(Here at Hammer to Nail, we are all about true independent cinema. But we also have to tip our hat to the great films that continue to inspire filmmakers and cinephiles alike. This week, Brad Cook takes a chance with […]

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(The 2024 Tribeca Film Festival ran June 5-16, and as always, we have many boots on the ground. Check out M.J. O’Toole’s’s A Desert movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) What lurks beneath the barren, yet […]

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Ten years ago, David and Nathan Zellner premiered a film at Sundance about the urban legend of a Japanese woman who died trying to find the fictional Fargo suitcase full of cash. That film became their breakout hit Kumiko, The […]

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Just a few years ago, Joel Coen showed us how capable he is as a solo director with his masterful The Tragedy of Macbeth. Now his brother Ethan gets that opportunity with his new road trip comedy, Run-Away Dolls. Co-written […]

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(Indie film stalwart Dan Mirvish is back with the kooky 18 1/2. The film is currently making the festival rounds. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) Director […]

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(Julia Ducournau’s Palme d’Or winning sophomore feature Titane is in theaters now via Neon Releasing. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) Julia Ducournau’s sophomore feature film (following […]

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There were few films in the Sundance program this year that deserved a deep dive like Albert Birney and Kentucker Audley’s Strawberry Mansion, a film I reviewed as “the sort of quirky independent genre-hopping creative film that we go to film festivals […]

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The Zellner Brothers continue to grow as filmmakers who share a unique world view.

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