Hammer to Nail

RIDDLE OF FIRE Trailer: Mischievous Kids Battle Wicked Grownups in 16mm Neo-Fairytale
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“I’m gonna get you kids!” The classic story of adventurous children getting up to no good gets a 16mm revamp in writer-director Weston Razooli’s Riddle of Fire. Razooli’s directorial debut premiered at last year’s Cannes Film Festival and closed TIFF’s...
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CHRONICLES OF A WANDERING SAINT Sneak Peek: See An Exclusive Clip For Independent Spirit Award-Nominated Comedy
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One of the best indie gems to look out for this year is Argentinian writer-director Tomás Gómez Bustillo’s Chronicles of a Wandering Saint. This supernatural comedy premiered at SXSW 2023 where it won the Adam Yauch Hörnblowér Award, and has...
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LA CHIMERA Trailer: Josh O’Connor Searches For Love & Treasure in Alice Rohrwacher’s Mystical Drama
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Josh O’Connor is on a surreal quest in Alice Rohrwacher’s La Chimera. The otherworldly drama had its world premiere at last year’s Cannes, as well as screened at TIFF and NYFF. In her fourth feature after 2018’s Happy As Lazzaro,...
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FRIDA
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(The 2024 Sundance Film Festival ran January 18-28. Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of Frida. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) experienced great physical suffering during her time on Earth, the result...
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EVERY LITTLE THING
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(The 2024 Sundance Film Festival ran January 18-28. Check out Melanie Addington’s movie review of Every Little Thing. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) A quiet film that at first glance appears only to be about hummingbirds but...
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LONGLEGS Teaser Trailer: Maika Monroe Hunts Nic Cage in Oz Perkins’ Serial Killer Horror Movie
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“You’ve got the teeth of the hydra upon you.” Leave it to Oz Perkins and NEON to bring us another nightmare worth anticipating with the former’s newest horror film, Longlegs. It stars It Follows scream queen Maika Monroe as an...
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SEEKING MAVIS BEACON
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(The 2024 Sundance Film Festival ran January 18-28. Check out  Bears Rebecca Fonté’s movie review of Seeking Mavis Beacon. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) As a member of Generation X, I’m used to a lot of firsts....
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A Conversation with Simon Rex, Talia Ryder, Earl Cave, Nick Pinkerton & Sean Price Williams (THE SWEET EAST)
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The Sweet East was written by Nick Pinkerton and directed by Sean Price Williams. The film stars Talia Ryder, Simon Rex, Jacob Elordi, Ayo Edebiri, Jeremy O. Harris, Earl Cave and Rish Shah. The film follows Lillian (Talia Ryder) as...
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KNEECAP
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(The 2024 Sundance Film Festival runs January 18-28. Check out M.J. O’Toole’s movie review of Kneecap. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) “Every word of Irish spoken is a bullet fired for Irish freedom,” Michael Fassbender’s IRA fugitive repeatedly tells...
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WE GROWN NOW Trailer: Two Boys Navigate Changing Times in Minhal Baig’s Independent Spirit Award Nominee
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Writer-director Minhal Baig returns with a new coming-of-age tale set in her native Chicago. We Grown Now centers on the city’s Cabrini-Green housing district in 1992. It follows two young boys who are best friends and neighbors, played by first-time...
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