for one day only on Sunday, March 8. Kleber Mendonça Filho’s political thriller is nominated for […]
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A fresh New York comedy that premiered at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival, The Travel Companion is a modern-day comedy of errors that dives into the insecurities within friendship and artistic craft. Travis Wood and Alex Mallis co-direct in their […]
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As we are getting closer to the 2026 SXSW Film and TV Festival, one documentary feature to be on the lookout for is Beyond the Duplex Planet. Emmy-winning and Grammy-nominated director Beth Harrington’s portrait of periodical artist David Greenberger will […]
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Noah Segan is a fourth-generation New Yorker who has been a part of the independent and genre film community for nearly two decades. Early in his career, filmmaker Rian Johnson cast Segan in the Sundance Award-winning hit Brick, beginning a […]
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Oliver Laxe was born in Paris in 1982, the son of Galician emigrants. When he was six, his family returned to Northwest Spain. After completing his studies in audiovisual communication, he moved to Tangier, Morocco, where he self-produced his 2010 […]
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Check out Matt Delman’s Days and Night in the Forest movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Satyajit Ray (1921-1992, R.I.P.) was a world-renowned film director known for bringing neo-realism to Indian cinema. Ray […]
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