Hammer to Nail

Seven years after the international sensation Long Day’s Journey Into Night, a film that climaxed with a breathtaking 59-minute 3D long take, visionary director Bi Gan returns with his most ambitious work yet. Resurrection (reviewed here by M.J. O’Toole) is...

Married directors Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani (Let the Corpses Tan) are out with a new film, Reflection in a Dead Diamond (which I recently reviewed), which offers espionage and visual delights aplenty. Featuring actors Fabio Testi and Yannick Renier...

(The 63rd New York Film Festival (NYFF) ran September 26-October 13 via Film at Lincoln Center. Check out M.J. O’Toole’s Resurrection movie review, fresh from the fest! Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Can our dreams influence cinema? Or...

The first hot film festival of 2026 is almost here! Ahead of its move to Boulder, Colorado in 2027, Sundance Film Festival will be returning to Park City, Utah, one final time from January 22–February 1, 2026. The online portion...

The Carpenter’s Son reimagines the untold adolescence of Jesus in Roman-era Egypt through the lens of supernatural horror. Writer-director Lotfy Nathan draws from the apocryphal Infancy Gospel of Thomas to craft a provocative thriller starring Nicolas Cage as Joseph, a...

Late last week, the 2025 (technically the 2026) Awards Season started heating up in earnest but it’s typically the nominees for Golden Globes that signify the full season kick-off. While snubs and surprises are always part of the fun, the...

In 2017, after three years under the control of the Islamic State (ISIS), the people of Mosul, Iraq fought to reclaim their city. The nine-month battle to liberate Mosul was marked by catastrophic violence, especially in the historic Old City....

[Assorted quotes included herein, below, from teenage actor Kaison Marlow Eaves. Beyond the nepotism, a talented thespian in his own right (recently, Orpheus in HADESTOWN and Hamlet in, well, HAMLET).] Dreams don’t die. Keep an eye on your dream. Merrily...

Few actor-director partnerships in contemporary cinema have proven as fruitful, or as essential as the collaboration between Toni Servillo and Paolo Sorrentino. Since their first meeting on the set of One Man Up  in 2001, the Naples-born actor and filmmaker have...

(Check out Chris Reed’s Reflection in a Dead Diamond movie review, it’s in theaters now and hits Netflix November 21! Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) The 1960s were the golden age of spy movies, thanks to an...