(The 2024 Sundance Film Festival runs January 18-28. Check out M.J. O’Toole’s movie review of Kneecap. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) “Every word of Irish spoken is a bullet fired for Irish freedom,” Michael Fassbender’s IRA fugitive repeatedly tells […]

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(Here at Hammer to Nail, we are all about true independent cinema. But we also have to tip our hat to the great films that continue to inspire filmmakers and cinephiles alike. This week, Brad Cook takes a wild ride […]

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Disclosure: Melanie is serving as a juror and so can not address some films until after jury deliberation. Below are highlights outside of the competition.  Heading into their 24th festival the Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival kicks off its […]

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Based on a memoir by Amy Jo Albany, Low Down is firmly set in the space of functional addiction; it neither glorifies the act nor demonizes it, while at the same time dramatizing the price it takes on a father and daughter relationship.

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