(Check out Chris Reed’s MaXXXine movie review, in theaters July 5 via A24. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Writer/director Ti West released two closely related horror films in 2022, X and its prequel, Pearl. Both […]

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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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“You’re a f***ing movie star.” Mia Goth’s Maxine is back to fulfill her dreams of fame in the seedy underbelly of 1980s Hollywood. Writer-director Ti West’s MaXXXine is set to conclude his X slasher trilogy following 2022’s X and Pearl, […]

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(After a premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, Brandon Cronenberg’s Infinity Pool dropped into theaters. Check out Jack Schenker’s Infinity Pool movie review. At one point in Brandon Cronenberg’s latest nightmare, Infinity Pool, a naked Alexander Skarsgård is on his […]

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With well over 100 feature films in this year’s program—close to a third of which are by first-time feature directors–this year’s Sundance Film Festival promises a slate full of a great variety both international and domestic (and that’s not counting […]

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After yesterday’s lineup announcement for the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, Brandon Cronenberg’s Infinity Pool is one of the most highly anticipated films on the list. In his third film since 2020’s Possessor, Canadian writer-director Cronenberg explores the lives of the […]

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One slasher film that made a blast earlier this year was writer-director Ti West’s X. Set in Texas in the 1970s, it centered on an adult film crew terrorized by an elderly farmer and his sex-starved, murderous wife, Pearl, played […]

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(The 2022 SXSW Film Festival ran March 11-20 in glorious Austin, Texas. Check out Melanie Addington’s movie review of X. Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Ti West returns with a horror film for the ages. On March 13, X […]

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