Category Added in a WPeMatico Campaign
(Here at Hammer to Nail, we are all about true independent cinema. But we also have to tip our hat to the great films that continue to inspire filmmakers and cinephiles alike. This week, Brad Cook wanders around with the […]
The post THE CURBSIDE CRITERION: PARIS, TEXAS appeared first on Hammer to Nail.
Sujo, the latest visceral drama from directing duo Vernanda Faladez & Astrid Rondero (Identifying Features), spans decades in the life of a boy growing into a man in the shadow of the cartel. It premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film […]
The post SUJO Trailer: Mexico’s Oscar Entry Explores the Life of a Young Man in Cartel Land appeared first on Hammer to Nail.
(Check out Kim Voynar’s Black Dog movie review, in theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) “Black Dog,” the latest film by director Guan Hu (The Eight Hundred, The Sacrifice), opens moodily with a languid shot panning […]
The post BLACK DOG appeared first on Hammer to Nail.
NEW YORK, NY (November 25, 2024) – Indie Film Site Network (IFSN) has announced Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, and Rachel Szor’s essential, urgent documentary No Other Land as the recipient of the 2024 IFSN Advocate Award. The award […]
The post ‘No Other Land’ Announced as Winner of the 2024 Indie Film Site Network Advocate Award appeared first on Hammer to Nail.
(Check our Chris Reed’s Flow movie review. The film is in theaters now via Janus Films. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis (Away) crafts a beautifully animated fable with his sophomore effort, […]
The post FLOW appeared first on Hammer to Nail.
Oscar-winning director Paolo Sorrentino (The Great Beauty) is back and doing what he does best: making people and places look enchantingly beautiful. Parthenope, titled after the myth of Greek sirens who lured men to their deaths at sea, stars Celeste […]
The post PARTHENOPE Trailer: Paolo Sorrentino Is Back with a Mythical Ode To Youth & Beauty appeared first on Hammer to Nail.
Inspired by a true story, The Girl with the Needle draws from one of the most heinous murder cases in Danish history. Magnus von Horn (Sweat) directs Denmark’s Oscar entry from a script he co-wrote with Line Langebeck. The film follows a […]
The post THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE Trailer: Denmark’s Oscar Entry Paints a Haunting, Sinister Portrait appeared first on Hammer to Nail.
DOC NYC, the world’s largest documentary film festival, runs November 13 through December 1 (in-person and online) for its 15th edition. Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of The Bibi Files. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd […]
The post THE BIBI FILES appeared first on Hammer to Nail.
After winning the prestigious Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, before making stops at TIFF and NYFF, Pedro Almodóvar’s English feature debut The Room Next Door will finally hit U.S. theaters starting in December. Adapted from the novel “What […]
The post THE ROOM NEXT DOOR Trailer: Julianne Moore & Tilda Swinton Are Reunited Old Friends in Pedro Almodóvar’s English Feature Debut appeared first on Hammer to Nail.
(Check our Chris Reed’s A Real Pain movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Jesse Eisenberg follows up his 2022 directorial debut, When You Finish Saving the World, with another carefully realized character study filled with […]
The post A REAL PAIN appeared first on Hammer to Nail.
