Jessica Baxter, Author at Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/author/jessica-baxter/ What to Watch Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:30:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-logo02-1-32x32.png Jessica Baxter, Author at Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/author/jessica-baxter/ 32 32 THE BEST SUMMER https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/the-best-summer/ Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:30:57 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=56051

(The 52nd Seattle International Film Festival ran May 7-17th in and around Seattle. Check out Jessica Baxter’s The Best Summer movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) The 2025 Palisades fire had at […]

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]]> Q & A with Olivia Wilde from SIFF ’26 Closing Night (THE INVITE) https://www.hammertonail.com/features/wilde-q-and-a/ Thu, 02 Jul 2026 19:55:26 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=56012

The 2026 Seattle International Film Festival closed on May 17th, with a special screening of Olivia Wilde’s third film, The Invite (which I also reviewed) at the SIFF Cinerama in downtown Seattle. It’s a micro-cast dramedy in the style of […]

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]]> THE INVITE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/the-invite/ Wed, 24 Jun 2026 17:00:17 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=55949

(Check out Jessica Baxter’s The Invite movie review, it opens Friday, June 26. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Olivia Wilde levels the fuck up with her third feature, a Mike Nichols riff with a micro […]

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]]> A Conversation with Boots Riley from the SIFF ’26 premiere of I LOVE BOOSTERS https://www.hammertonail.com/film-festivals/boots-siff26/ Tue, 26 May 2026 13:52:49 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=55763

The 2026 Seattle International Film Festival opened with a bang as a sold-out crowd filled the historic Paramount Theater to see Boots Riley’s second feature film, I Love Boosters. In honor of the film’s high fashion theme, Riley wore a […]

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]]> I LOVE BOOSTERS https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/i-love-boosters/ Fri, 22 May 2026 17:43:39 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=55735

(The 52nd Seattle International Film Festival ran May 7-17th in and around Seattle. Check out Jessica Baxter’s I Love Boosters movie review, fresh from the fest and in theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) As someone who […]

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]]> SEE YOU WHEN I SEE YOU https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/see-you-when-i-see-you-review/ Wed, 20 May 2026 14:26:15 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=55717

(The 52nd Seattle International Film Festival runs May 7-17th in and around Seattle. Check out Jessica Baxter’s See You When I See You movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) The Duplass Brothers […]

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]]> AMONG NEIGHBORS https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/among-neighbors/ Tue, 19 May 2026 21:37:11 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=55713

(Check out Jessica Baxter’s Among Neighbors movie review, it’s available on VOD now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Early on in the compelling historical documentary, Among Neighbors, Polish journalist Konstanty Gerbert advises that if you […]

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]]> AGAIN AGAIN https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/again-again/ Tue, 12 May 2026 20:40:22 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=55662

(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 […]

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]]> MĀRAMA https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/marama/ Thu, 07 May 2026 20:16:10 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=55648

(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 […]

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]]> THE LIFE WE LEAVE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/the-life-we-leave/ Tue, 05 May 2026 16:07:21 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=55630

(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 […]

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