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Dear Hammer to Nail readers- Happy New Year and thanks for your unwavering support. Things have been going very well here at HtN with nary a dry spell for new indie films. Sundance is just around the corner and that...

Dear Hammer to Nail readers- Happy New Year and thanks for your unwavering support. Things have been going very well here at HtN with nary a dry spell for new indie films. Sundance is just around the corner and that...

As Sundance 2025 is approaching, one of the most ambitious films of last year’s festival is finally making its way to U.S. theaters. Sam and Andy Zuchero’s feature debut Love Me stars Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun as two AI...

While Josh Fox might be best known for his documentaries – from 2010’s Oscar-nominated surprise hit Gasland right through to 2017’s Awake, A Dream From Standing Rock (made in collaboration with Doug Good Feather and Myron Dewey, who also served as EP on this...

(Here at Hammer to Nail, we are all about true independent cinema. But we also have to tip our hat to the great films that continue to inspire filmmakers and cinephiles alike. This week, Brad Cook wanders around with the...

As of the publication of these lists, the domestic box office for 2024 sees films like Inside Out 2, Deadpool & Wolverine, Despicable Me 4, Wicked, Moana 2, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Dune: Part Two, Twisters, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire,...

(Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of Nosferatu, in theaters Christmas Day. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) For his fourth feature, Nosferatu, director Robert Eggers (The Northman) turns his cinematic attention once again to the supernatural, this...

In a year filled with ambitious cinema, RaMell Ross’s adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Nickel Boys stands as a singular achievement in American filmmaking. Through an audacious technical approach that employs point-of-view cinematography throughout, Ross and his...

(Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of The Count of Monte Cristo, in theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patellière—writers of the The Three Musketeers – Part I: D’Artagnan...

One of the most mind-blowing, visually distinctive films to come out of the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year is Eat The Night from directing duo Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel (Jessica Forever). The French queer thriller, which premiered at...