Alia Shawkat is an aspiring actress honing her craft in a very unlikely setting: Atropia! Model, journalist, and actress Hailey Benton Gates wrote and directed the dark comedy that took home the Sundance U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at this […]

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(Check out Jessica Baxter’s I Don’t Understand You movie review. It’s on VOD now via Vertical Entertainment. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Watching I Don’t Understand You, the new semi-autobiographical comedy/thriller co-written and directed by real-life […]

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Michael Angarano is back in the director’s seat for his sophomore feature. Sacramento is a coming-of-age road trip comedy that stars Angarano and Michael Cera as old friends Rickey and Glenn who take an impromptu road trip to the titular […]

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The future is here, and it’s getting weirder than expected. French-American director Sophie Barthes’s The Pod Generation is a satirical look at emerging parenthood starring Emilia Clarke and Chiwetel Ejiofor. It had its world premiere on the opening night of […]

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The nominations for the 2022 Gotham Awards have been revealed. The nominations in 12 categories recognize independent/arthouse films and breakout TV from this year. The ceremony will be held at Cipriani Wall Street in Manhattan on Monday, November 28. Angelica […]

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America’s favorite indie mean queen has gone from dishing out solid burns to pulling off dangerous scams. Aubrey Plaza made waves at this year’s Sundance Film Festival for her performance in writer/director John Patton Ford’s feature debut, Emily the Criminal. […]

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(Alice Winocour’s intimate drama Proxima is available now on VOD via Vertical Entertainment. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) Motherhood comes with significant challenges, especially where […]

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Vertical Entertainment will release the sci-fi film Archive in Theaters, On Demand and Digital on July 10, 2020. The film was an official selection for the 2020 SXSW Film Festival. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via […]

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