“A COMMON SEQUENCE is a work that asks its audience to remain an engaged participant in its construction, making connections to these threads which appear unrelated at first glance,” Jonathan Marlow lovely review. Join us Saturday at 3pm for this NY premiere Museum of the Moving Image

Robert Beavers' THE SPARROW DREAM is screening this weekend as part of the First Look Festival at Museum of the Moving Image. Jonathan Marlow (Jonathan Marlow) delivers a review that speaks to the splendidness of the film... hammertonail.com/reviews/the-sp…

After touring the world with specialized headphones for screenings, Sam Green's fascinating sensory experience doc 32 SOUNDS settles in to theaters. Jonathan Marlow (Jonathan Marlow) had a great chat with Green.... hammertonail.com/interviews/sam…

TOKYO MELODY, Elizabeth Lennard's fascinating doc about Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, plays this weekend at Japan Society's (Japan Society) film fest #JAPANCUTS. Jonathan Marlow (Jonathan Marlow) caught up with Lennard ahead of the screening... hammertonail.com/interviews/eli…

Hammer to Nail 🎥 Jonathan Marlow Japan Society Thank you, Jonathan for this intimidatingly smart conversation! Tokyo Melody is now sold out but is sure to be back for more Stateside screenings. #JAPANCUTS

Long before MTV there were "Soundies" and Kino Lorber (Kino Lorber) has lovingly restored the, often problematic early music video progenitor in stunning Blu-ray. Jonathan Marlow (Jonathan Marlow) digs in & speaks with Susan Delson who spearheaded the project hammertonail.com/blu-ray/soundi…

Available now on Blu-ray from Icarus Films (Icarus Films) Jonathan Marlow (Jonathan Marlow) digs into EARLY SHORT FILMS OF THE FRENCH NEW WAVE which features deeeeeep cuts from renown French filmmakers hammertonail.com/blu-ray/early-…

In the latest Curbside Criterion, Jonathan Marlow (Jonathan Marlow) travels into the dusty Australian outback with the gorgeous Criterion Collection 4k Blu-Ray release of Nicolas Roeg's WALKABOUT hammertonail.com/blu-ray/curbsi…

Metrograph NYC's (Metrograph ) "Zeitgeist Films at 35" series concludes this week and Jonathan Marlow (Jonathan Marlow) revisits Guy Maddin's rarely screened ARCHANGEL. He also revisits an '04 conversation with Maddin... hammertonail.com/reviews/archan…

Here's the second half of the HtN Staff's Best Movies of 2023 featuring M.J. O'Toole (M.J. O'Toole), Melanie Addington (@MelAddington), Jack Schenker (Jack Schenker), Jonathan Marlow (Jonathan Marlow) & Don R. Lewis (Don R. Lewis 🥌) hammertonail.com/best-of/htn-20…

Jonathan Marlow (Jonathan Marlow) digs into the Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray set of the suddenly highly popular 70s series COLUMBO, a show that allowed character actors a payday and young directors an opportunity. Oh, and, one more thing... hammertonail.com/blu-ray/columb…

Filmmaker Kimi Takesue's intriguing doc ONLOOKERS starts Friday at the NYC Metrograph (@metrograph). Jonathan Marlow (Jonathan Marlow) had a deep and diverse chat with Takesue about her film that pushes the doc envelope... hammertonail.com/interviews/kim…

Jonathan Marlow (Jonathan Marlow) calls SOLARIS MON AMOUR "a wonderous three-quarters-of-an-hour journey to the planet-wide consciousness of Solaris and back again." It's premiering tomorrow at the Museum of the Moving Image First Look Festival... hammertonail.com/reviews/solari…

It's time for the SF DocFest (SF Indie Fest) and Jonathan Marlow (Jonathan Marlow) has a rundown of what to see this weekend at the Roxie in San Francisco! #SFDocFest hammertonail.com/film-festivals…

Today Jonathan Marlow (Jonathan Marlow) takes a journey with the flawed but intriguing the Criterion Collection 4k Blu-Ray release of the Rainer Werner Fassbinder queer cinema touchstone, QUERELLE hammertonail.com/reviews/criter…

In the latest Curbside Criterion, Jonathan Marlow (Jonathan Marlow) takes a journey to hell and back via the  Criterion Collection 4k Blu-Ray release of ALL THAT MONEY CAN BUY... hammertonail.com/reviews/all-th…

From REPO MAN to his new "last" film DEAD SOULS, Jonathan Marlow (Jonathan Marlow) covers it all in his chat with the great Alex Cox! hammertonail.com/interviews/ale…

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