(Check out Chris Reed’s Arco movie review, it’s in theaters now via Neon. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Time travel films always force the viewer to decide how much they want to allow the inevitable narrative […]

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(Check out Chris Reed’s Reflection in a Dead Diamond movie review, it’s in theaters now and hits Netflix November 21! Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) The 1960s were the golden age of spy movies, thanks to an […]

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(The 2025 London Korean Film Festival runs November 5-18 and Hammer to Nail is excited to welcome writer Nathan Sartain to the team providing boots on the ground coverage. Check out his Hi-Five movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd […]

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(Check out Chris Reed’s One Battle After Another movie review, it’s in theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) American auteur Paul Thomas Anderson, who exploded onto the film scene with his sophomore effort, the 1997 […]

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The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival runs September 5-15, and this year’s edition promises a strong, exciting variety of new cinema – ranging from Almodovar’s English feature debut The Room Next Door, to Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or winner Anora, to […]

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(Check out Chris Reed’s MaXXXine movie review, in theaters July 5 via A24. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Writer/director Ti West released two closely related horror films in 2022, X and its prequel, Pearl. Both […]

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(Check out Bears Rebecca Fonté’s The People’s Joker movie review. The film had a fantastic festival run with a torrent of success and is in theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) For hundreds of years, […]

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(For its 31st edition, the SXSW Film & TV Festival will host nine days of screenings from March 8-16, 2024. Check out Chris Reed’s Monkey Man movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Horror and sci-fi have […]

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For its 31st edition, the SXSW Film & TV Festival will host nine days of screenings from March 8-16, 2024. Bears Rebecca Fonté and Chris Reed will be deep in the hearth of Austin, Texas for the festival. Here are […]

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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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