“I’m not sure if we have truly hit rock bottom, but I hope if it’s not now, then it will come soon, because I’m not sure how it can get any worse than this.” – Julia Ducournau  It appears to […]

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(Check out Jessica Baxter’s Forbidden Fruits movie review. It hits theaters Friday, March 27. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) The newest addition to the toxic female friendship cinema pantheon is here and it’s called Forbidden Fruits. The […]

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(The 63rd New York Film Festival (NYFF) ran September 26-October 13 via Film at Lincoln Center. Check out M.J. O’Toole’s Resurrection movie review, fresh from the fest! Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Can our dreams influence cinema? Or […]

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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 Jessica Baxter’s Mr. Kmovie review, it’s in select theaters now via Music Box Films. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) After over two decades of directing Dutch film and television, Tallulah Hazekamp Schwab makes her […]

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(The 63rd New York Film Festival (NYFF) ran September 26-October 13 via Film at Lincoln Center. Check out M.J. O’Toole’s The Love That Remains movie review, fresh from the fest! Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) As the seasons […]

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(Check out Chris Reed’s The Ice Tower movie review, it’s in theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) The Ice Tower is French director Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s fourth feature, after Innocence (2004), Evolution (2015), and Earwig […]

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(Check out Jessica Baxter’s Boys Go to Jupiter movie review, it’s in theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Writer/director Julian Glander, best known for his 3D animated video game, ART SQUOOL, and Adult Swim contributions, […]

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(The Toronto International Film Festival (or TIFF) marks its 50th anniversary this year. TIFF 50 runs September 4-14, with the fest’s usual vast array of movies playing in venues around the downtown entertainment district. Chris Reed has boots on the ground and […]

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(The Toronto International Film Festival (or TIFF) marks its 50th anniversary this year. TIFF 50 runs September 4-14, with the fest’s usual vast array of movies playing in venues around the downtown entertainment district. Chris Reed has boots on the ground and […]

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