Visar Morina was born in Pristina, Kosovo in 1979, when the region was still part of Yugoslavia. At 15, his family fled as refugees during the turmoil that would eventually lead to the Kosovo War, and he has lived in […]

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(The 2026 Sundance Film Festival kicks off Thursday, January 22 and runs through Sunday, February 1 for, sadly the last time, in and around Park City, Utah. Check out Chris Reed’s Shame and Money movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join […]

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Jim Jarmusch has spent over four decades crafting films about drifters, outsiders, and quiet souls navigating a world that rarely accommodates their rhythms. With Father Mother Sister Brother, the legendary independent filmmaker delivers what he calls “a kind of anti-action […]

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(The 63rd New York Film Festival (NYFF) ran September 26-October 13 via Film at Lincoln Center. Check out M.J. O’Toole’s The Love That Remains movie review, fresh from the fest! Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) As the seasons […]

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Despite having its world premiere on the heels of summer, Forastera – Lucía Aleñar Iglesias’ debut feature film – takes place over a long, winding summer full of beach days, sunbathing, and a sudden tragedy. As we grieve the end […]

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Memory flows like water – delicate and elusive.  Sometimes disrupted by a person stepping into it, or by a sudden change in its calmness,  like a rock thrown in, causing ripples that affect its established course. It has the power […]

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(Check out Savina Petkova’s Sentimental Value movie review. The film just had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Renate Reinsve has once again captured Cannes audiences’ hearts, four years […]

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(Actor David Oyelowo’s directorial debut, The Water Man, premieres May 7 in theaters. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) Gunner is a lively boy, working on […]

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Trey Edward Shults' film is getting a ton of buzz for its use of the writer/directors own family members in a scorching portrayal of a family undone by addiction.

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Yohei Suzuki takes the family drama to weird and surreal new places in his directorial debut

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