(Check out Jonathan Marlow’s The Last Picture Shows movie review. The film opens in New York City on August 7th and in Los Angeles on August 21st in conjunction with a national theatrical roadshow. Seen it? Join the conversation with […]

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(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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(The 2026 Oak Cliff Film Festival runs July 30 through August 2 in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas, TX. Check out Don Lewis’s The Sun Never Sets movie review, it’s in theaters August 28 from the Independent Film Company. […]

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(Check out Chris Reed’s Wild Inside movie review. The documentary will have its world premiere in Central Park on July 29 in partnership with Rooftop Films. It then opens at IFC Center July 31, followed by a nationwide theatrical rollout. Seen […]

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(Check out Brandon Wilson’s Hadestown: The Musical movie review, it opens Thursday, July 23. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page. Is it any wonder given the events of the last five years (of this century, really) that […]

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(Check out Lauren Wissot’s The Welcome Table movie review, it’s streaming now on HBO. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) The latest creative endeavor in award-winning filmmaker Josh Fox’s (Gasland, How to Let Go of the World, The […]

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(Check out Chris Reed’s Ask E. Jean movie review, it’s in theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Crime should not pay, at least not for the criminal. Those found guilty in a court of […]

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(Check out Chris Reed’s Romeria movie review, it’s in theaters now via Janus Films. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) In her phenomenal 2017 feature debut, Summer 1993, Spanish director Carla Simón brought challenging moments from her […]

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(We here at Hammer to Nail are all about true independent cinema. But we also have to tip our hat to the great films of yesteryear that continue to inspire filmmakers and cinephiles alike. This week, “The Curbside Criterion” continues […]

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(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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