Hammer to Nail

The first round of the lineup for the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival is finally here! The festival is scheduled to run in Austin, Texas from March 7 through 14. It will have 96 features in total, including 82...

Following its TIFF premiere in 2023, writer-director Atom Egoyan’s new film Seven Veils will finally be released in U.S. theaters. Reuniting with his Chloe star Amanda Seyfried, the psychological drama follows a theater director whose newest undertaking of the opera...

There’s no better movie to arrive in early spring like Carson Lund’s Eephus. The Cannes and NYFF hit is a phenomenal baseball movie for anyone with a deep love of the classic American sport/pastime. Set in a baseball field in...

Italian filmmaker Maura Delpero, who captivated audiences with her sensitive exploration of motherhood in Maternal, returns with Vermiglio, a wartime romance that earned her the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival and a Golden Globe nomination. Working with legendary cinematographer Mikhail Krichman,...

In a career spanning over five decades, Mike Leigh has established himself as one of Britain’s most distinctive filmmakers, crafting intimate portraits of working-class life through his unique improvisational process. From the raw intensity of Naked to the period grandeur...

When news broke in August that iconic artist David Lynch was basically homebound with emphysema, you didn’t have to be a doctor to figure out the end was near. And sure enough, as 2025 continues to frontload it’s sheer shittiness...

(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 takes a chance with...

Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof has spent two decades making films that examine how people navigate life under authoritarian rule. His work, including the Golden Bear-winning There Is No Evil (2020), focuses on everyday citizens forced to make impossible choices, earning him both...

Brazilian director Walter Salles has made a number of powerful, expertly crafted films over his career, including the 1998 Central Station and 2004 The Motorcycle Diaries. He’s back now, after a decade away from features, with I’m Still Here, set...

(Check out Hannah Tran’s Santosh movie review, in theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) “There are two types of untouchables in this world,” begins the imperative line of director Sandhya Suri’s Santosh, “one who nobody wants...