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		<title>A Conversation with Eleanore Pienta, Syra McCarthy, Dana Millican &#038; Josh Peters (JOSEPHINE)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 17:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<div><img width="300" height="169" src="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/JOSEPHINE_Key-Still-300x169.jpeg" 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/2026/02/JOSEPHINE_Key-Still-300x169.jpeg 300w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/JOSEPHINE_Key-Still-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/JOSEPHINE_Key-Still-768x432.jpeg 768w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/JOSEPHINE_Key-Still-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/JOSEPHINE_Key-Still.jpeg 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></div>
<p>Josephine is the sensation of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Writer-director Beth de Araújo&#8217;s sophomore feature won both the U.S. Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award in the U.S. Dramatic Competition—a rare double that places the film in the company [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/josephine-movie/">A Conversation with Eleanore Pienta, Syra McCarthy, Dana Millican &#038; Josh Peters (JOSEPHINE)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>A Conversation with Toni Servillo (LA GRAZIA)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Schenker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2025 18:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Few actor-director partnerships in contemporary cinema have proven as fruitful, or as essential as the collaboration between Toni Servillo and Paolo Sorrentino. Since their first meeting on the set of One Man Up  in 2001, the Naples-born actor and filmmaker have [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/toni-servillo/">A Conversation with Toni Servillo (LA GRAZIA)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>A Conversation with Jay Duplass, Michael Strassner &#038; Liz Larsen (THE BALTIMORONS)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Schenker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 14:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>The Baltimorons marks Jay Duplass&#8217;s return to feature directing after more than a decade away from the director&#8217;s chair. The film follows Cliff (Michael Strassner), a newly sober improv comedian who cracks a tooth on Christmas Eve and lands in [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/baltimorons/">A Conversation with Jay Duplass, Michael Strassner &#038; Liz Larsen (THE BALTIMORONS)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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