Hammer to Nail

THE SHROUDS
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(The 2024 New York Film Festival (NYFF) runs September 27-October 14. Check out M.J. O’Toole’s The Shrouds movie review from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) No other mind exists in cinema like David Cronenberg’s....
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NOCTURNES
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(Check out Kaitlyn Hardy’s Nocturnes movie review! The film opens  in Los Angeles on October 25th at the Laemmle Royal. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) I never thought one of the most beautiful films I’d ever watched...
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ERNEST COLE: LOST AND FOUND Trailer: LaKeith Stanfield Narrates Raoul Peck’s Chronicle of the Photojournalist
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Oscar-nominated director Raoul Peck (I Am Not Your Negro) returns to form in his newest documentary that pays tribute to a pioneering photographer. Ernest Cole: Lost and Found chronicles the life of the South African photographer who captured searing images...
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THE BRUTALIST Trailer: Adrien Brody Tries to Build His American Dream in Brady Corbet’s Epic
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After flexing his directing chops with his daring features The Childhood of a Leader and Vox Lux, Brady Corbet returns with an ambitious new epic. The Brutalist wowed audiences and critics when it premiered at the Venice Film Festival, where...
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IL GRIDO Restoration Trailer: Michelangelo Antonioni’s Underseen Masterpiece Gets the 4K Treatment
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Before breaking the mold of cinema with his sensations L’avventura and Blow-Out, Michelangelo Antonioni examined a rootless life in his 1957 neorealist drama, Il Grido. Restored by The Film Foundation, Cineteca di Bologna, and Compass Film, it follows mechanic Aldo...
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GAUCH GAUCHO Trailer: Michael Dweck & Gregory Kershaw Capture Argentinian Cowboys in New Documentary
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With their keen attention to detail and cinematic vision, filmmaking duo Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw (The Truffle Hunters) capture the culture of the Argentinian cowboys for their newest undertaking. Gaucho Gaucho, shot in crisp black and white, follows the...
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CONCLAVE
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(The 2024 Middleburg Film Festival runs October 17-20. Check our Chris Reed’s Conclave movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Every time a Pope dies, Catholics around the world no doubt find themselves both mourning the loss...
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That’s a Wrap on the New York Film Fest (NYFF) ’24!
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Over the last couple weeks whenever I mentioned I was attending NYFF to a normie, they told me, “oh yeah, I saw the long lines.” What those normies didn’t realize is that the lines they saw were actually to enter...
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DOC NYC Announces Their Influential 2024 Short List Lineup
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DOC NYC, the world’s largest documentary film festival, has announced the lineup for its influential, distinguished Short List section for its 15th edition. This section features 15 titles that are the top documentary contenders, and is known to overlap with...
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A Conversation with Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson & Galen Johnson (RUMOURS)
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Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson, a trio of Canadian filmmakers known for their distinctive and experimental approach to cinema, have once again pushed the boundaries of storytelling with their latest project, Rumours. Maddin, a veteran director whose career...
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