(Check out Chris Reed’s The Wedding Banquet movie review, it hits theaters on Friday, April 18. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) At the top of the list of reasons to see The Wedding Banquet, director […]

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Summer is approaching. We at Hammer To Nail have dug deep beyond the buzzworthy studio titles to present an in-depth look at what should be on your radar this season. From festival hits, to microbudget marvels, to horror that gets […]

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The 77th Cannes Film Festival concluded today as the Greta Gerwig-fronted jury awarded the Palme d’Or to Sean Baker’s new sex worker comedy, Anora. It is also distributor NEON’s fifth consecutive Palme win following Anatomy of a Fall, Triangle of […]

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The Tribeca Festival has announced its starry 2024 lineup. It will be take place June 5 – 16. Opening the festival is the documentary Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge, which captures fashion designer von Furstenberg’s impact as a feminist […]

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2023 has been the year everything got back to normal. Hahahha….oh man, had you there! As many people paying the slightest bit of attention know, “things” may never be “back to normal” again. But, let’s steer away from the big […]

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The first major awards ceremony of the season kicked off tonight in Manhattan. The Gotham Awards marks the unofficial beginning of Oscar season, recognizing some of the best in independent and arthouse cinema from this year. The 33rd annual ceremony […]

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Awards season has now officially kicked off! The Gotham Awards have announced the nominations for their 2023 ceremony. The nominees were listed by Jeffrey Sharp, the executive director of the Gotham Film and Media Institute, as well as deputy director […]

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This seems to be the year for Lily Gladstone to shine. She delivered one of the best performances of this year’s Sundance in Fancy Dance, and has already gotten tremendous praise for her role in Martin Scorcese’s Killers of the […]

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Director Morrisa Maltz (Ingrid) just premiered her latest film, The Unknown Country, at SXSW 2022 (where I reviewed it), and I had a chance to virtually chat with her during the festival. In the movie, which utilizes a mix of […]

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(The 2022 SXSW Film Festival runs March 11-20 in glorious Austin, Texas. Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of The Unknown Country. Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) The two films by director Morrisa Maltz that I have so far […]

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