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		<title>EDIE ARNOLD IS A LOSER</title>
		<link>https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/edie-arnold-is-a-loser/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Reed]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alana Mei Kern]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexa Page]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blasphemy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catholic high school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cherish Rodriguez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Llewellyn Reed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coming-of-age comedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[directorial debut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edie Arnold Is a Loser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[film review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gabe Root]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indie film]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kade Atwood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucas Van Orden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Luseane Pasa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McKenna Tuckett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mean Girls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Megan Rico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Niki Rahimi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[punk rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sister Myra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sister Sheena]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Star Herrmann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teenage rebellion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Nundead]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<div><img width="300" height="169" src="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/EDIE-ARNOLD-IS-a-LOSER-still_04-300x169.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/EDIE-ARNOLD-IS-a-LOSER-still_04-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/EDIE-ARNOLD-IS-a-LOSER-still_04-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/EDIE-ARNOLD-IS-a-LOSER-still_04-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/EDIE-ARNOLD-IS-a-LOSER-still_04.jpg 1500w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></div>
<p>(Check out Chris Reed’s Edie Arnold Is a Loser movie review, it&#8217;s in theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) “Our Lady of Undying Sadness” is a hilarious name for a Catholic high school. No doubt, [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/edie-arnold-is-a-loser/">EDIE ARNOLD IS A LOSER</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>LEMONADE BLESSING</title>
		<link>https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/lemonade-blessing/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anders Ljung]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:44:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Comedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coming of Age]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drama]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[adolescence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anders Ljung]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[awkward comedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blasphemy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catholic guilt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catholic school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Merola]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coming-of-age comedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cross-country tour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[directorial debut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[divorce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[film festival coverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[film review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first girlfriend]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guilt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harrison Kraft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indie film]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jake Ryan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeanine Serralles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lemonade Blessing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[masculinity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[puberty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skye Alyssa Friedman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teenage comedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teenage Romance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tribeca Film Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wes Anderson]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<div><img width="300" height="169" src="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/bless-300x169.png" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/bless-300x169.png 300w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/bless-768x432.png 768w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/bless.png 980w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></div>
<p>(Check out Anders Ljung&#8217;s Lemonade Blessing  movie review. After a premiere at the 2025 Tribeca Film Fest, filmmaker Chris Merola is taking the film on a cross-country tour. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) There are [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/lemonade-blessing/">LEMONADE BLESSING</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>PRIMETIME</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anders Ljung]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anders Ljung]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Hansen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dark comedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dateline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Bolen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dune Part Three]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[film review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[horror]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lance Oppenheim]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MiniDV]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Primetime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Primetime movie review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reality television]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ren Faire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Pattinson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[satire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skyler Gisondo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Some Kind of Heaven]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spermworld]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surveillance footage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Batman Part II]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Drama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Odyssey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[To Catch A Predator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[true crime]]></category>
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<p>(Check out Anders Ljung’s Primetime movie review, it’s in theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) There is something almost perverse about Robert Pattinson spending one of the biggest years of his career playing increasingly [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/primetime/">PRIMETIME</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>JOSEPHINE</title>
		<link>https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/josephine/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Reed]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Beth de Araújo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Channing Tatum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child witness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coming of Age]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[courtroom drama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family drama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Film Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gemma Chan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[harrowing drama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indie film]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Josephine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Josephine movie review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mason Reeves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nightmares]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parental protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philip Ettinger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[psychological drama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PTSD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self-defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexual assault]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social realism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Soft & Quiet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Syra McCarthy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tense drama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[testimony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thriller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trauma]]></category>
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<p>(The Toronto International Film Festival (or TIFF) ran September 10-20 and HtN had boots on the ground covering all the best indie films they have to offer. Check out Chris Reeds’s Josephine movie review from the fest! Seen it? Join the conversation with [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/josephine/">JOSEPHINE</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>MISTY GREEN</title>
		<link>https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/misty-green/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Clara Cuccaro]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 18:37:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adam Driver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amy Landecker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Kendrick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anti-LA film]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Hollywood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[character study]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Rock director]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[comeback story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daniel Kaluuya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dreamgirls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[film industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hollywood satire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Misty Green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Misty Green movie review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Movie Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racial microaggressions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rosalind Eleazar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[schizophrenia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[showbiz drama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slow Horses]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[systemic racism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Five]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topher Grace]]></category>
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<p>(The Toronto International Film Festival (or TIFF) runs September 10-20 and HtN has boots on the ground covering all the best indie films they have to offer. Check out Clara Cuccaro’s Misty Green movie review from the fest! Seen it? Join the conversation [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/misty-green/">MISTY GREEN</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>WE ARE LIVING THROUGH HELL: JULIA DUCOURNAU&#8217;S ALPHA</title>
		<link>https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/alpha-ducournau/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anders Ljung]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Drama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fantasy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Horror]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[2025 film]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AIDS crisis allegory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alpha film review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alpha movie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AMC screening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[auteur cinema]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[body horror]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cannes Film Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Century City AMC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cinematic trauma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[familial trauma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[film analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French Cinema]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French horror]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Golshifteh Farahani]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[horror movie review]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Julia Ducournau Alpha]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mélissa Boros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[queer cinema]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[social isolation allegory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tahar Rahim]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Titane director]]></category>
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<p>“I’m not sure if we have truly hit rock bottom, but I hope if it’s not now, then it will come soon, because I’m not sure how it can get any worse than this.&#8221; – Julia Ducournau  It appears to [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/alpha-ducournau/">WE ARE LIVING THROUGH HELL: JULIA DUCOURNAU&#8217;S ALPHA</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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