(Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of Vesper, available now in theaters and on-demand via IFC Films. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Indie sci-fi, when done right, is often a creature of great, innovative beauty, and […]

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(Tony Dean Smith’s low-fi sci-fi film Volition is available on all digital platforms via Giant Pictures. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) I have a documented […]

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..."Curvature" delivers, if not a home run, at least a fast-paced triple of a thriller.

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The alien world they’ve miraculously created on a shoestring budget is rife with implications of an expansive human-populated universe that is inaccessible to their financially-strapped protagonist.

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I met with directors Chris Caldwell and Zeek Earl, of the new science-fiction feature Prospect (which I also reviewed), on Sunday, March 11, at the 2018 SXSW Film Festival. The film, an adaptation of a short film the team produced […]

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the movie makes a virtue of limited resources, its low-end aesthetic contributing to the rawness of its survival narrative. Prospect is no fool's gold, but the real stuff that dreams are made of.

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