Hammer to Nail

Inspired by a true story, The Girl with the Needle draws from one of the most heinous murder cases in Danish history. Magnus von Horn (Sweat) directs Denmark’s Oscar entry from a script he co-wrote with Line Langebeck. The film follows a...

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 The Bibi Files. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd...

After winning the prestigious Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, before making stops at TIFF and NYFF, Pedro Almodóvar’s English feature debut The Room Next Door will finally hit U.S. theaters starting in December. Adapted from the novel “What...

(Check our Chris Reed’s A Real Pain movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Jesse Eisenberg follows up his 2022 directorial debut, When You Finish Saving the World, with another carefully realized character study filled with...

“I am afraid for the future of Ukraine only if Russia gets what it wants and shows the effectiveness of its system“–  Svitlana Lishchynska on A Bit of A Stranger Ukrainian filmmaker Svitlana Lishchynska has been “a bit of a...

(The 2024 Middleburg Film Festival ran October 17-20. Check our Chris Reed’s No Other Land movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) In the recent Edward Berger film Conclave, the character played by Ralph Fiennes delivers a speech in...

DOC NYC, the world’s largest documentary film festival, is making its return to NYC from November 13 through December 1 (in-person and online) for its 15th edition. It will screen more than 200 films, 110 of which are feature-length. Many...

Nearly thirty years after starring together in The English Patient, Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche are back together in a bold retelling of Homer’s “Odyssey.” Fiennes, already drawing awards buzz for his performance in Conclave, portrays the legendary hero Odysseus...

Nearly 45 years after working together on American Gigolo, director Paul Schrader and star Richard Gere are back for a more poignant drama about looking back at life while reaching the end of it. Oh, Canada stars Gere as Leonard...

Starring Jerry As Himself emerged from the “worst day” of producer Jonathan Hsu’s life, as he told director and longtime collaborator Lawrence Chen on the phone three years ago.  “I found out my dad’s been working as a spy for...