Miguel Gomes has established himself as one of Portugal’s most innovative filmmakers through works that blend documentary and fiction while experimenting with narrative structure. From his debut feature The Face You Deserve (2004) to acclaimed films like Tabu (2012) and the ambitious three-part Arabian Nights (2015), […]

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Who knew knocking down taboos could be so much fun? With Maya: The Birth of a Superhero, a VR piece that exhibited in the Immersive Competition, first edition at Cannes, and is currently available on Meta Quest, the UK-based Indian neurodiverse […]

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The film Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (which I reviewed out of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival) follows the fumbling misadventures of Nancy, a middle-aged widow who has never had an orgasm, as she works with a younger, male […]

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In the past, I have reviewed the Oscar-nominated shorts either in one big compilation piece or separately, by category. I missed last year, but now am back with a quick glance at the 15 nominated films. We’ll know by the […]

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“A measurement is not unlike a metaphor. Both describe one thing by means of another… …but anything can happen in the gap between a thing and its description. Between the map and the territory lies an infinite expanse.” Constant, due […]

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(Friday, August 27, Metrograph began presenting Personal Problems: Split-Screen Version, a new restoration deconstructing Bill Gunn’s groundbreaking 1980 film. You can watch it here now. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via […]

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(After a hugely successful festival run, James Kicklighter’s documentary The Sound of Identity, is available now on demand via Shout! Studios. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us […]

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(Olivier Assayas’ Demonlover is currently available to stream in the Film at Lincoln Center’s Virtual Cinema for a limited time. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) […]

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One of the more unusual topics to be spot-lit at last year’s International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam was the body-positive movement – specifically the “revolution in Scandinavia” that sparked it. Danish doc-makers Louise Unmack Kjeldsen and Louise Detlefsen’s Fat Front […]

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The controversial new Michael Moore-produced documentary, Planet of the Humans, has been taken down from YouTube. I was one of the 8 million viewers who was able to watch it online in the short 30-day window before it was censored […]

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