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After nearly two decades of making cinematic, boundary-pushing period pieces, Paul Thomas Anderson is coming back to the present day with an explosive political satire. One Battle After Another, Anderson’s tenth feature, stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a former civil rights...

Carson Lund’s directorial debut Eephus arrives like a rare, carefully crafted pitch – deceptively simple yet loaded with unexpected depth and movement. Set during a final game between two New England recreational baseball teams whose beloved field faces imminent destruction, the film...

(Check out Matt Delman’s Misericordia movie review, it’s in theaters now! Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Misericordia is quite the title for a film, and learning that it’s a Latin word meaning ‘Mercy’ makes it even...

Half a decade after his last feature directorial venture Her Smell, former HtN contributor Alex Ross Perry is back with a new experimental undertaking. Pavements is a tribute to the iconic indie rock band Pavement, led by frontman Stephen Malkmus...

Belgian director Leni Huyghe just premiered her debut feature, Real Faces, at SXSW 2025 (where I reviewed it). The film follows its two protagonists, Julia (Leonie Buysse) and Eliot (Gorges Ocloo), as they separately and together navigate conflicts on their...

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lease for Miami Beach’s arthouse theater O Cinema for screening the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land has been withdrawn by its mayor Steven Meiner following a city council meeting on Wednesday, March 19.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