Hammer to Nail

(Check out MJ. O’Toole’s movie review of Who By Fire, now playing at NY’s Film at Lincoln Center LA’s Laemmle Theaters. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) French-Canadian director Philippe Lesage knows how uneasy it is to...

(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...

I had the opportunity to speak with key members of the creative team behind Bubble & Squeak, premiering at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Dramatic Competition. This unique film follows newlyweds Declan and Delores (played by Himesh...

The controversial threat to terminate the lease for Miami Beach’s arthouse theater O Cinema for screening the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land has been withdrawn by its mayor Steven Meiner following a city council meeting on Wednesday, March 19. Per...

(The 2025 SXSW Film & TV conference, ran March 7-15, and HtN has you covered with great coverage like Chris Reed’s Real Faces movie review. Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) As Real Faces, Belgian director Leni Huyghe’s debut...

Just a few years after bringing romance and tears to moviegoers with her phenomenal directorial debut Past Lives, Celine Song is back with a whole new love triangle. Materialists, the writer-director’s newest venture with A24, brings together the alluring trio...

Philippe Lesage’s Who By Fire continues the French-Canadian filmmaker’s nuanced exploration of coming-of-age themes, but with a darker, more psychologically complex edge. Following his acclaimed films The Demons (2015) and Genesis (2018), Lesage’s latest work examines the perilous dynamic between...

My name is Rendy Jones (they/he) and I am / we are an independent film critic from Brooklyn, New York. My experience at this year’s SXSW was vastly different from my other years in attendance. This year I got that...

After his return a few years ago with Crimes of the Future, body horror maestro David Cronenberg has quickly followed it up with what may be his most personal film yet. The Shrouds is another darkly funny futuristic thriller starring...

(The Museum of Moving Image’s First Look Festival runs March 12-16. Chrck out Jonathan Marlow’s movie review of The Fifth Shot of La Jetée. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) “We’re entertaining ghosts now.” One year to...