A fresh New York comedy that premiered at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival, The Travel Companion is a modern-day comedy of errors that dives into the insecurities within friendship and artistic craft. Travis Wood and Alex Mallis co-direct in their […]

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(The Tribeca Festival runs June 4-15 in New York’s Tribeca neighborhood and Hammer to Nail has boots on the ground! Check out M.J. O’Toole’s The Travel Companion movie review fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on […]

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Joanna Arnow is a writer, director, cinematographer, editor and actress hailing from New York City. Prior to her feature debut The Feeling That The Time For Doing Something Has Passed, Joanna had already solidified herself as a filmmaker with a […]

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Millennial complexes and BDSM go hand-in-hand in writer-director/actor Joanna Arnow’s comedy The Feeling That The Time for Doing Something Has Passed. Arnow stars as Ann, a 30-something New Yorker navigating her long-term casual BDSM relationship, low-level corporate job, and quarrelsome […]

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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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As we are getting closer to the month of September, the NYFF lineup is getting bigger and bigger. The festival has just announced this year’s lineup for its Currents section, which includes 11 feature programs and 36 short films, representing 23 countries, and […]

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Almost a week after announcing the in-competition titles, the Cannes Film Festival has announced the lineup for its Directors’ Fortnight section for its 55th edition. This part of the festival will screen over a diverse 20 films and 10 shorts […]

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