Hammer to Nail

THE TRAVEL COMPANION Trailer: New Comedy Observes the Awkwardness & Delicacy of Male Friendship
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A fresh New York comedy that premiered at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival, The Travel Companion is a modern-day comedy of errors that dives into the insecurities within friendship and artistic craft. Travis Wood and Alex Mallis co-direct in their...
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BEYOND THE DUPLEX PLANET Trailer: SXSW-Bound Documentary Captures Art and Aging Through the Eyes of David Greenberger (EXCLUSIVE)
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As we are getting closer to the 2026 SXSW Film and TV Festival, one documentary feature to be on the lookout for is Beyond the Duplex Planet. Emmy-winning and Grammy-nominated director Beth Harrington’s portrait of periodical artist David Greenberger will...
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A Conversation with Noah Segan, Rian Johnson, John Turturro, Giancarlo Esposito, Tatiana Maslany (THE ONLY LIVING PICKPOCKET IN NEW YORK)
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Noah Segan is a fourth-generation New Yorker who has been a part of the independent and genre film community for nearly two decades. Early in his career, filmmaker Rian Johnson cast Segan in the Sundance Award-winning hit Brick, beginning a...
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A Conversation with Oliver Laxe (SIRĀT)
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Oliver Laxe was born in Paris in 1982, the son of Galician emigrants. When he was six, his family returned to Northwest Spain. After completing his studies in audiovisual communication, he moved to Tangier, Morocco, where he self-produced his 2010...
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DAYS AND NIGHT IN THE FOREST
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Check out Matt Delman’s Days and Night in the Forest movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Satyajit Ray (1921-1992, R.I.P.) was a world-renowned film director known for bringing neo-realism to Indian cinema. Ray...
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TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA Teaser: Jane Schoenbrun Brings Sex and Blood in Their Tribute to the Slasher Reboot
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After their haunting second feature, I Saw The TV Glow, Jane Schoenbrun is back with an eerie new observation on media and the human condition. Mark your calendars this summer for Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. Set for...
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A Conversation with Zack Khalil (AANIKOBIJIGAN)
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“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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CRIME & PARODY
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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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2026 Oscar-Nominated Short Films
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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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MY BROTHER’S WEDDING
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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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