“Hey, this isn’t Ken Burns” – Scott Cummings on Realm of Satan The feature-length directorial debut of veteran editor Scott Cummings, Realm of Satan (reviewed here by Chris Reed), is equal parts visually stunning and (no pun intended) wickedly funny. Not to […]

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The Sweet East was written by Nick Pinkerton and directed by Sean Price Williams. The film stars Talia Ryder, Simon Rex, Jacob Elordi, Ayo Edebiri, Jeremy O. Harris, Earl Cave and Rish Shah. The film follows Lillian (Talia Ryder) as […]

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(The 61st New York Film Festival runs September 29-October 15. Check out M.J. O’Toole’s The Sweet East movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Sean Price Williams – known for his collaborations with Alex Ross Perry and the […]

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(Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of Murina, in select theaters now via Kino Lorber. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Tempers flare in Murina, Croatian director Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović’s debut feature. In particular, it’s the […]

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(Dirty Dancing is a featured film in the Metrograph series It Happens to Us: Abortion in American Film which is playing through may 21 both at the Metrograph and online with 50% of all proceeds going to NARAL Pro-Choice America.) As part […]

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(Maggie Gyllenhaal’s writing/directing debut, The Lost Daughter is in select theaters Friday, December 17 before hitting Netflix on December 31. Chris Reed has this movie review ofThe Lost Daughter. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not […]

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‘Tis the season for year end “Best Of” lists. Here’s Editor-at-Large Matt Delman’s and Lead Critic Chris Reed’s… Editor-at-Large Matt Delman’s Top Films of 2020 Though recently A24 has felt more like an e-commerce store than a movie studio due […]

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(Eliza Hittman’s third feature, Never Rarely Sometimes Always hit VOD April 3 via Focus Features) As her third feature, Eliza Hittman creates an unflinching difficult to watch and completely necessary film about abortion in today’s America. But Never Rarely Sometimes […]

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