Hammer to Nail

The hottest film festival of the year is shaping up! The lineup for next month’s Sundance Film Festival has been unveiled, featuring 87 feature films and six episodic projects. It will take place January 23–February 2, 2025, in person in...

The hottest film festival of the year is shaping up! The lineup for next month’s Sundance Film Festival has been unveiled, featuring 87 feature films and six episodic projects. It will take place January 23–February 2, 2025, in person in...

After months of anticipation given its festival circuit and awards season domination, we are just weeks away from the U.S. release of Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist. Co-written with his partner Mona Fastvold, Corbet won the Silver Lion for Best Director...

(Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of September 5. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) On September 5, 1972, eight operatives from Black September, a militant group loosely affiliated with the Palestinian organization Fatah, infiltrated the...

Frequent Htn contributor Matthew Klickstein is quite a busy guy. His latest book is a compilation of interviews from modern-day schlock king and President of Troma Entertainment, Lloyd Kaufman. Matthew reached out to see if we’d help spread the word...

(The 2024 Middleburg Film Festival ran October 17-20. Check our Chris Reed’s Nightbitch movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Nightbitch, the new film from Marielle Heller (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood), tells the story of a...

(DOC NYC, the USA’s largest documentary film festival, runs November 13 through December 1 (in-person and online) for its 15th edition. Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of My Sweet Land. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.)...

(DOC NYC, the world’s largest documentary film festival, runs November 13 through December 1 (in-person and online) for its 15th edition. Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of Yalla Parkour. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.)...

Sujo, the latest visceral drama from directing duo Vernanda Faladez & Astrid Rondero (Identifying Features), spans decades in the life of a boy growing into a man in the shadow of the cartel. It premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film...

(Check out Kim Voynar’s Black Dog movie review, in theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) “Black Dog,”  the latest film by director Guan Hu (The Eight Hundred, The Sacrifice), opens moodily with a languid shot panning...