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In Theatres
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A Conversation with Molly Manning Walker & Mia McKenna-Bruce (HOW TO HAVE SEX)
How to Have Sex was written and directed by Molly Manning Walker. The film stars Mia McKenna-Bruce as a teenager on a spring break trip with her mates. It played in the Cannes film festival in the Un Certain Regard
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Oscar-Nominated Short Films of 2024
The 2024 Academy Awards take place on Sunday, March 10, and as usual there are 15 nominated short films across three categories: animation, documentary, and live action. As I do every year for Hammer to Nail, I watch all of
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A Conversation with Babak Jalali (FREMONT)
Babak Jalali was born in Iran and raised in London. He attended film school in London and in 2016 released his feature debut Radio Dreams. The film was a hit at numerous festivals and he quickly followed it up with
Video On Demand
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COLD COPY
(The 2023 Tribeca Film Festival runs June 7-18 and HtN has a ton of coverage coming like Matt Delman’s Cold Copy movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) In Cold Copy, Diane Heger (Tracee Ellis Ross) is a
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ANATOMY OF A FALL
(The Middleburg Film Festival runs October 19-22, 2023 in Middleburg, Virginia. HtN Lead Critic Chris Reed will be providing his usual excellent coverage like this movie review of Anatomy of a Fall. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Winner of
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AMERIKATSI
(Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of Amerikatsi, now playing in NYC and L.A. via Variance Films.Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Written and directed by—and starring—Michael A. Goorjian, the new film Amerikatsi is many things, among them a
Now Streaming
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MIDNIGHT: Watch Takashi Miike’s Action-Packed Short Film Shot on an iPhone
"The night has countless faces. And there is a man who peers into them one by one." Manga comes to life in a surprise new short from Japanese auteur Takashi Miike. Working at a tireless pace, the filmmaker behind Audition, 13
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FREMONT
(The 2023 Sundance Film Festival takes place January 19-29 in and around Park City, UT and virtually. As always, Hammer to Nail has you covered with tons of movie reviews like Matt Delman’s review of the film Fremont. Seen it? Join
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FOUR DAUGHTERS
(Check out Chris Reed's movie review of Four Daughters. It hits theaters Friday, October 27 via Kino Lorber. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Hybrid documentaries are nothing new, but Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania (The Man Who Sold
Interviews
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A Conversation with Molly Manning Walker & Mia McKenna-Bruce (HOW TO HAVE SEX)
How to Have Sex was written and directed by Molly Manning Walker. The film stars Mia McKenna-Bruce as a teenager on a spring break trip with her mates. It played in the Cannes film festival in the Un Certain Regard
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A Conversation with D. Smith (KOKOMO CITY)
“It was sort of like that scene in Coming to America, where Eddie Murphy and Semmi are in the bar interviewing all the different women”: D. Smith on her Sundance-winning Kokomo City At its heart, D. Smith’s 2023 Sundance-winning (NEXT Innovator Award
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A Conversation with Babak Jalali (FREMONT)
Babak Jalali was born in Iran and raised in London. He attended film school in London and in 2016 released his feature debut Radio Dreams. The film was a hit at numerous festivals and he quickly followed it up with
Trailers
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WILDCAT Trailer: Maya Hawke Stars as Flannery O’Connor in Ethan Hawke’s Ambitious Biopic
The life and mind of the late, boundary-pushing Southern writer Flannery O'Connor have been given the biopic treatment thanks to director Ethan Hawke. Maya Hawke stars as the celebrated writer going through a moment in her life where she tries
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THE FEELING THAT THE TIME FOR DOING SOMETHING HAS PASSED Trailer: Joanna Arnow Bares All in Her Deadpan BDSM Comedy
Millennial complexes and BDSM go hand-in-hand in writer-director/actor Joanna Arnow's comedy The Feeling That The Time for Doing Something Has Passed. Arnow stars as Ann, a 30-something New Yorker navigating her long-term casual BDSM relationship, low-level corporate job, and quarrelsome
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WITH LOVE AND A MAJOR ORGAN Trailer: Opposites Attract in Romantic Sci-Fi Comedy
One of the most promising indies of the year, With Love and a Major Organ, may be a movie to tug on your heartstrings this spring. Directed by Kim Albright with a script by Julia Lederer, it is a romantic