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(The New/Next Film Festival took place October 2-5 in Baltimore, MD which just happens to be home base for our Lead Critic, Chris Reed. Check out his WTO/99movie review! Seen it? Join the conversation...

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Hammer to Nail @hammertonail.bsky.social · 2d

Filmmaker Ian Bell takes viewers on a trip back to 1999, the quaint time when protests against the World Trade Organization were dominating the news cycle, in his doc WTO/99. Chris Reed has his review fresh from the NEW/NEXT Film Fest
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WTO/99

(The New/Next Film Festival took place October 2-5 in Baltimore, MD which just happens to be home base for our Lead Critic, Chris Reed. Check out his André Is an Idiot movie review! Seen it? Join the ...

Hammer to Nail @hammertonail.bsky.social · 4d

The New/Next Film Festival took place October 2-5 in Baltimore, MD which just happens to be home base for our Lead Critic, Chris Reed. Check out his ANDRÉ IS AN IDIOT movie review from the fest!
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ANDRÉ IS AN IDIOT

STRANGE JOURNEY: THE STORY OF ROCKY HORROR

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Baxter @thebaxter.bsky.social · 9d

New review! If you have ever had any interest in Rocky Horror, you’re gonna love this doc!

Hammer to Nail @hammertonail.bsky.social · 9d

Jessica Baxter pounds on the castle door in her review of STRANGE JOURNEY: THE STORY OF ROCKY HORROR, the documentary on the little indie that changed people's lives. In theaters now!
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(Check out Jessica Baxter’s Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror movie review, it’s in select theaters now! Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) If you’re reading thi...

(Check out Chris Reed’s The Ice Tower movie review, it’s in theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) The Ice Tower is French director Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s four...

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Hammer to Nail @hammertonail.bsky.social · 7d

French director Lucile Hadzihalilovic continues to dig into her fascination with the perils of youth in THE ICE TOWER, starring Marion Cotillard. Chris Reed has this review, the film is in theaters today...
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THE ICE TOWER

(The 63rd New York Film Festival (NYFF) runs September 26-October 13 via Film at Lincoln Center. Check outMatt Delman’s Sirât movie review, fresh from the fest! Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN...

Hammer to Nail @hammertonail.bsky.social · 8d

Matt Delman says "If ‘audible gasp’ were a movie, it would be director Oliver Laxe’s SIRÂT." Voted top feature of Cannes by the Ioncinema critics poll, the film is playing #NYFF63
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SIRÂT

STRANGE JOURNEY: THE STORY OF ROCKY HORROR

Hammer to Nail @hammertonail.bsky.social · 9d

Jessica Baxter pounds on the castle door in her review of STRANGE JOURNEY: THE STORY OF ROCKY HORROR, the documentary on the little indie that changed people's lives. In theaters now!
www.hammertonail.com/reviews/stra...
@thebaxter.bsky.social

(Check out Jessica Baxter’s Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror movie review, it’s in select theaters now! Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) If you’re reading thi...

A Conversation with Dag Johan Haugerud (Oslo Stories Trilogy)

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Hammer to Nail @hammertonail.bsky.social · 10d

Acclaimed Norwegian filmmaker Dag Johan Haugerud's standalone yet interconnected OSLO STORIES TRILOGY won numerous awards on last years film festival circuit. jack Schenker spoke with the filmmaker about this huge undertaking...
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Norwegian filmmaker Dag Johan Haugerud is one of his country’s most influential directors and writers, having won numerous Amanda Awards and international recognition for films like I Belong and Bewar...

(The 63rd New York Film Festival (NYFF) runs September 26-October 13 via Film at Lincoln Center. Check out M.J. O’Toole’s Late Fame movie review, fresh from the fest! Seen it? Join the conversation wi...

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Hammer to Nail @hammertonail.bsky.social · 11d

The great film journo Kent Jones is back with his second feature, LATE FAME starring Willem Dafoe. M.J. O'Toole has this review fresh from #NYFF63
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LATE FAME

(Check out Chris Reeds’s One Battle After Another movie review, it’s in theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) American auteur Paul Thomas Anderson, who explode...

Hammer to Nail @hammertonail.bsky.social · 14d

Paul Thomas Anderson's latest ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is out TODAY! Lead critic Chris Reed says...
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ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

THE CURBSIDE CRITERION: FIRES ON THE PLAIN

Hammer to Nail @hammertonail.bsky.social · 16d

Kon Ichikawa's 1959 WWII drama FIRES ON THE PLAIN was overlooked at the time but as Brad Cook finds out, it's a good thing #Criterion has propped it up on 4K Blu...
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(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 B...

A Conversation with Park Jeong-min & Yeon Sang-ho (THE UGLY)

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Hammer to Nail @hammertonail.bsky.social · 18d

At #TIFF50, lead critic Chris Reed spoke to filmmaker Yeon Sang-ho (TRAIN TO BUSAN) and his lead actor Park Jeong-min who plays a dual role in THE UGLY...
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South Korean director Yeon Sang-ho (Train to Busan) just premiered his latest movie, The Ugly (based on his graphic novel), at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival, where I reviewed it. Set in...

(Check out Chris Reeds’s My Sunshine movie review, it’s in theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) A selection of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Rega...

Hammer to Nail @hammertonail.bsky.social · 21d

Chris Reed says Hiroshi Okuyama's lovely, coming of age, Cannes '24 selection MY SUNSHINE "often feels like a beautiful still life." It's in theaters now via Film Movement.
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MY SUNSHINE

A Conversation with Billy Corben (CANCELED: THE PAULA DEEN STORY)

Hammer to Nail @hammertonail.bsky.social · 22d

#TIFF50 may have wrapped but we're still rolling out the chatter! Chris Reed spoke with prolific documentarian Billy Corben about his latest doc CANCELED: THE PAULA DEEN STORY...
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Prolific documentarian Billy Corben just premiered his latest film, Canceled: The Paula Deen Story, at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival. It tells the story of the disgraced former TV chef ...

