Elsie Fisher Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/elsie-fisher/ What to Watch Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:34:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-logo02-1-32x32.png Elsie Fisher Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/elsie-fisher/ 32 32 SPARKS https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/sparks/ Sun, 15 Mar 2026 18:57:48 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=55243

(The 2026 SXSW Film Festival runs March 12-18 in beautiful Austin, TX. Check out Chris Reed’s Sparks movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Cleo is a French New Wave heroine even before she realizes […]

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]]> HtN’s 15 Most Anticipated Films of SXSW 2026 https://www.hammertonail.com/film-festivals/sxsw-2026/ Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:52:50 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=55191

Hammer to Nail is traveling to Austin as lead critic Chris Reed is once again headed to the Texas state capital. SXSW 2026 runs March 12-18. With 120 features, 90 of which are world premieres, plus assorted television pilots, XR […]

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]]> BOYS GO TO JUPITER Trailer: Slackers and Aliens Unite in Julian Glander’s Animated Coming-of-Age Adventure https://www.hammertonail.com/trailer/boys-go-to-jupiter-julian-glander/ Wed, 02 Jul 2025 17:28:15 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=53485 Julian Glander's BOYS GO TO JUPITER

Animator and 3D artist Julian Glander tackles contemporary slackerism in the age of capitalism in his fantastical feature debut, Boys Go To Jupiter. A standout at the 2024 Tribeca Festival, it follows a teenager in suburban Florida trying to make […]

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]]> HTN’S 20 MOST ANTICIPATED MOVIES OF TRIBECA ’24 https://www.hammertonail.com/film-festivals/tribeca-24/ Wed, 05 Jun 2024 16:58:30 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=50935

The 2024 Tribeca Film Festival runs June 5-16, and as always, we have many boots on the ground. What follows are recommendations of what to see (5 apiece) from critics Melanie Addington and M.J. O’Toole, lead critic Christopher Llewellyn Reed, and editor-at-large […]

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]]> MEMORY Trailer: Jessica Chastain & Peter Sarsgaard Seek a Connection in Michel Franco’s Drama https://www.hammertonail.com/trailer/memory-trailer/ Tue, 28 Nov 2023 22:22:34 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=40917

Known for his polarizing, nightmarish dramas that confront the worst of human nature (e.g. New Order or After Lucia), Michel Franco knows how to fill one with dread. But this time, he pulls the brakes for his most sensitive and […]

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]]> EIGHTH GRADE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/eighth-grade/ Fri, 13 Jul 2018 14:41:15 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29434

Recalling other films about fraught teen awakenings like Diary of a Teenage Girl and Me and You and Everyone We Know, Eighth Grade nevertheless charts its own course...

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]]> Jessica Baxter’s 2018 Seattle International Film Festival Wrap-Up https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/2018-siff-wrap/ Tue, 19 Jun 2018 16:35:14 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29789 The 2018 Seattle International Film Festival ran from May 17th to June 10th. That’s 25 solid days of movie madness. It kicked off with the premiere of Isabel Coixet’s The Bookshop, starring Emily Mortimer as a widow who uses her […]

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]]> EIGHTH GRADE https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/eighth-grade-review/ Mon, 22 Jan 2018 21:35:01 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28929

The subtle moment encapsulates one of the central themes of the movie: that our technology is harming us and yet we continue to self-flagellate.

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