Rendy Jones, Author at Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/author/rendyjones/ What to Watch Tue, 16 Sep 2025 18:41:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-logo02-1-32x32.png Rendy Jones, Author at Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/author/rendyjones/ 32 32 The Best and Worst of TIFF 2025 https://www.hammertonail.com/reports/tiff-2025/ Tue, 16 Sep 2025 18:40:46 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=54058

What is up Hammer to Nail readers. It’s me, Rendy Jones, back for another TIFF critic’s notebook. Unlike my previous years, this being my sixth, this one was rather packed and busier than ever. Partly because of the terrible ticketing […]

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My name is Rendy Jones (they/he) and I am / we are an independent film critic from Brooklyn, New York. My experience at this year’s SXSW was vastly different from my other years in attendance. This year I got that […]

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As the awards season approaches, studios are coordinating their efforts regarding the films they intend to promote for the 97th Academy Awards, and it appears that the best picture category is poised to be a sausage fest. While many features […]

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My name is Rendy Jones (they/he) and I am / we are an independent film critic from Brooklyn, New York, operating my self-published outlet “Rendy Reviews” for a decade. This year’s Toronto International Film Festival trip was entirely different from […]

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]]> TIFF 2021: CRITICS NOTEBOOK https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/tiff-2021-critics-notebook/ Fri, 17 Sep 2021 15:00:03 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=35447

Editors note: While the usual Hammer to Nail writers opted to stay home this year and cover the Toronto International Film Festival virtually, other more adventurous writers decided to make the trek. What a trek it was! We asked our […]

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