(Check out Lauren Wissot’s Suburban Fury movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Robinson Devor’s Suburban Fury has been in the works for some time. In fact, the team sent out a press release all the way back […]

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(Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of Separated, available now on VOD. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) As we approach the start of Donald J. Trump’s second go at the presidency, it behooves us to […]

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The always epic (and, slightly esoteric in terms of attending goes…) Telluride Film Festival kicks off this Labor Day Weekend, running from August 30 through September 2. Sadly, HtN won’t be there this year but the lineup is, as always, incredibly […]

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About a week after announcing their Main Slate lineup, the New York Film Festival has unveiled the lineup for its Spotlight section. Taking place from September 29 through October 15, the highlights of this lineup include the U.S. premiere Hayao […]

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(Director Nanfu Wang’s doc In the Same Breath is streaming now on HBO. 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 Nanfu Wang’s fourth documentary feature, In the […]

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Championship athletes may not be foremost on people’s minds when they think of a school for deaf students, and yet, why not? The children who attend are merely deaf or hearing impaired, in otherwise full control of their young, potentially […]

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At the 2020 Slamdance Film Festival, I met with director Elke Margarete Lehrenkrauss to interview her about Lovemobil (which I reviewed), her documentary about foreign sex workers in Germany who ply their trade in camper trailers (the titular “lovemobils”) stationed […]

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(The Disrupted, from Emmy Award winning director Sarah Colt opens exclusively in over 30+ Virtual Cinemas on 9/25/20 and VOD 10/13/20 by Passion River Films and 8 Above. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give […]

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Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated Marc Smerling’s (Capturing the Friedmans, The Jinx) true crime docuseries A Wilderness of Error, which debuts on FX September 25, is completely addictive and utterly disturbing (and accompanied by an equally riveting and unnerving companion podcast, Morally Indefensible, […]

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On Monday, December 18, I interviewed director Jeremiah Zagar by phone to discuss his debut narrative feature (after years of documentary work) We the Animals, which I also reviewed. The film (which is available now via various VOD platforms) is […]

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