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(Director Patrick James Lynch’s new documentary Bombardier Blood is available now on all VOD platforms. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via…

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(Check out Jack Schenker’s movie review of Stars at Noon the latest from Claire Denis. The film is in select theaters now as well as on VOD. Seen it? Join the…

America’s largest documentary festival is coming back to New York! DOC NYC has announced its lineup for its thirteenth edition. Over 200 films will screen from almost two dozen sections.…

The 2022 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in Durham, North Carolina, kicks off April 7 with 37 titles from 18 countries and celebrating a solid 25th lineup. Deciding to remain…

(The 2022 SXSW Film Festival ran March 11-20 in glorious Austin, Texas. Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of Mama Bears. Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) I can’t…

In his sophomore feature, Werewolves Within (which I reviewed out of the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival), actor-turned-director Josh Ruben (Scare Me) creates a dizzy whodunit loosely based on the Ubisoft…

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(The 24th feature from Hong Sangsoo, The Woman Who Ran, is now playing in select theaters. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not pay just $1.00 per…

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It's a fascinating exploration of art, megalomania, servitude and service that is always deeply profound and moving.

There is an astonishing, heart-rending scene toward the middle of Kelly Reichardt’s pitch-perfect, Wendy and Lucy, an ascetic touching-without-being-cloying chronicle of a nomadic young girl (Michelle Williams), her dog Lucy and her broken-down…

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