For about four decades, Ross McElwee has been one of the most revered pioneers of documentary filmmaking. Now, Music Box Films will be rolling out two of his greatest works in select theaters this July! The first is a 4K […]
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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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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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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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Square Peg Social is a mentorship gathering created and run by Amy Knudsen. It’s an extension of Square Peg, the production company founded in 2019 by Lars Knudsen and Ari Aster, who host the event alongside her. It brings a […]
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(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 […]
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(The 2026 DC/DOX Documentary Film Festival ran June 11-14. Check out Chris Reed’s Love Apptually movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Finding a companion—whether for a moment, a lifetime, or somewhere in between—has […]
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(The 2026 DC/DOX Documentary Film Festival ran June 11-14. Check out Chris Reed’s Playing POTUS movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Political satire is essential to a healthy democracy. Comedy, in general, allows the […]
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(The 2026 DC/DOX Documentary Film Festival ran June 11-14. Check out Chris Reed’s Bucks Harbor movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Longtime photographer Pete Muller marks his feature-film debut with the […]
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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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