Filmmaker and visual artist Amalia Ulman brings her bold perspective to Magic Farm, a film that examines the fraught relationship between American media and Latin American subjects. Premiering at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival and later screening at Berlin, this 93-minute […]

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After breaking out on the West Coast last year, the Los Angeles Festival of Movies is coming back for its second edition! Presented by MUBI and Mezzanine, the festival will take place April 3 – 6 It will host both […]

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There’s so much uncertainty in the world and strangely, as it always somehow seems to, the Sundance Film Festival reflects that. On a surface level, there’s the fact that no one knows where the 2026 Sundance Film Festival will be […]

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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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He may be known for his distinct cinematography in the films of Alex Ross Perry, the Safdie Brothers, Nathan Silver, and more. But now, Sean Price Williams is taking the director’s seat in his unhinged road trip film, The Sweet […]

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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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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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(Indie workhorse Jim Cummings’ newest film The Beta Test opens nationwide on Friday, November 5. 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 first met Jim Cummings in […]

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(The 2021 New York Film Festival (or NYFF) is in its 59th iteration and runs September 24-October 10. Here, Matt Delman gives a film review of Red Rocket, the latest film from Sean Baker. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? […]

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