Hammer to Nail

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...

Ryan J. Sloan’s directorial debut Gazer is a gritty fever dream filmed in 16mm. The psychological neo-noir, which premiered at Cannes Directors Fortnight, stars Ariella Mastroianni – who co-wrote and produced the film with Sloan – as a single mother...

While Sundance is contemplating their potential new destination, Slamdance is headed west to Los Angeles! The legendary independent film festival will officially relocate from Park City to the City of Stars for its 31st edition, which will run from February...

Who knew knocking down taboos could be so much fun? With Maya: The Birth of a Superhero, a VR piece that exhibited in the Immersive Competition, first edition at Cannes, and is currently available on Meta Quest, the UK-based Indian neurodiverse...

(Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of Separated, available now on VOD. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) As we approach the start of Donald J. Trump’s second go at the presidency, it behooves us to...

Noted documentarian Joshua Oppenheimer (The Act of Killing) makes his fiction-feature debut with The End, a post-apocalyptic musical starring Bronagh Gallagher, Moses Ingram, Lennie James, George McKay, Michael Shannon, and Tilda Swinton. Set a quarter-century after a major climate catastrophe...

The new animated film Flow, from Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis (Away), follows the adventures and misadventures of a group of animals trying to survive during an epic global flood. Set against a backdrop of deserted ancient cities, the movie features...

Screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes, whose plays The Sensuality Party and Growth made their mark in the theater world, has emerged as one of Hollywood’s most exciting new voices. After establishing himself as a playwright, Kuritzkes made a stunning entry into film...