TENSHI NO TAMAGO [ANGEL’S EGG]

(The fortieth anniversary of the far-too-little-seen animated epic Tenshi no Tamago (Angel’s Egg) in its highly-anticipated 4K remaster, opening theatrically 19-November-2025. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) “Angel or devil? I don’t care. For in front […]

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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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(The Middleburg Film Festival ran October 16-19 in Middleburg, Virginia, and lead critic Chris Reed is on the ground doing coverage for us. Check out his Nouvelle Vague movie review! Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Franco-Swiss filmmaker […]

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Winner of the Best Director and Best Actor awards at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, The Secret Agent, from Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho (Bacurau), takes place in 1977 during Brazil’s military dictatorship. It was a time of violence and […]

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(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 Jonathan Marlow checks in to […]

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(Check out Jessica Baxter’s Mr. Kmovie review, it’s in select theaters now via Music Box Films. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) After over two decades of directing Dutch film and television, Tallulah Hazekamp Schwab makes her […]

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Following his magnificently bleak period piece Godland, writer-director Hlynur Pálmason offers a reprieve from the overcast skies of human despair with his compassionate new family drama, The Love That Remains. Set in his native Iceland and shot on 35mm film […]

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Get ready to strap in this awards season with Oliver Laxe’s unpredictable desert rave thriller, Sirât. Somewhere in the realm of Sorcerer and Mad Max, it made waves after shocking viewers to their core at this year’s Cannes, where it […]

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(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 Brad Cook crosses the bridge […]

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After a highly buzzed festival run and plenty of acclaim from audiences and critics alike, Joachim Trier’s funny and emotional Sentimental Value will finally be released in U.S. theaters this November! Co-written by Trier and his writing partner Eskil Vogt, […]

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