Latest Reviews
In Theatres
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THE APPRENTICE
(Check out Chris Reed’s The Apprentice movie review. It hits theaters Friday, October 11.. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) It is no hyperbole to claim that the 45th president of the United States, one Donald J.
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THE OUTRUN
(Check out Chris Reed’s The Outrun movie review. It hits theaters Friday, October 4 via Sony Pictures. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) There have been many books written and movies made about addiction and recovery.
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A Conversation with Jason Yu (SLEEP)
South Korean filmmaker Jason Yu steps into the spotlight with his feature directorial debut Sleep, a taut psychological thriller that debuted at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023. Drawing from his experiences in his own marriage, cinema history, and his work as an
Video On Demand
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A Conversation with Bernardo Britto (OMNI LOOP)
Brazilian-American filmmaker Bernardo Britto, known for his innovative animated shorts, makes his feature directorial debut with Omni Loop. This sci-fi comedy, starring Ayo Edebiri and Mary-Louise Parker, made its world premiere at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival. Britto, whose previous
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A Conversation with David Hinton & Thelma Schoonmaker (MADE IN ENGLAND: THE FILMS OF POWELL AND PRESSBURGER)
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger was written and directed by David Hinton and executive produced by Thelma Schoonmaker. The film is essentially 2 hrs + of Martin Scorsese expressing his deep love and admiration for the
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A Conversation with Corey Sherman (BIG BOYS)
No one likes being 14. That age just sucks. Unless you happen to be the lead character on the Disney show, or arguably the actor portraying that lead character, real life conflicts come at you from every angle and never
Now Streaming
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A Conversation with Jennifer Kent (THE BABADOOK 10th ANNIVERSARY)
Australian director Jennifer Kent directed her first feature, The Babadook, in 2014. That supernatural horror film proved extremely effective at externalizing both grief and a mother’s worst fears about parenting. Starring Essie Davis (Babyteeth) as that mom, Amelia, a widow
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RED ISLAND
(Check out Chris Reed’s Red Island movie review, in theaters August 16. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Lying off the southeast coast of Africa, the nation of Madagascar—the fourth largest island in the world—is often referred to as
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BRATS
(Check out Chris Reed’s Brats movie review, the doc is steaming now on Hulu. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Mental-health therapy can be expensive and last for years; have you considered making a movie about
Interviews
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A Conversation with Bernardo Britto (OMNI LOOP)
Brazilian-American filmmaker Bernardo Britto, known for his innovative animated shorts, makes his feature directorial debut with Omni Loop. This sci-fi comedy, starring Ayo Edebiri and Mary-Louise Parker, made its world premiere at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival. Britto, whose previous
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A Conversation with Lina Vdovîi & Radu Ciorniciuc (TATA)
The new documentary Tata marks Moldovan-born journalist Lina Vdovîi’s feature-directorial debut. She is not alone in the process, working closely with her Romanian husband, Radu Ciorniciuc, with whom she co-wrote his own directorial debut, Acasă, My Home. Together, they explore how past trauma informs the present. After years with almost no contact with the man who made her early years unbearable, Vdovîi now faces a dilemma: to help her father or not. He long ago left Moldova to work in Italy, but at the moment is himself suffering abuse at the hands of his employer. While Vdovîi strives to get him some relief, she revisits the myriad ways in which toxic masculinity informs her family’s history as well as her country’s traditions.
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A Conversation with Sinéad O’Shea (BLUE ROAD: THE EDNA O’BRIEN STORY)
Irish documentarian Sinéad O’Shea (Pray for Our Sinners) has a new film out, Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story, which just premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival—aka TIFF—where I reviewed it. As per the title, it offers a
Trailers
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ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT U.S. Trailer: Payal Kapadia’s Cannes-Winning Drama Celebrates Friendship & Sisterhood
One movie that has captured the hearts of critics and audiences on the festival circuit this year is writer-director Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine As Light. The drama, which won the Grand Prix at Cannes, follows a close community of
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THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG Trailer: Mohammad Rasoulof’s Urgent Political Thriller Arrives in November
When it premiered at this year's Cannes Film Festival, writer-director Mohammad Rasoulof's secretly-shot thriller The Seed of the Sacred Fig made headlines. Marking his first project to debut following his exile from his native Iran, after being sentenced to 8
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THE GRADUATES Trailer: Award-Winning Slice-of-Life Drama Examines Healing After Tragedy
After being mentored by modern-day indie icons Chloe Zhao and Sean Baker, first-time filmmaker Hannah Peterson is ready to make her mark with her emotional and compassionate drama, The Graduates, which shows life in the aftermath of a terrible tragedy.
