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With Switzerland having advanced in the 2026 World Cup, the country is about to celebrate another huge event just around the corner. The Locarno International Film Festival has announced the lineup for its 79th edition, featuring 233 films from 69...

About a decade after turning audiences’ heads with his terrifying hit The Wailing, Na Hong-Jin returned to this year’s Cannes Film Festival with what is now considered Korea’s most expensive film ever: a different kind of tale about a community...

After slowing down following a big directing streak in the 2010s, writer-director Joe Swanberg is back with a new authentically acted feature. The Sun Never Sets is a romantic drama that centers on a love triangle set in contemporary Alaska...

The stoner comedy is alive and well! While the legalization of marijuana continues to be a debated topic, writer-director Dylan Meyer’s raunchy comedy The Wrong Girls emphasizes its hilarious side effects that make the subgenre as legendary as it is....

With a working relationship spanning over a decade, Michigan-based guerilla filmmaker Joel Potrykus and actor Joshua Burge have collaborated on five feature films. Such films that solidified their craft in the “metal slackerism” genre include Buzzard and Relaxer. Their most...

Check out Chris Reed’s Romeria movie review, it’s in theaters now via Janus Films. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) In her phenomenal 2017 feature debut, Summer 1993, Spanish director Carla Simón brought challenging moments from her own...

Having premiered at this year’s Sundance, writer-director Adam Meeks has packed some star power for his feature debut, Union County. Based on his short film of the same name, the drama stars Will Poulter and Noah Centineo as brothers and...

The 2026 Seattle International Film Festival closed on May 17th, with a special screening of Olivia Wilde’s third film, The Invite (which I also reviewed) at the SIFF Cinerama in downtown Seattle. It’s a micro-cast dramedy in the style of...

Ten years after shocking audiences with his polarizing The Neon Demon, with a pair of limited streaming series in between, Nicolas Winding Refn is about to make another jaw-dropping return this summer with his newest, neon-soaked feature thriller. Her Private...

(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...