Hammer to Nail is traveling to Austin as lead critic Chris Reed is once again headed to the Texas state capital. SXSW 2026 runs March 12-18. With 120 features, 90 of which are world premieres, plus assorted television pilots, XR […]

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After co-writing last year’s VistaVision epic The Brutalist, Mona Fastvold and Brady Corbet go further back in time for their latest collaboration, which musically retells the origins of a colonial religious movement. The Testament of Ann Lee, with Fastvold at […]

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It has been a long road for Ethan Berger’s directorial debut The Line to hit the big screen. The film, which premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival where it wowed critics and audiences, struggled to get picked up for […]

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Director Laurel Parmet’s debut feature film, The Starling Girl, premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival (I saw it at SXSW 2023 and just reviewed it for its May 12 release), where it secured distribution from Bleecker Street Media. It […]

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(Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of The Starling Girl, in theaters May 12, 2023 via Bleecker Street. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) The United States of America, a country founded on principals of religious freedom […]

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