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

Premiering in the World Dramatic Competition at Sundance 2025, Luz is an ambitious exploration of reality, connection and redemption from director Flora Lau (Bends). Set across Chongqing, Hong Kong and Paris, the film follows Wei (Xiao Dong Guo), a reformed...

(The 2025 Sundance Film Festival ran January 23- February 2 in and around gorgeous Park City, UT. HtN has you covered for all the hottest titles like M.J. O’Toole’s Love, Brooklyn movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.)...

(The 2025 Sundance Film Festival ran January 23- February 2 in and around gorgeous Park City, UT. HtN has you covered for all the hottest titles like Chris Reed’s Cutting Through Rocks movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd...

In André Is An Idiot, which premiered in the U.S. Documentary Competition at Sundance 2025 (where it won the Audience Award: U.S. Documentary), first-time feature director Tony Benna crafts an unexpectedly profound portrait of his friend André Ricciardi, a maverick advertising...

(The 2025 Sundance Film Festival ran January 23- February 2 in and around gorgeous Park City, UT. HtN has you covered for all the hottest titles like Chris Reed’s The Perfect Neighbor movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd...

After his romantic drama Genesis, Quebecois filmmaker Philippe Lesage is back with a new lush, intimate drama Who By Fire. It follows two families on a secluded getaway in the forest as they content with romantic intricacies and simmering tensions....

(The 2025 Sundance Film Festival ran January 23- February 2 in and around gorgeous Park City, UT. HtN has you covered for all the hottest titles like Chris Reed’s Where the Wind Comes From movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN...

Doppelgangers would hardly be considered fresh in cinema nowadays if one would look back at both indies and classics such as Duncan Jones’ Moon, Spike Jonze’s Adaptation, and even Chaplin’s The Great Dictator. But writer-directors Pasqual Gutierrez and Ben Mullinkosson...

After a week of buzzy premieres and cinematic revelations, the Sundance Film Festival has unveiled the Jury and Audience award winners for its 2025 edition. Over the past week, the festival screened 94 feature-length and episodic works, and 57 short...