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Director Ramona Diaz (A Thousand Cuts) premiered her latest documentary about the Philippines, And So It Begins, at this year’s Sundance Film Festival (where I reviewed it). In the movie, Diaz covers the 2022 presidential election in that country, embedding...

After bringing audiences to tears with her urgent directorial debut The Fallout, writer-director Megan Park delivers a more lighthearted and hilarious look at female adolescence in her comedy My Old Ass. Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year,...

Writer-director Chris Skotchdopole puts a new spin on the home invasion thriller in his feature debut, Crumb Catcher. The film centers on a married couple whose newlywed bliss is interrupted when they are held captive in a remote lake house...

(Check out Chris Reed’s Chronicles of a Wandering Saint movie review, the film startsits theater rollout Friday, June 28. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Death may be no cause for joy, but sometimes the absurdities...

(Here at Hammer to Nail, we are all about true independent cinema. But we also have to tip our hat to the great films that continue to inspire filmmakers and cinephiles alike. This week, Jonathan Marlow takes a journey with...

(Here at Hammer to Nail, we are all about true independent cinema. But we also have to tip our hat to the great films that continue to inspire filmmakers and cinephiles alike. This week, Brad Cook gets tied up with...

Democracy is often filled with chaos, different sides demanding to be heard and those with power and money reluctant to listen. In Emergent City (which I reviewed out of the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival) directors Kelly Anderson and Jay Arthur...

Sebastien Vaniček hails from the suburbs of Paris and is an up and coming horror filmmaker with a unique style and tons of passion. He started making short films in 2015, getting around 3 under his belt before making his...

If you thought Heart of Darkness gave you a hard enough look into the challenges of making a masterpiece of cinema in the jungle, try experiencing the frenzied making of Werner Herzog’s 1982 epic Fitzcarraldo. Iconic documentary filmmaker Les Blank’s...

Check out Chris Reed’s Brats movie review, the doc is steaming now on Hulu. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Mental-health therapy can be expensive and last for years; have you considered making a movie about...