Hammer to Nail

THE SECRET AGENT Trailer: Wagner Moura Goes on the Run in Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Cannes-Winning Thriller
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After taking the Cannes Film Festival by storm, where it won Best Director, Best Actor, and the FIPRESCI Prize, writer-director Kleber Mendonça Filho’s The Secret Agent is one of the most anticipated films of this awards season. It stars Wagner...
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MR. K
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(Check out Jessica Baxter’s Mr. Kmovie review, it’s in select theaters now via Music Box Films. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) After over two decades of directing Dutch film and television, Tallulah Hazekamp Schwab makes her...
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ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT Trailer: Charlie Shackleton Dissects the True Crime Genre with Unique Sundance Documentary
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You haven’t seen a true crime documentary quite like Charlie Shackleton’s Zodiac Killer Project. One of the best films at this year’s Sundance, where it won the NEXT Innovator Award, it finds the director revisiting a failed project to adapt...
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THE SECRET AGENT
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(The Middleburg Film Festival runs October 16-19 in Middleburg, Virginia, and lead critic Chris Reed is on the ground doing coverage for us. Check out his The Secret Agent movie review! Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) The...
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IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
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(The Middleburg Film Festival runs October 16-19 in Middleburg, MD which just happens to be home base for our Lead Critic, Chris Reed. Check out his It Was Just an Accident movie review! Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd...
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THE THINGS YOU KILL Trailer: Canada’s Oscar Entry is a Psychological Tale of Revenge
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One of the most gripping, chilling films that shook the Sundance Film Festival was writer-director Alireza Khatami’s The Things You Kill. Winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Directing Award at the festival, it is a unique psychological thriller that explores...
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A Conversation with Richard Linklater (BLUE MOON)
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On the evening of March 31, 1943, the genre-revising Rodgers & Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! opened at the St James Theater in Manhattan. Before the boisterous curtain calls, Lorenz Hart left the theater for Sardi’s, just a few doors away. For...
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DOC NYC 2025 Unveils Short Lists and Winners Circle Lineup
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DOC NYC, the world’s largest documentary film festival, has announced the lineup for its influential, distinguished Short Lists section for the 2025 edition, along with the Winner’s Circle section slate, which celebrates certain award winners from this year. Short Lists...
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THE LOVE THAT REMAINS
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(The 63rd New York Film Festival (NYFF) ran September 26-October 13 via Film at Lincoln Center. Check out M.J. O’Toole’s The Love That Remains movie review, fresh from the fest! Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) As the seasons...
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MIROIRS NO. 3
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(The 63rd New York Film Festival (NYFF) runs September 26-October 13 via Film at Lincoln Center. Check outMatt Delman’s Sirât movie review, fresh from the fest! Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) The filmmaker behind my favorite film of 2023 Afire,...
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