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The Hottest State: Trailer

Right before he settled down to have a family, Ethan Hawke dropped acting in favor of the Bill Shakespeare profession of writing. Almost a decade ago he published what was his first novel and what is today in 2nd time out in the director’s chair.

Right before he settled down to have a family, Ethan Hawke dropped acting in favor of the Bill Shakespeare profession of writing. Almost a decade ago he published what was his first novel and what is today in 2nd time out in the director’s chair. Chelsea Walls a forgettable talkie film with plenty of names and way too much talking was his debut, and The Hottest State (to be released by TH!NKFilm on August 24th) is his own book to movie adaptation. The film got a Venice premiere and didn't generate the sort of buzz that a Before Sunset would.


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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).

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