Latest Reviews
In Theatres
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DELICIOUS
(Check out this movie review of Delicious, it hits theaters and VOD Friday, January 14. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not pay just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) The French costume drama has
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PLAYGROUND (UN MONDE)
(Belgian director Laura Wendel's Playground (Un Monde) opens February 11 at New York's Film Forum. Ray Lobo has this film review of Playground (Un Monde). Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not pay just $1.00 per month via
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PARALLEL MOTHERS
(Pedro Almodóvar is back and Chris Reed has this review of Parallel Mothers, his latest topsy-turvy genre bender. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not pay just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going? If one is
Video On Demand
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DELICIOUS
(Check out this movie review of Delicious, it hits theaters and VOD Friday, January 14. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not pay just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) The French costume drama has
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THE NOVICE
(LBGTQ+ writer/director Lauren Hadaway's film The Novice is nominated for 5 Independent Spirit Awards and his theaters and on-demand Friday, December 17 via IFC Films. Here is Chris Reed's movie review of The Novice. Like what you see here on Hammer
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A Conversation with Josh Ruben (WEREWOLVES WITHIN)
In his sophomore feature, Werewolves Within (which I reviewed out of the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival), actor-turned-director Josh Ruben (Scare Me) creates a dizzy whodunit loosely based on the Ubisoft video game of the same name. Working off a script
Now Streaming
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THE REAL CHARLIE CHAPLIN
(Check out lead critic Chris Reed's movie review of the documentary The Real Charlie Chaplin, directed by Peter Middleton and James Spinney. It premieres on Showtime Saturday, December 11. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not
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AMERICA AFTER 9/11
(Following the 20 year anniversary on the 9/11 attacks, director Michael Kirk's PBS Frontline special America After 9/11 is available on PBS. Ray Lobo has this America After 9/11 review. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why
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A COP MOVIE
(Check out Sammy Levine's review of Alonso Ruizpalacios’ latest, A Cop Movie, streaming now on Netflix. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not pay just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going? Alonso Ruizpalacios’ latest, A Cop Movie,
From The Archive
A CALL TO RECOGNIZE THE BEST PERFORMANCES IN NONFICTION FILM
The time has come to recognize an aspect of nonfiction cinema that has been overlooked for too long. The nature of documentary, of course, is that the image is based in reality. But it has come to be axiomatic that […]
