Hammer to Nail

THE LIFE OF CHUCK
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(The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival runs September 5-15 and HtN has you covered once again. Check out Chris Reed’s The Life of Chuck movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) A star-studded fantasy about life and...
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KILL THE JOCKEY
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(The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival runs September 5-15 and HtN has you covered once again. Check out Chris Reed’s Kill the Jockey movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Remo Manfredini (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, BPM) is a...
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HARD TRUTHS Trailer: Marianne Jean-Baptiste is Pissed Off With Life in Mike Leigh’s New Drama
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One of the most anticipated movies of this fall festival season is legendary writer-director Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths. The Venice, TIFF, NYFF, and BFI London selection has Leigh re-teaming with his Secrets & Lies star, Oscar-nominee Marianne Jean-Baptiste as London...
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HtN’s 15 Most Anticipated Films at TIFF 2024
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The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival runs September 5-15, and this year’s edition promises a strong, exciting variety of new cinema – ranging from Almodovar’s English feature debut The Room Next Door, to Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or winner Anora, to...
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EMILIA PÉREZ Teaser Trailer: Jacques Audiard Is Back with Sensational Trans-Cartel Musical
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Jacques Audiard is a auteur of many surprises. The French writer/director – known for his gritty, socially aware dramas (see A Prophet and Rust and Bone) – is back with a groundbreaking crime musical that took Cannes by storm this...
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A Conversation with Nathan Silver (BETWEEN THE TEMPLES)
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Nathan Silver is a New York City based filmmaker who has been working as a writer/director since 2009. His latest project Between The Temples is in theaters this weekend and is not only an excellent film, it is essential Jewish...
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THE ROOM NEXT DOOR Teaser Trailer: Tilda Swinton & Julianne Moore Star In Almodóvar’s First English-Language Feature
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The world premiere of Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language feature is right around the corner! The Room Next Door, starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton, will have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival before heading to TIFF and NYFF....
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MEGALOPOLIS Trailer: Francis Ford Coppola’s New Epic Arrives in September
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After years of anticipation for cinephiles and a highly-buzzed Cannes premiere, we are just about a month away from the release of Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis. Lionsgate is set to release the self-funded epic across North America on September 27...
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A Conversation with Yen Tan (ALL THAT WE LOVE)
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In his latest film, All That We Love, director Yan Tan (1985) explores grief and love in a great variety of forms, using the initial death of a beloved pet as the catalyst for the narrative. Standup comedian Margaret Cho...
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THE STRANGER AND THE FOG 4K Restoration Trailer: Hidden Gem of the Iranian New Wave is Unearthed
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A hidden gem of Iranian cinema has been unearthed and restored in 4K. Bahram Beyzaie’s mythical 1974 sophomore film The Stranger and the Fog was banned in Iran for decades following the Revolution there, but it’s finally being brought back...
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