Following a festival run last year and a trio of Independent Spirit Award nominations (including Best First Feature), Tomás Gómez Bustillo’s debut feature Chronicles of a Wandering Saint is finally arriving this June from Hope Runs High Film. The supernatural comedy […]

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People sure love a good found-footage horror film! The premise for Late Night With the Devil is simple, but just as nail-biting and terrifying. A live television broadcast in 1977 goes horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation’s living rooms. […]

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One of the best indie gems to look out for this year is Argentinian writer-director Tomás Gómez Bustillo’s Chronicles of a Wandering Saint. This supernatural comedy premiered at SXSW 2023 where it won the Adam Yauch Hörnblowér Award, and has […]

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The SXSW Film & TV Festival, which runs from March 8-16, has announced the rest of its 2024 lineup in multiple categories. Adding 50 new films to this year’s slate brings the total number of features up to 115. Among […]

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Director Tracy Droz Tragos (Abortion: Stories Women Tell) is out with a new documentary about the fight to preserve abortion rights, this one entitled Plan C. It premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, but I only managed to see […]

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(Austin Texas’ South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival runs March 10-19. Stay tuned to Hammer to Nail for our usual great coverage like this movie review of Last Stop Larrimah. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) True crime […]

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Director Lagueria Davis premiered her debut feature-documentary Black Barbie: A Documentary, at SXSW 2023 (where I reviewed it). It follows the history of the first Black Barbie doll, starting with the hiring by Mattel of her own aunt, Beulah Mae […]

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(Austin Texas’ South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival ran March 10-19. Stay tuned to Hammer to Nail for our usual great coverage like this movie review of Brooklyn 45. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) It’s just after Christmas in […]

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(Austin Texas’ South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival runs March 10-19. Stay tuned to Hammer to Nail for our usual great coverage like this movie review of Black Barbie: A Documentary. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Director […]

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This year’s South By Southwest Film & TV Festival has officially unveiled the 2023 award winners. Though it does not end until March 19, the jurors had already convened after watching the films remotely, out of COVID safety precautions. Buzzy […]

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