Hammer to Nail

(Check out Chris Reed’s Two To One movie review. The film hits UK theaters Friday, May 2. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Actress-turned-director Natja Brunckhorst (Alles in bester Ordnung) sets her second feature, Two...

One of the biggest revelations of this year’s Sundance Film Festival is Eva Victor’s Sorry, Baby. Winner of the festival’s Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, the writer-director stars as an academic reeling from a traumatic event in her life. Told in...

Director Michael Tyburski’s latest feature, Turn Me On, (which I recently reviewed), is set in a near-future dystopia, where ostensibly messy emotions are suppressed via a daily intake of pills. The residents of the strange, antiseptic compound run by “Our...

(Check out Jessica Baxter’s I Know Catherine, the Log Lady movie review. It’s in theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) You probably DO know Catherine, the Log Lady. She was an actress for stage and...

Six years after making Uncut Gems, the Safdie Brothers have forged their individual paths as filmmakers. Both brothers have their solo projects coming out this year from A24. With Josh’s Timothee Chalemet-starrer Marty Supreme set for a Christmas Day release,...

Imagine this peculiar back-and-forth as mere embellishment. There is a far superior interview—in Interview, no less—with the great Charles Burnett and Barry Jenkins “You’re Either a Storyteller or a Liar” Go read that. Then, if interest persists, you can return...

(Check out Chris Reed’s Turn Me On movie review. Director Michael Tyburski is a former HtN Short Film Contest winner and the film is now available to stream on Apple TV, Amazon and Fandango at Home. Seen it? Join the...

Director Jia Zhangke and his leading lady Zhao Tao have been an unstoppable force in Chinese cinema, having collaborated on more than half a dozen films. Six years after the duo worked together on Ash Is Purest White, they have...

Miguel Gomes has established himself as one of Portugal’s most innovative filmmakers through works that blend documentary and fiction while experimenting with narrative structure. From his debut feature The Face You Deserve (2004) to acclaimed films like Tabu (2012) and the ambitious three-part Arabian Nights (2015),...

(Check out Chris Reed’s The Wedding Banquet movie review, it hits theaters on Friday, April 18. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) At the top of the list of reasons to see The Wedding Banquet, director...