Asghar Farhadi Archives - Hammer to Nail

PARALLEL TALES

Savina Petkova — Sat, 16 May 2026 21:02:02 +0000

(Check out Savina Petkova’s Parallel Tales movie review. The film just had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Before he started working on his last film, A Hero (Grand Jury […]

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CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2026 LINEUP: Almodóvar, Hamaguchi, Mungiu, Farhadi, Pawlikowski, and More Among the Competition Lineup

M.J. O'Toole — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:13:06 +0000

Get ready for the next wave of buzzworthy new cinema of 2026. The Cannes Film Festival has announced the lineup for its 79th edition, which will take place May 12 through 23. The films are divided into sections, from the […]

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CANNES 2022 WINNERS: ‘Triangle of Sadness’ Wins The Palme d’Or (Full List)

M.J. O'Toole — Sat, 28 May 2022 19:50:26 +0000

The festival on the Croisette has concluded. After two weeks of breathtaking international cinema, the 75th Cannes Film Festival came to a close with the announcement of the winners, all culminating in the prestigious Palme d’Or. The lineup featured exciting […]

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COMPARTMENT NO. 6

Christopher Reed — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 17:14:35 +0000

(Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of director Juho Kuosmanen’s Compartment No. 6. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not pay just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) An adaptation of Finnish author Rosa Liksom’s […]

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A HERO

Christopher Reed — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 22:55:29 +0000

(Asghar Farhadi’s latest, A Hero created major buzz on the film festival circuit this year. It is in theaters stating January 7. Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of A Hero. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not […]

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HAMMER TO NAIL’S BEST FILMS OF 2021 – Part 2

The Editorial Staff — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 21:42:41 +0000

As 2021 comes to a close, a battle is raging right now on “Film Twitter” (if you don’t know what that is, consider yourself lucky) as critics and pundits “Best Of” lists drop online. Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car continues to […]

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Matthew Delman’s TIFF 2018 Wrap-Up

Matt Delman — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 18:12:07 +0000

This year’s Toronto International Film Festival was a treasure trove for the arthouse film lover. The buzziest titles among critics were Alfonso Cuaron’s deliberately paced, black-and-white, Spanish-language drama about a Mexican housemaid, and a brutally brilliant Claire Denis space odyssey. […]

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ON THE FRINGE, PART TEN: TANGERINE (2015)

Wed, 23 May 2018 17:26:46 +0000

“There is a class of people in this world who have fallen into the lowest degree of humiliation, far below beggary, and who are deprived not only of all social consideration but also, in everybody’s opinion, of the specific human […]

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Brandon’s 2009 Tribeca Film Festival Recap

Brandon Harris — Tue, 05 May 2009 07:51:04 +0000

In the case of the Tribeca Film Festival, less is most certainly more. Slimmed down considerably from its mid-decade girth, it’s a much easier to navigate experience than in the days when it might take three subway connections or an […]

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