“When I enter a museum, I’m not looking for what’s on the walls, I’m looking at what’s behind them,” says a participant in Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild]. “I wonder if people know that they’ve paid $20 to enter a museum that’s holding […]
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(Check out Chris Reed’s Crime & Parody movie review. The film world premiered at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival on Feb. 21st. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) We tell ourselves we live in a democracy, yet […]
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The 2026 Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, March 15. As I do every year, I have watched all 15 of the nominated short films, which are divided into the 3 separate categories of animation, documentary, and live action. […]
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(Check out Brandon Wilson’s My Brother’s Wedding movie review. Charles Burnett’s second film has recieved the 4k treatment that was premiered this week at the Berlin International Film Festival. It wil hit American cinemas soon. Seen it? Join the conversation with […]
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On January 22, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (or AMPAS) announced its nominees for the 2026 Oscars last week. Below, you will find the complete list, with the titles that Hammer to Nail covered in some way […]
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(Check out Don R. Lewis’s Billy Preston: That’s The Way God Planned It movie review. The film is premiering on Friday, February 20th at NYC’s Film Forum. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Billy Preston is […]
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Run Amok is written and directed by NB Mager, expanding from her award-winning short film of the same name which won the Grand Jury Prize at IFF Boston and qualified for Oscar consideration. The film follows Meg (Alyssa Marvin), a […]
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After stunning audiences and critics with their haunting tale of media and gender identity in I Saw The TV Glow, Jane Schoenbrun is back and diving into the slasher genre this summer with their third feature, Teenage Sex and Death […]
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Hlynur Pálmason is an Icelandic writer and director. For his latest project The Love That Remains, the filmmaker delivers a poignant, domestic drama that observes life’s changes with humor and whimsy, set against the majestic, ever-shifting Icelandic landscape. Pálmason is […]
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After examining Israeli life and identity with the Golden Bear winner Synonyms and his Cannes winner Ahed’s Knee, Nadav Lapid calls out his country’s rising nationalism post-October 7 in his daring new satire, Yes. It premiered at last year’s Cannes […]
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