All Because Robert Redford Started a Film Festival

Hammer to Nail @hammertonail.bsky.social · 23d

HtN Editor Don R. Lewis pays tribute to Robert Redford and the positive effect he had on countless lives...
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Robert Redford changed my life. It was all the way back in 1997 and my friend’s sister heard I was really getting into independent film and was particularly interested in the Sundance Film Festival. Hell, who wasn’t back in 1997? […]

A Conversation with Siyou Tan (AMOEBA)

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Hammer to Nail @hammertonail.bsky.social · 23d

Lead critic Chris Reed spoke to filmmaker Siyou Tan about her #TIFF50 premiering film AMOEBA with topics ranging from casting to ghosts and everything in between...
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Filmmaker Siyou Tan marks her feature debut with Amoeba, a coming-of-age tale set in her native Singapore. Four teenage girls find friendship through rebellion against their country’s authoritarian sy...

(Check out Matt Delman’s All The Walls Came Down movie review. The 38 minute documentary premiered at the Telluride Film Festival and is now selling out shows in Los Angeles, with a wider release to f...

Hammer to Nail @hammertonail.bsky.social · 24d

After a heart wrenching premiere at the '25 Telluride Film Fest, Ondi Timoner's deeply personal doc ALL THE WALLS CAME DOWN is now selling out shows in Los Angeles, with a wider release to follow. Matt Delman has this review...
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ALL THE WALLS CAME DOWN

The Best and Worst of TIFF 2025

Hammer to Nail @hammertonail.bsky.social · 24d

@rendy.bsky.social Rendy Jones was at #TIFF50 and saw some hits, some misses and everything in-between!
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What is up Hammer to Nail readers. It’s me, Rendy Jones, back for another TIFF critic’s notebook. Unlike my previous years, this being my sixth, this one was rather packed and busier than ever. Partly...

A Conversation with Lucía Aleñar Iglesias (FORASTERA)

Hammer to Nail @hammertonail.bsky.social · 25d

After having its world premiere at #Cannes, Lucía Aleñar Iglesias’ debut feature film FORASTERA is making its way into the world. Kaitlyn Hardy spoke with Iglesias about the film including its growth from short to feature...
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Despite having its world premiere on the heels of summer, Forastera – Lucía Aleñar Iglesias’ debut feature film – takes place over a long, winding summer full of beach days, sunbathing, and a sudden t...

(Check out Jessica Baxter’s Boys Go to Jupiter movie review, it’s in theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Writer/director Julian Glander, best known for his 3...

Hammer to Nail @hammertonail.bsky.social · 28d

Writer/director Julian Glander, best known for his 3D animated video game, ART SQUOOL, and Adult Swim contributions, gets personal with his feature debut BOYS GO TO JUPITER. The film is in theaters now, Jessica Baxter has this review....
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BOYS GO TO JUPITER

(Check out Chris Reed’s’s The Baltimorons movie review, it opened Sepotember 5 and is in the midst of a nation wide roll-out. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) After ove...

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Hammer to Nail @hammertonail.bsky.social · 28d

After a decade removed from directing, Jay Duplass is back with the scruffy dramedy THE BALTIMORONS, co-written and starring Michael Strassner. Fellow Baltimore resident Chris Reed taks the trip in this review....
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THE BALTIMORONS

(The Toronto International Film Festival (or TIFF) marks its 50th anniversary this year. TIFF 50 runs September 4-14, with the fest’s usual vast array of movies playing in venues around the downtown e...

Hammer to Nail @hammertonail.bsky.social · 29d

Documentarian Tamara Kotevska is back with THE TALE OF SILYAN which focuses on changes across the globe for people and the environment. Chris Reed calls it "a gorgeous movie, and also a profoundly sad one." From #TIFF50
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THE TALE OF SILYAN

(The Toronto International Film Festival (or TIFF) marks its 50th anniversary this year. TIFF 50 runs September 4-14, with the fest’s usual vast array of movies playing in venues around the downtown e...

Hammer to Nail @hammertonail.bsky.social · Sep 10

South Korean filmmaker Yeon Sang-ho turns his attention to a different kind of horror, if not of rotting flesh than of the rot within societal conventions. with #TIFF50 premiering THE UGLY. Chris Reed has this review....
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THE UGLY

(The Toronto International Film Festival (or TIFF) marks its 50th anniversary this year. TIFF 50 runs September 4-14, with the fest’s usual vast array of movies playing in venues around the downtown e...

Hammer to Nail @hammertonail.bsky.social · Sep 10

From #TIFF50, Siyou Tan makes a powerful debut feature in AMOEBA which focuses on a group of teenage girls in Singapore struggling to develop identities of their own within a deeply conservative system.
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AMOEBA

A Conversation with Nanouk Leopold & Natasha O’Keefe (WHITETAIL)

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Chris Reed @chrisreedfilm.bsky.social · Sep 9

My first #TIFF50 interview is now up at @hammertonail.bsky.social. It's with WHITETAIL director Nanouk Leopold and star Natasha O'Keefe. Enjoy! @tiffnet.bsky.social #filmsky

Hammer to Nail @hammertonail.bsky.social · Sep 9

Realism and naturalism combine to make #TIFF50 premiering WHITETAIL an immersive watch. Chis Reed spoke with the films writer/director Nanouk Leopold and her star, Natasha O’Keefe, about the film
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Director Nanouk Leopold’s latest film, Whitetail, just premiered at TIFF 2025, where I reviewed it. The movie tells the story of Jen (Natasha O’Keefe), an Irish woman living and working in County Kerr...