(Check out Chris Reed’s Rez Ball, movie review. It drops on Netflix Friday, September 27 on Netflix. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Underdog sports movies are nothing new. From Rocky to Hoosiers to The […]

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Last Summer was written and directed by Catherine Breillat. The film premiered in the main competition of Cannes in 2023. Breillat is a legendary French filmmaker who is responsible for masterpieces such as Fat Girl, Romance and, The Last Mistress. […]

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(The 2024 Sundance Film Festival runs January 18-28. Check out M.J. O’Toole’s movie review of Sujo. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) There is quiet tension and heartbreak in Fernanda Valdez and Astrid Rondero’s Sujo. An innocent-looking […]

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The major box-office successes of the year notwithstanding (we see you, “Barbenheimer”), 2023 saw many outstanding independent films come out to rival (or surpass) the quality of big-studio releases. Fortunately, in this 21st-century of ours, there are many theatrical distributors […]

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Founded in 2002 in response to the September 11 terrorist attacks on downtown Manhattan, the Tribeca Film Festival spent its first few two decades running at the end of April. In 2021, the festival moved to June as a response […]

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While several great world cinema shorts premiered last week at Sundance including now 2023 Oscar-nominated The Flying Sailor, Sundance captured the American zeitgeist of what it means to survive, and sometimes thrive, in today’s complicated and torn nation. At the […]

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With well over 100 feature films in this year’s program—close to a third of which are by first-time feature directors–this year’s Sundance Film Festival promises a slate full of a great variety both international and domestic (and that’s not counting […]

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(The 2021 Toronto International Film Festival ran Sep 9-Sep 18 in Toronto, Canada. HtN has a ton of coverage from the fest so stay tuned! Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep […]

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(Channing Godfrey Peoples’ feature debut Miss Juneteenth, arrives on VOD on Juneteenth, Friday June 19. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) Turquoise Jones once seemed bound for […]

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(Annie Silverstein’s film Bull is available now on VOD via Samuel Goldwyn Films. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) Kris is a teenager in need of […]

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