Hammer to Nail

DOC NYC, the world’s largest documentary film festival, has announced the lineup for its influential, distinguished Short List section for its 15th edition. This section features 15 titles that are the top documentary contenders, and is known to overlap with...

Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson, a trio of Canadian filmmakers known for their distinctive and experimental approach to cinema, have once again pushed the boundaries of storytelling with their latest project, Rumours. Maddin, a veteran director whose career...

Brazilian-American filmmaker Bernardo Britto, known for his innovative animated shorts, makes his feature directorial debut with Omni Loop. This sci-fi comedy, starring Ayo Edebiri and Mary-Louise Parker, made its world premiere at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival. Britto, whose previous...

(Check out Chris Reed’s The Apprentice movie review. It hits theaters Friday, October 11.. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) It is no hyperbole to claim that the 45th president of the United States, one Donald...

The new documentary Tata marks Moldovan-born journalist Lina Vdovîi’s feature-directorial debut. She is not alone in the process, working closely with her Romanian husband, Radu Ciorniciuc, with whom she co-wrote his own directorial debut, Acasă, My Home. Together, they explore...

(The 2024 New York Film Festival (NYFF) runs September 27-October 14. Check out Matt Delman’s All We Imagine As Light movie review from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) A tender, lyrical drama...

One movie that has captured the hearts of critics and audiences on the festival circuit this year is writer-director Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine As Light. The drama, which won the Grand Prix at Cannes, follows a close community of...

When it premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, writer-director Mohammad Rasoulof’s secretly-shot thriller The Seed of the Sacred Fig made headlines. Marking his first project to debut following his exile from his native Iran, after being sentenced to 8...

As the awards season approaches, studios are coordinating their efforts regarding the films they intend to promote for the 97th Academy Awards, and it appears that the best picture category is poised to be a sausage fest. While many features...

(Check out Chris Reed’s The Outrun movie review. It hits theaters Friday, October 4 via Sony Pictures. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) There have been many books written and movies made about addiction and...