Hammer to Nail

Rising filmmaker Roxy Sophie Sorkin brings her unique comedic sensibility to the screen with Swollen, a sharp-witted short film which premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. In this 13-minute horror-comedy, two best friends recovering from facial plastic surgery find...

As we get older and our memories shift, how can we live in the present? First-time writer-director Sarah Friedland addresses this question in her gentle and moving feature debut, Familiar Touch. The drama stars Kathleen Chalfant as Ruth, a retired...

After breaking moviegoers’ hearts with his Oscar-winning melodrama The Whale, Darren Aronofsky returns to his New York roots for his ninth feature. Caught Stealing stars Austin Butler as a bartender and former baseball player living in the East Village during...

(Check out Savina Petkova’s Alpha movie review. The film just had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) “Too much love sometimes makes people crazy,” says the despondent heroin addict Amin...

Four years after nabbing the Palme d’Or for her twisty, jaw-dropping body horror Titane, Julia Ducournau is gearing up to make another splash at this year’s Cannes Film Festival with her highly anticipated third feature, Alpha. The film, which reunited...

(We here at Hammer to Nail 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, “The Curbside Criterion” continues...

(Check out Savina Petkova’s Peak Everything movie review. The film just had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) As we are nearing the point of no return and...

(Check out Chris Reed’s Sister Midnight movie review. The film hits NYC theaters Friday, May 16 and expands in the upcoming weeks. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) The trailer for writer-director Karan Kandhari’s feature debut,...

Twenty-five years after the season two finale of the seminal prestige drama Twin Peaks aired, David Lynch heralded a third season with the following tweet: “That gum you like is going to come back in style.” This was exciting news...

Invader may not be for you. Director Mickey Keating has made a film that shows you what it is immediately and if you need to walk out after five minutes he’s okay with that. He has given you permission. But...