After working together back in 2023 on the heavy, yet tender drama Memory, writer-director Michel Franco and star Jessica Chastain are back with an erotic drama that spans both sides of the US-Mexico border. Dreams, Franco’s ninth feature, stars Chastain […]

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Nothing is as haunting as when a mother loses her child. Mothers’ Instinct, the directorial debut of cinematographer Benoît Delhomme (At Eternity’s Gate) stars Anna Hathaway as a 1950s suburban housewife and mother whose son has a fatal fall from […]

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The blue carpet rolled out on Saturday and many of the year’s best independent films were recognized at the 39th Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Barbara, California. A24’s Past Lives took home Best Feature just moments after its writer-director Celine […]

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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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After 10 days of standing ovations and exciting new titles making their world premieres, the 80th annual Venice Film Festival concluded today with its awards ceremony, which sets the stage for Awards Season. The Damien Chazelle-headed jury awarded the Golden […]

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If there’s a filmmaker who knows how to tell an intimate New York story, it’s James Gray. The writer-director made his mark with underrated crime dramas such as his directorial debut Little Odessa, the underseen The Yards, and We Own […]

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(The 2022 Cannes Film Festival runs May 17-28. Our own Jack Schenker is at the fest and has this movie review of Armageddon Time. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page). James Gray returns from outer space for […]

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Editors note: While the usual Hammer to Nail writers opted to stay home this year and cover the Toronto International Film Festival virtually, other more adventurous writers decided to make the trek. What a trek it was! We asked our […]

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In This Changes Everything, documentarian Tom Donahue (Thank You for Your Service) chronicles the never-ending struggle of women in Hollywood to achieve something resembling gender parity.

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