2019 TIFF Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/2019-tiff/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:17:36 +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 2019 TIFF Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/2019-tiff/ 32 32 A Conversation with Haifaa al-Mansour (THE PERFECT CANDIDATE) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/haifaa-al-mansour/ Wed, 12 May 2021 17:54:27 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=31525

I met with Saudi director Haifaa al-Mansour (Wadjda) on Sunday, September 8, 2019, at the Toronto International Film Festival, to discuss her new film, The Perfect Candidate (which I also reviewed). Featuring Mila Al Zahrani (new to the big screen, […]

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]]> UNCUT GEMS https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/uncut-gems-review/ Tue, 26 May 2020 14:01:53 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=31401

In "Uncut Gems," the Safdies once again capture the anger and intensity of Manhattan with the humor and heart only a couple of real New Yorkers could.

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]]> CASTLE IN THE GROUND https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/castle-in-the-ground/ Fri, 15 May 2020 17:47:46 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=32885

(After it’s premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, Joey Klein’s new film, Castle in the Ground is available now on VOD via Gravitas Ventures. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per […]

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]]> BAD EDUCATION https://www.hammertonail.com/latest-reviews/bad-education-review/ Sat, 25 Apr 2020 08:00:10 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=31431

This true story of public school administration embezzlement is told with aplomb — and without assigning a letter grade, it’s safe to say the film hits its marks.

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]]> THE OTHER LAMB https://www.hammertonail.com/latest-reviews/the-other-lamb-review/ Thu, 23 Apr 2020 14:00:21 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=31386

...it takes the viewer on a disturbing journey both geographic and metaphysical, following a cult as it slowly descends into madness.

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]]> A Conversation with Grímur Hákonarson & Arndís Hrönn Egilsdóttir (THE COUNTY) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/the-county-2/ Mon, 13 Apr 2020 17:53:59 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=32588

I met with Icelandic director Grímur Hákonarson (Rams) on Sunday, September 8, 2019, at the Toronto International Film Festival, to discuss his new film, The County (which I also reviewed). Lead actress Arndís Hrönn Egilsdóttir joined us a for a […]

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]]> A Conversation with Thomas Heise (HEIMAT IS A SPACE IN TIME) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/thomas-heise/ https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/thomas-heise/#comments Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:15:56 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=31927

I met with German director Thomas Heise (Condition) on Saturday, September 7, 2019, at the Toronto International Film Festival, to discuss his new documentary, Heimat Is a Space in Time (which I also reviewed). The the film will be opening […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/thomas-heise/feed/ 1 WAVES https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/waves/ Fri, 15 Nov 2019 16:44:11 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=31472

Haunting and bleak, Trey Edward Shults’ Waves is an emphatic portrayal of a family drifting apart.

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]]> A Conversation with Corneliu Porumboiu (THE WHISTLERS) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/corneliu-porumboiu/ Fri, 08 Nov 2019 16:53:57 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=31721 I met with Romanian director Corneliu Porumboiu (Police, Adjective) on Friday, September 6, 2019, at the Toronto International Film Festival, to discuss The Whistlers (which I also reviewed), his latest film. An engagingly strange, lyrical and melancholy crime thriller, it […]

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]]> A Conversation with Andrew Renzi (READY FOR WAR) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/andrew-renzi/ https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/andrew-renzi/#comments Tue, 05 Nov 2019 17:48:46 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=31714 I met with director Andrew Renzi (The Benefactor), on Saturday, September 7, 2019, at the Toronto International Film Festival, to discuss Ready for War, his new documentary (which I also reviewed). In the film, Renzi follows a number of “deported […]

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