Nicolas Winding Refn has been one of my favorite filmmakers since I first saw Drive as a kid. In the years since, I have watched every Refn picture across every format he has worked in, from the grainy Copenhagen of […]

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(Check out Chris Reed’s Wild Inside movie review, will have its world premiere in Central Park on July 29 in partnership with Rooftop Films. It then opens at IFC Center July 31, followed by a nationwide theatrical rollout. Seen it? Join […]

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The Venice Film Festival is coming to the Lido for its 83rd edition, taking place September 2 – 12. Earlier this morning, they unveiled the lineup for its in- and out-of-competition titles. Hammer To Nail will be on the ground […]

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(Check out Brandon Wilson’s Hadestown: The Musical movie review, it opens Thursday, July 23. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page. Is it any wonder given the events of the last five years (of this century, really) that […]

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Casper Kelly, the director of the popular horror short Too Many Cooks and other numerous segments for Adult Swim, brought his twisted feature debut to this year’s Sundance, which blends our childhood TV memories with terror. Buddy follows the titular […]

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After 12 years, Chris Rock returns to the director’s seat for a drama set in the modern cutthroat world of Hollywood. Rock writes and directs Misty Green, which stars Rosalind Eleazar (Slow Horses; Rose of Nevada) as an actress seeking […]

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(Check out Lauren Wissot’s The Welcome Table movie review, it’s streaming now on HBO. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) The latest creative endeavor in award-winning filmmaker Josh Fox’s (Gasland, How to Let Go of the World, The […]

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One of the best films to come out of last year’s Tribeca Festival was writer-director Paula González-Nasser’s slice-of-life dramedy, The Scout. Based on her own experiences working as a location scout, it stars breakout Mimi Davila as a young scout […]

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(Check out Chris Reed’s Ask E. Jean movie review, it’s in theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Crime should not pay, at least not for the criminal. Those found guilty in a court of […]

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(The 52nd Seattle International Film Festival ran May 7-17th in and around Seattle. Check out Jessica Baxter’s The Best Summer movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) The 2025 Palisades fire had at […]

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