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 […]
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After her 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 […]
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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 […]
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Blue Film is one of the most daring American debuts in recent memory. Written and directed by Elliot Tuttle, the film traps two men in a Los Angeles Airbnb for a single night and refuses to let either of them […]
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(The Tribeca Festival is back and celebrates its 25th year! Taking place June 3 – 14 in various screening rooms around NYC, HtN has tons of coverage coming your way like this The Siege of Paradise movie review from Chris […]
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(The Tribeca Festival is back and celebrates its 25th year! Taking place June 3 – 14 in various screening rooms around NYC, HtN has tons of coverage coming your way like this Via Nagativa movie review from M.J. O’Toole! Seen it? Join […]
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Now that the 79th Cannes Film Festival is over, it’s time to analyze the critical response to the competition lineup. We have been keeping track of what our fellow critics have been saying about these in-competition films, and possible 2026 […]
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(The Tribeca Festival is back and celebrates its 25th year! Taking place June 3 – 14 in various screening rooms around NYC, HtN has tons of coverage coming your way like this How to Feed a Dictator movie review from […]
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(Check out m.j. O’TOOLE’S School for Defectors MOVIE REVIEW. It premiered at True/False and will next play at DC/DOX on Saturday, June 13. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Documentarian and master movie-trailer editor Jeremy Workman […]
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(The Tribeca Festival is back and celebrates its 25th year! Taking place June 3 – 14 in various screening rooms around NYC, HtN has tons of coverage coming your way like this Time Warp movie review from Chris Reed! Seen it? Join the […]
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