Six years after La La Land, Oscar winner Damien Chazelle returns with another Hollywood fairytale, although this one seems to be more ambitious and unhinged. Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie take center stage in Babylon, which is set in the […]

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A work-in-progress for about a decade, writer-director Andrew Dominik (The Assassination of Jesse James) adapts Joyce Carol Oates’ 2001 biographical novel about the life of Marilyn Monroe, but more a deeper, more psychological perspective. The Ana de Armas-starrer will have […]

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After being in development for over a decade, Andrew Dominik’s long-awaited Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde has been finally set for release this September. An adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates’ biographical novel of the same name, it is a fictionalized take […]

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(The 2022 SXSW Film Festival runs March 11-20 in glorious Austin, Texas. Check out Melanie Addington’s movie review of The Lost CIty. Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Sometimes going into a film with zero expectations lets you enjoy the ride. […]

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With several boots on the ground this year, Hammer to Nail had each of our “attending” writers create a top 5 with everyone excited about so many selections for the first in person South by Southwest (SXSW) since 2019. After […]

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Does the average moviegoer in 2021 have the eyes, the ears, the temperament, the patience, or even the vulnerability necessary to allow a master like Tarkovsky to take them on a poetic and autobiographical journey? The obvious answer is no. […]

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To be clear, Bad Fever isn’t some hip exercise in retro coolness. Defa’s film is a darkly funny, ultimately crushing portrait of a lost soul who is unable to forge the type of connection he so desperately wants.

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The Tree of Life is, at its core, a sorrowful diary entry, a pained letter of reconciliation from a deeply grieving sibling to his lost brother.

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The Tree of Life is a kaleidoscopic assortment of thoughts, voices, images, and feelings ranging from dinner table quibbling to cosmic tranquility.

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