One of the most striking, haunting debuts of this year is Felipe Gálvez’s The Settlers. The otherworldly western is Chile’s official submission to the 96th Academy Awards. Set around the beginning of the 20th century, it centers on the massacre […]

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(The 61st New York Film Festival runs September 29-October 15. Check out M.J. O’Toole’s movie review of The Settlers. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Felipe Gálvez’s directorial debut The Settlers takes us on a journey to early […]

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In many of his films, Pablo Larrain has immersed us in the turbulent times of Chile. From his psychological character study Tony Manero to his Oscar-nominated No, he has captured the lives of Chileans living under the rule of dictator […]

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(the 2020 Venice Film Festival runs September 2-12. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not pay just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) Based on the eponymous 2001 novel by Chilean writer Pedro Lemebel, My […]

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