(Check out Chris Reed’s Closure movie, it’s in theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Polish director Michał Marczak (All These Sleepless Nights) makes films that explore the intersection of documentary and narrative, employing the […]
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(The Middleburg Film Festival ran October 15-18 in Middleburg, VA. Check out Chris Reed’s Wicker movie review from the fest! Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) What if you met your dream lover and he wasn’t even human? Come to […]
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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, “The Curbside Criterion” continues […]
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(The Middleburg Film Festival ran October 15-18 in Middleburg, VA. Check out Chris Reed’s Tangles movie review from the fest! Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) The new animated film Tangles—the debut feature of director Leah Nelson—beautifully […]
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(Check out Anders Ljung’s Paris Was a Woman movie review, Greta Schiller’s acclaimed 1996 doc. It’s currently in the midst of a week long revival at the Metrograph in NYC. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) […]
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(The New York Film Festival (NYFF) ran September 25 through October 12, check out M.J. O’Toole’s review of Bucking Fastard fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Werner Herzog has never been one […]
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(The Green Film Festival of San Francisco runs from October 15 to October 22, check out Jonathan Marlow’s Hen movie review, the film opens the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) In the pantheon of anthropomorph-films […]
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DOC NYC, the world’s largest documentary film festival, has announced the lineup for its influential, distinguished Short Lists section for the 2026 edition, along with the Winner’s Circle section slate, which celebrates certain award winners from this year. Short Lists […]
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Impressively ambitious in scope, Josh Fox’s humbly titled The Welcome Table finds the environmental activist-filmmaker-writer-musician on a globetrotting journey across six continents, spotlighting the stories of climate refugees. The Oscar-nominated multihyphenate (2010’s Gasland) then brings this multicultural bunch together around […]
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(The New York Film Festival (NYFF) runs September 25 through October 12 and HtN has tons of reviews coming your way like Matt Delman’s review of The Devils. The 4K restoration will also open in select theaters this Friday, October […]
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