Chris Reed film critic Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/chris-reed-film-critic/ What to Watch Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:33:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-logo02-1-32x32.png Chris Reed film critic Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/chris-reed-film-critic/ 32 32 THE SMELL OF APPLES https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/the-smell-of-apples/ Sun, 13 Sep 2026 18:03:58 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=56403

(The Toronto International Film Festival (or TIFF) runs September 10-20 and HtN has boots on the ground covering all the best indie films they have to offer. Check out Chris Reeds’s The Smell of Apples movie review from the fest! Seen it? Join […]

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]]> HTN’s 10 Most Anticipated Films of the 2026 Toronto International Festival https://www.hammertonail.com/film-festivals/tiff-2026/ Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:34:29 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=56346

The Toronto International Film Festival (or TIFF) marked its 50th anniversary last year and now is back again, running September 10-20, with 293 films (shorts and features) in its official slate. As always, Hammer to Nail will offer coverage of […]

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]]> PHOENIX JONES: THE RISE AND FALL OF A REAL LIFE SUPERHERO https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/phoenix-jones/ Sun, 22 Mar 2026 18:44:15 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=55313

(The 2026 SXSW Film Festival ran March 12-18 in beautiful Austin, TX. Check out Chris Reed’s Phoenix Jones: The Rise and Fall of a Real-Life Superhero movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) With […]

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]]> SERLING https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/serling/ Sat, 21 Mar 2026 16:00:48 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=55303

(The 2026 SXSW Film Festival ran March 12-18 in beautiful Austin, TX. Check out Chris Reed’s Serling movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Born in 1924, the great Rod Serling, creator of The Twilight […]

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]]> A SAFE DISTANCE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/a-safe-distance/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 19:26:19 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=55294

(The 2026 SXSW Film Festival runs March 12-18 in beautiful Austin, TX. Check out Chris Reed’s A Safe Distance movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Written by Aidan West and directed by […]

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]]> GRIND https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/grind/ Sun, 15 Mar 2026 16:27:48 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=55239

(The 2026 SXSW Film Festival runs March 12-18 in beautiful Austin, TX. Check out Chris Reed’s Grind movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) A well-constructed anthology film that ably mixes horror and comedy, […]

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]]> HTN’s 9 Most Anticipated Films of DOC NYC ‘25 https://www.hammertonail.com/film-festivals/doc-nyc-picks-25/ Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:36:19 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=54412

It’s that time again as New York City’s venerable celebration of documentary cinema, DOC NYC, kicks off today (November 12) running all the way through the end of the month with a November 30 wrap date. As has become the […]

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