Hammer to Nail

BANEL & ADAMA Trailer: Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s West African Love Story Arrives in June
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If you’re in the mood for a lush love story this summer, you may be in luck with writer-director Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s Banel & Adama. Senegal’s official entry to the 2024 Oscars centers on a young couple’s (Khady Mane and Mamadou...
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FLIPSIDE Trailer: Documentarian Chris Wilcha Reflects on a Life of Shelved Projects, Records, and Creative Meaning
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Filmmaker Chris Wilcha looks back on a life of lost passion projects and memories in his newest documentary Flipside. The film is the product of Wilcha returning to the New Jersey record store where he worked as a teenage clerk...
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Zellner Brothers SASQUATCH BIRTH JOURNAL 2
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In celebration of HtN buddies Nathan and David Zellner’s much ballyhooed feature Sasquatch Sunset expanding to many more theaters this Friday, we wanted to do a throwback to their 2011 Sundance short film Sasquatch Birth Journal 2. The film is a...
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TRIBECA 2024 LINEUP: New Films By Morrisa Maltz, Michael Angarano, Nathan Silver, and More Among the Slate
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The Tribeca Festival has announced its starry 2024 lineup. It will be take place June 5 – 16. Opening the festival is the documentary Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge, which captures fashion designer von Furstenberg’s impact as a feminist...
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Cannes Unveils 2024 Lineups for Directors’ Fortnight, Critics’ Week, and ACID
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Following their main slate lineup announcement last week, the Cannes Film Festival has now announced the lineups for its 2024 Directors’ Fortnight, Critics Week, and ACID Lineups. Notable standouts include India Donaldson’s Sundance darling Good One (read our ND/NF review),...
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SOLO Trailer: Drag Performers Compete for the Spotlight in TIFF-Winning Toxic Romance
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Spring just might be the season for electrifying anti-love stories with Love Lies Bleeding and Challengers. Joining the frey might be writer-director Sophie Dupuis’ queer-drag romance Solo – a rare portrait of dealing with toxic relationships while finding oneself. Set...
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OMEN
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(New Directors/New Films runs from April 3 – 14 at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art and Film at Lincoln Center. Check out M.J. O’Toole’s review of Omen. It opens in select theaters Friday, April 12 from Utopia.) Belgian-Congolese...
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CANNES 2024 LINEUP: Schrader, Cronenberg, Audiard, and Arnold Among the Main Competition
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The Cannes Film Festival has unveiled the first slate of films for its 77th edition across many sections, from the Competition to Un Certain Regard. It will be held from May 14 through 25. Ahead of the announcement, a few...
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GASOLINE RAINBOW Trailer: The Ross Brothers Hit the Pacific Coast in Verité-Like Road Trip Saga
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Documentary filmmaking duo Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross know how to capture up close and personal the lives of youth in modern rural America. Following a fruitful festival run that took them from Venice to SXSW to the brand...
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MAXXXINE Trailer: Mia Goth and Ti West Conclude the ‘X’ Trilogy in Hollywood
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“You’re a f***ing movie star.” Mia Goth’s Maxine is back to fulfill her dreams of fame in the seedy underbelly of 1980s Hollywood. Writer-director Ti West’s MaXXXine is set to conclude his X slasher trilogy following 2022’s X and Pearl,...
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