(Returning for its 13th edition, the Museum of the Moving Image’s First Look Festival  (https://movingimage.org/series/firstlook2024/) marks the emergence of strong breakout international cinema. From March 13-17, it will screen over three dozen eclectic films, both features and shorts, making their […]

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(The 2023 Tribeca Film Festival ran June 7-18 and HtN has a ton of coverage coming like Chris Reed’s Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed documentary movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) In his heyday, […]

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(Here at Hammer to Nail, we are all about true independent cinema. But we also have to tip our hat to the great films of yesteryear that continue to inspire filmmakers and cinephiles alike. This week, Jonathan Marlow invites the […]

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(Jonathan Marlow provides this great film review of The Village Detective: A Song Cycle, Bill Morrison’s stirring new meditation on cinema’s past which opened in New York on Wednesday, September 22. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? […]

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Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless (which has a fantastic 4k restoration, plays September 24-October 7 at NYC’s Film Forum) has been analyzed by critics, directors, writers, academics, and cinephiles across the world. Hammer to Nail contributors Jonathan Marlow and Ray Lobo share […]

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Frank Mosley's experimental narrative is a beautiful and poetic look at inner turmoil juxtaposed with nature.

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