South Korea never runs out of pure, nail-biting, suspenseful cinema. First-time director Jason Yu, who’s worked with Korean cinematic giants Boon Joon-ho and Lee Chang-dong, brings the thrills to a newlywed couple’s existence in his feature debut, Sleep. It stars […]

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A sensation in its native South Korea, Um Tae-hwa’s Concrete Utopia is an earth-shattering (pun intended) look at the lengths people will go to for survival in a broken world. It is set in Seoul ravaged by a massive earthquake […]

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(The always fantastic Fantastic Fest runs September 21-28 in Austin, Texas. Check out Bears Rebecca Fonté’s movie review of Project Silence which played at the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page. ) A group of victims comes […]

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(The always fantastic Fantastic Fest runs September 21-28 in Austin, Texas. Check out Bears Rebecca Fonté’s movie review of The Toxic Avenger which premiered at the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page. ) Despite it being one of the basic […]

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One filmmaker who has excelled in telling stories of the human spirit is Kore-eda Hirokazu. Five years after winning the Palme d’Or for his breathtaking Shoplifters, he returns with one of the most acclaimed dramas of the year that centers […]

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(The 2022 Toronto Film Festival or, TIFF ran September 8-18 in Toronto, Canada. HtN has tons of coverage coming your way so, stay tuned! Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of Broker. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Japanese […]

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The world has undoubtedly changed, which has affected every living breathing thing (humans, animals, organisms, monsters, and zombies) and we have all had to make some adjustments. But you know what has not changed…the biggest granddaddy of genre festivals in […]

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The Toronto International Film Festival (or TIFF) was founded in 1976 and since then has become one of the world’s premier showcases of quality films of all kinds, be they large event movies, microbudget flicks, and everything in between. Given […]

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As 2021 dawned, we found ourselves as a nation more consumed by the political drama unfolding around us than any narrative created by filmmakers. Truth was, for a while, far stranger than fiction. Eventually, however, we returned to something resembling […]

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(We here at Hammer to Nail 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 Brad Cook moves in […]

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