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(The Tribeca Festival runs June 4-15 in New York’s Tribeca neighborhood and Hammer to Nail has boots on the ground! Check out Matt Delman’s The Scout movie review fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd...

With it’s Tribeca debut serendipitously falling within Pride Month, the documentary I Was Born this Way is a beaming celebration of identity – in all shapes, sizes, colors, forms, and fonts. The film, an exploration into the life of the...

I Don’t Understand You, the new dark comedy from directors Brian Crano and David Joseph Craig, takes audiences on a nightmarish Italian vacation that spirals completely out of control. The film follows Dom (Nick Kroll) and Cole (Andrew Rannells), a...

(Check out Jessica Baxter’s I Don’t Understand You movie review. It’s in theaters now via Vertical Entertainment. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Watching I Don’t Understand You, the new semi-autobiographical comedy/thriller co-written and directed by real-life...

One of the most buzzed-about and stunning movies of this year’s Sundance Film Festival was writer-director Alex Russell’s Lurker. Russell, who was a writer on the Emmy-winning shows The Bear and Beef, makes his feature directorial debut with this look...

In Honeyjoon, find ourselves in the paradise that is San Miguel island, the Azores, Portugal. Stark blue waters mirror the cloudless sky above as honeymooners bask in the sun, hand in hand, enveloped by the romantic allure of the island....

(Editors note: there are possible spoilers within this interview…proceed with caution!) Sew Torn is a refreshingly original thriller that defies easy categorization, blending dark comedy with neo-noir sensibilities in a way that feels both familiar and completely unique. Directed by...

The New York City Mayoral race may be between Cuomo and Zohran, but this year’s Tribeca Festival has its own fierce competition. Who will win the coveted Nora Ephron prize? As always, there is a strong selection of non-fiction features,...

Caught by the Tides represents perhaps the most ambitious project in Jia Zhangke’s celebrated filmography. Assembled from footage shot over 23 years, from 2001 to 2023, the film follows the character Qiaoqiao (played by Zhao Tao) as she searches for...

(We here at Hammer to Nail are all about true independent cinema. But we also have to tip our hat to the great films of yesteryear that continue to inspire filmmakers and cinephiles alike. This week, our new addition to...