The blue carpet rolled out on Saturday and many of the year’s best independent films were recognized at the 39th Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Barbara, California. A24’s Past Lives took home Best Feature just moments after its writer-director Celine […]

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(Check out Jessica Baxter’s movie review of Monica, it’s in theaters Friday via IFC Films. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Despite recent progress (and plenty of setbacks), representational Trans cinema remains a barren landscape. […]

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(The 2023 Sundance Film Festival took place January 19-29 in and around Park City, UT and virtually. As always, Hammer to Nail has you covered with tons of movie reviews like Bears Rebecca Fonté’s  review of the film Mutt. Seen it? Join the […]

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It’s been a rough four year for those of ‘guilty’ of being trans under Trump. On President Trump’s inauguration day, the administration scrubbed all mentions of LGBTQ people from the websites of the White House, Department of State, and Department […]

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Sam Feder’s Disclosure arrived on Netflix this week, a film I feel in love with at Sundance. At the time I said Feder had made a film that was both significant and necessary. I believe this is a film that […]

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