The Venice Film Festival is heading back to the Lido for its 82nd edition. Taking place August 27 – September 6, the in-competition lineup features exciting new titles from an array of auteurs, including Park Chan-wook, Jim Jarmusch, Noah Baumbach, […]

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With the fall movie season not too far down the line, the latest collaboration between Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos is one to get excited over. Bugonia is an English-language remake of the 2003 South Korean film Save the Green […]

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Throughout its five-decade run, New Directors/New Films has introduced the works of many of today’s notable auteurs, including Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee, Wong Kar-Wai, Kelly Reichardt, Denis Villeneuve, Michael Haneke, Guillermo del Toro, RaMell Ross, Laura Poitras, Yorgos Lanthimos, and […]

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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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The 77th Cannes Film Festival just wrapped, premiering many new buzzworthy titles that industry folks and cinephiles are still talking about. Even though Hammer To Nail did not attend the festival this year, we kept track of what our fellow […]

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The 77th Cannes Film Festival concluded today as the Greta Gerwig-fronted jury awarded the Palme d’Or to Sean Baker’s new sex worker comedy, Anora. It is also distributor NEON’s fifth consecutive Palme win following Anatomy of a Fall, Triangle of […]

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The Cannes Film Festival has unveiled the first slate of films for its 77th edition across many sections, from the Competition to Un Certain Regard. It will be held from May 14 through 25. Ahead of the announcement, a few […]

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Throughout its five-decade run, New Directors/New Films has introduced the works of many prolific filmmakers today, including Steven Spielberg, Wong Kar-Wai, Kelly Reichardt, Denis Villeneuve, Guillermo del Toro, Laura Poitras, Yorgos Lanthimos, and Christopher Nolan – just to name a […]

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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 major box-office successes of the year notwithstanding (we see you, “Barbenheimer”), 2023 saw many outstanding independent films come out to rival (or surpass) the quality of big-studio releases. Fortunately, in this 21st-century of ours, there are many theatrical distributors […]

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