(The 63rd New York Film Festival (NYFF) runs September 26-October 13 via Film at Lincoln Center. Check out M.J. O’Toole’s Late Fame movie review, fresh from the fest! Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) With so many forgotten […]

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(We here at Hammer to Nail are all about true independent cinema. But we also have to tip our hat to the great films of yesteryear that continue to inspire filmmakers and cinephiles alike. This week, our new addition to […]

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(Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of Nosferatu, in theaters Christmas Day. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) For his fourth feature, Nosferatu, director Robert Eggers (The Northman) turns his cinematic attention once again to the supernatural, this […]

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Summer is approaching. We at Hammer To Nail have dug deep beyond the buzzworthy studio titles to present an in-depth look at what should be on your radar this season. From festival hits, to microbudget marvels, to horror that gets […]

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Baltimore-based filmmaker John Waters—aka “The Pope of Trash”—began his career in the 1960s as a provocateur, directing a series of proudly outrageous features on microscopic budgets, with drag queen Divine as his frequent star. His many early works include Pink […]

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“This is it. The moment of truth.” Fresh off her second Best Actress Oscar win for her performance in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things, Emma Stone’s newest collaboration with the director will be arriving a lot sooner than expected. Lanthimos’ anthology […]

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(The 61st New York Film Festival runs September 29-October 15. Check out Matt Delman’s Poor Things movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) The enjoyably eccentric Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos has a growing body of work […]

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From Claire Danes as a forest warrior in Princess Mononoke to Christian Bale as a wizard in Howl’s Moving Castle, the films of Hayao Miyazaki surely know how to attract A-list talent. That is the case once again with The […]

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The Toronto International Film Festival has announced the lineups for both its Midnight Madness and Discovery sections for its 2023 edition. Billed as “the infamous,” this year’s Midnight Madness lineup features 10 titles, seven of which are world premieres. The […]

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Five years after working together on The Favourite, director Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster, Dogtooth) and star Emma Stone reunite for a more jaw-dropping British tale. Poor Things is Lanthimos’s first feature in five years and opens in theaters early this […]

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