Some filmmakers are known for their documentary works. Others for their narrative films. Still others—the better filmmakers (for me), generally—do not fit comfortably into either category. Or any category whatsoever. Poet / artist / filmmaker Lynne Sachs is one of […]

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Once Upon a Time in Harlem is the best film I saw at Sundance this year. It is also, in a sense, a miracle. In 1972, the legendary documentary filmmaker William Greaves—director of the avant-garde masterpiece Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968), […]

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(The 2025 Maryland Film Festival ran November 5-9. Check out Chris Reed’s Debut, or, Objects of the Field of Debris as Currently Catalogued movie review from the fest! Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) In the early […]

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(Jessica Beshir’s Faya Dayi is available now in theaters via Janus Films. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) The leaves of the khat plant, when chewed, […]

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Frank Mosley's experimental narrative is a beautiful and poetic look at inner turmoil juxtaposed with nature.

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