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		<title>OBEX</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>(The 2025 Sundance Film Festival runs January 23- February 2 in and around gorgeous Park City, UT. HtN has you covered for all the hottest titles like M.J. O&#8217;Toole’s OBEX movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) “One [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>TAKE ME HOME</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 17:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>(The 2026 Sundance Film Festival kicks off Thursday, January 22 and runs through Sunday, February 1 for, sadly the last time, in and around Park City, Utah. Check out M.J. O’Toole’s Take Me Home movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/take-me-home/">TAKE ME HOME</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>THE LAKE</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 17:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<div><img width="300" height="169" src="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/TheLake_Sundance1-300x169.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/TheLake_Sundance1-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/TheLake_Sundance1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/TheLake_Sundance1-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/TheLake_Sundance1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/TheLake_Sundance1.jpg 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></div>
<p>(The 2026 Sundance Film Festival kicks off Thursday, January 22 and runs through Sunday, February 1 for, sadly the last time, in and around Park City, Utah. Check out M.J. O&#8217;Toole’s The Lake movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/the-lake/">THE LAKE</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>THE LOVE THAT REMAINS</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[M.J. O'Toole]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 17:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>(The 63rd New York Film Festival (NYFF) ran September 26-October 13 via Film at Lincoln Center. Check out M.J. O’Toole’s The Love That Remains movie review, fresh from the fest! Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) As the seasons [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/the-love-that-remains/">THE LOVE THAT REMAINS</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[M.J. O'Toole]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 20:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>(The 63rd New York Film Festival (NYFF) runs September 26-October 13 via Film at Lincoln Center. Check out M.J. O&#8217;Toole&#8217;s Late Fame movie review, fresh from the fest! Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) With so many forgotten [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>A Conversation with Callie Hernandez &#038; Courtney Stephens (INVENTION)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[M.J. O'Toole]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2025 18:32:54 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>How does the process of grief help us understand a person better? Can we tell who a person was from the things they leave behind? These are some of the questions that director/co-writer Courtney Stephens (Terra Femme) and actor/co-writer Callie [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/invention/">A Conversation with Callie Hernandez &#038; Courtney Stephens (INVENTION)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>TWELVE MOONS</title>
		<link>https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/twelve-moons/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[M.J. O'Toole]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2025 18:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>(The Tribeca Festival ran June 4-15 in New York’s Tribeca neighborhood and Hammer to Nail has boots on the ground! Check out M.J. O&#8217;Toole’s Twelve Moons movie review fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/twelve-moons/">TWELVE MOONS</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>THE TRAVEL COMPANION</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[M.J. O'Toole]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2025 15:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>(The Tribeca Festival runs June 4-15 in New York’s Tribeca neighborhood and Hammer to Nail has boots on the ground! Check out M.J. O&#8217;Toole’s The Travel Companion movie review fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>THE SHROUDS</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[M.J. O'Toole]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2025 20:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<div><img width="300" height="169" src="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/TheShrouds-1600x900-c-default-300x169.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/TheShrouds-1600x900-c-default-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/TheShrouds-1600x900-c-default-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/TheShrouds-1600x900-c-default-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/TheShrouds-1600x900-c-default-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/TheShrouds-1600x900-c-default.jpg 1600w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></div>
<p>(The 2024 New York Film Festival (NYFF) runs September 27-October 14. Check out M.J. O&#8217;Toole&#8217;s The Shrouds movie review from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) No other mind exists in cinema like David Cronenberg’s. [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/the-shrouds/">THE SHROUDS</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>WHO BY FIRE</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[M.J. O'Toole]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<div><img width="300" height="169" src="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/fire-300x169.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/fire-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/fire-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/fire-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/fire.jpg 1400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></div>
<p>(Check out MJ. O&#8217;Toole&#8217;s movie review of Who By Fire, now playing at NY’s Film at Lincoln Center LA’s Laemmle Theaters. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) French-Canadian director Philippe Lesage knows how uneasy it is to [&#8230;]</p>
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