(The 2025 Sundance Film Festival runs January 23- February 2 in and around gorgeous Park City, UT. HtN has you covered for all the hottest titles like M.J. O’Toole’s OBEX movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) “One […]

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You haven’t seen a true crime documentary quite like Charlie Shackleton’s Zodiac Killer Project. One of the best films at this year’s Sundance, where it won the NEXT Innovator Award, it finds the director revisiting a failed project to adapt […]

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After taking us to the land of dreams in his 2021 feature, Strawberry Mansion, director Albert Birney is back to transport us to a virtual reality from the late ’80s. OBEX, which he co-wrote with filmmaker Pete Ohs (also serving […]

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An entire generation of people grew up with Mavis Beacon. The Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing software was revolutionary in teaching millions of people how to type in the late 20th century when computers became more accessible and available to the […]

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Just two years after its resurrection in Lower Manhattan’s Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, the story of Kim’s Video is ready to be released to the world! David Redmon and Ashley Sabin co-direct this documentary that profiles Yongman Kim and the rise […]

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NEW YORK, NY (November 16, 2023) – Indie Film Site Network (IFSN) has announced D. Smith’s vibrant directorial debut Kokomo City as the recipient of the 2023 IFSN Advocate Award. The recipient of the award, established to highlight one indie film […]

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One of the most exciting, daring new voices to come out of Sundance this year is director D. Smith. Her feature directorial debut, Kokomo City, is a black-and-white-shot documentary that dives into the lives of four black trans sex workers […]

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Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker Isabel Castro’s new film Mija puts front and center a music manager and an up-and-coming singer, both Latinas, working to make it big in the ever-changing music industry. Premiering at Sundance’s NEXT competition, the documentary puts into […]

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(The 2021 Sundance Film Festival runs January 28-February 3, all virtually as well as with drive-ins sprinkled around the U.S.. Hammer to Nail is bringing you a ton of coverage so, keep coming back! Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? […]

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As the headline clearly states, ’tis that time of year for the Sundance Film Festival. Sundance sets the stage for the festival season to come and, sometimes it sets the bar for future award nominated and winning films. Hammer to […]

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