(The 2023 Sundance Film Festival takes place January 19-29 in and around Park City, UT and virtually. As always, Hammer to Nail has you covered with tons of movie reviews like Matt Delman’s review of the film Fremont. Seen it? Join […]

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Babak Jalali was born in Iran and raised in London. He attended film school in London and in 2016 released his feature debut Radio Dreams. The film was a hit at numerous festivals and he quickly followed it up with […]

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One little film that made big waves at Sundance this year was Babak Jalali’s black-and-white dramedy, Fremont. The Jarmuschian tale stars Afghan refugee Anaita Wali Zada, in her first role, as a former U.S. Army translator making her way in […]

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(Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of Amanda, in theaters now via Oscilloscope. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) There is a lot of deadpan dialogue delivery in Amanda, Italian director Carolina Cavalli’s debut feature, recalling the […]

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