Hammer to Nail

One of the greatest comic actors of today, John Early is stepping both in front of and behind the camera with a bold, gender-swapping new comedy. Maddie’s Secret stars Early (who also penned the script) as the eponymous protagonist, whose...

(The 52nd Seattle International Film Festival runs May 7-17th in and around Seattle. Check out Jessica Baxter’s Again Again movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) For their feature debut, co-directors Heather Ballish and...

(The 2026 Maryland Film Festival ran April 8–12 at the SNF Parkway Theatre and venues across Baltimore. Check out Chris Reed’s Misper movie review, from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Misper—the title is short for “missing...

(The 52nd Seattle International Film Festival runs May 7-17th in and around Seattle. Check out Jessica Baxter’s Mārama movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Writer/director Taratoa Stappard didn’t set out to make a...

Many of us have come across Girl Scout cookies at some point in our lives. But what happens behind the scenes as these girls try to sell these cookies and shape their futures? Director Alysa Nahmias (Art By Krimes) premiered...

Modern Whore, which world-premiered at TIFF, is the latest sex work destigmatizing project in an unusual multiyear collaboration between director Nicole Bazuin and the hybrid doc’s co-writer and star Andrea Werhun (who also served as a consultant on EP Sean Baker’s Anora)....

(The 52nd Seattle International Film Festival runs May 7-17th in and around Seattle. Check out Jessica Baxter’s The Life We Leave movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Since its inception...

Following her Oscar-nominated documentary Fire of Love, Sara Dosa returned to the Sundance Film Festival this year for her newest documentary, which captures the toll global warming is taking on Arctic regions. Time and Water documents the life of Icelandic...

(Check out Chris Reed’s The Last One for the Road movie review, it’s in theaters now! Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) The Last One for the Road, from Italian director Francesco Sossai (Other Cannibals), is a...

In the Blink of an Eye is a science fiction drama that asks what connects us across the vast expanse of time. Directed by two-time Academy Award winner Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo, WALL-E) and written by Colby Day (Spaceman), the...