Matt Delman

Oct 17, 2024 | hammertonail.com | Matt Delman

Over the last couple weeks whenever I mentioned I was attending NYFF to a normie, they told me, “oh yeah, I saw the long lines.” What those normies didn’t realize is that the lines they saw were actually to enter the mobile Criterion Closet, which is basically a winnebago full of blu-ray DVDs. Criterion is having a moment with a diverse array of physical media-seeking Zillenials, but the festival itself also had long lines and sellouts.

Oct 10, 2024 | hammertonail.com | Matt Delman

(The 2024 New York Film Festival (NYFF) runs September 27-October 14. Check out Matt Delman’s All We Imagine As Light movie review from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.)A tender, lyrical drama about roommates Anu (Divya Prabha) and Prabha (Kani Kusruti) who might as well be sisters, All We Imagine As Light will move you.

Sep 16, 2024 | hammertonail.com | Matt Delman

(The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival runs September 5-15 and HtN has you covered once again. Check out Matt Delman’s Ernest Cole: Lost & Found movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.)Raoul Peck’s ode to James Baldwin, I Am Not Your Negro (2016), is one of the most powerful documentaries in recent memory. Peck returns to form with his new film Ernest Cole: Lost & Found about the influential South African photographer.

Sep 8, 2024 | hammertonail.com | Matt Delman

(The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival runs September 5-15 and HtN has you covered once again. Check out Matt Delman’s The Brutalist movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.)The third feature from director Brady Corbet, The Brutalist, stands as a monument to grand epic cinema, and to the immigrant experience–much like the Statue of Liberty, which graces its opening scene.

Sep 4, 2024 | hammertonail.com | Matt Delman

In Lana Wison’s controversial new documentary, Look Into My Eyes, she trains her lens on real-world psychic sessions. Readers may be surprised to hear that I am interested in the occult and that I collect rare tarot card decks. I do not think these people in this film are actually communicating with the dead, but they clearly all have a strong intuition. Calling them ‘frauds’ would be a harsh word, though you may find yourself rolling your eyes at times.