Hammer to Nail

Five years after their charming comedy Saint Frances, Chicago-based filmmaking duo Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson reunite for a soulful tragicomedy with just as much heart. Ghostlight, which the pair co-directed, had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival...

(Check out  Chris Reed’s movie review of Finding the Money. The film is in theaters and on VOD now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) What makes the world tick? Is it something divine, such as...

In 1991, filmmaker Nancy Savoca directed her second feature (after True Love),  Dogfight, starring River Phoenix and Lili Taylor. Working off an original script by Bob Comfort, Savoca told a moving story of how friendship and love can develop in...

One year after its Cannes premiere, the Oscar-nominee for Best Animated Feature Robot Dreams is finally making its way to U.S. theaters. The film had an awards-qualifying run way back in December (solidifying it as a 2023 film), and will...

(DOC NYC, America’s largest documentary film festival, runs November 8-16 in New York City. HtN has boots on the ground and will be bringing you tons of coverage like Chris Reed’s movie review of Uncropped. Seen it? Join the conversation with...

David and Nathan Zellner have been making films together since they were children. David and Nathan have been apart of the indie film world for quite some time, however, it was 2014’s Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter that really put them...

David and Nathan Zellner have been making films together since they were children. David and Nathan have been apart of the indie film world for quite some time, however, it was 2014’s Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter that really put them...

(Check out Chris Reed’s The Three Musketeers – Part 2: Milady movie review. It’s in theaters now via Samuel Goldwyn Films.Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) If you enjoyed French director Martin Bourboulon’s The Three Musketeers –...

If you’re in the mood for a lush love story this summer, you may be in luck with writer-director Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s Banel & Adama. Senegal’s official entry to the 2024 Oscars centers on a young couple’s (Khady Mane and Mamadou...

Filmmaker Chris Wilcha looks back on a life of lost passion projects and memories in his newest documentary Flipside. The film is the product of Wilcha returning to the New Jersey record store where he worked as a teenage clerk...