The Venice Film Festival is heading back to the Lido for its 82nd edition. Taking place August 27 – September 6, the in-competition lineup features exciting new titles from an array of auteurs, including Park Chan-wook, Jim Jarmusch, Noah Baumbach, […]

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Christos Nikou Is a Greek writer and director who has worked in the industry for over a decade. Before his amazing debut feature Apples He served as an assistant director on many films including Dogtooth for Yorgos Lanthimos and Before […]

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With the film industry shaken up by the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, the Toronto International Film Festival will forge ahead this coming September. They have just announced their first batch of starry lineups featuring about 60 films across the Gala […]

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Almost 20 years after working together on Sideways, director Alexander Payne and star Paul Giamatti reunite for a new dramedy. The Holdovers, Payne’s first film since 2017’s Downsizing is from an original script by David Hemingson based on his own […]

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(Citizen Ruth is a featured film in the Metrograph series It Happens to Us: Abortion in American Film which is playing through may 21 both at the Metrograph and online with 50% of all proceeds going to NARAL Pro-Choice America.) Alexander Payne’s 1996 directorial debut Citizen […]

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(Indie film stalwart Dan Mirvish is back with the kooky 18 1/2. The film is currently making the festival rounds. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) Director […]

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Based on the 1998 novel of the same name, Alexander Payne’s second movie serves as a darkly comedic commentary on not just politics but also the pettiness of high school life, which is political in its own way.

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