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		<title>YOUNG MOTHERS</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Reed]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 18:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>(Check out Chris Reed’s Young Mothers movie review! It opens January 9 in New York and January 16 in Los Angeles before a national rollout. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) The Belgian filmmaking duo of brothers [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/young-mothers/">YOUNG MOTHERS</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>A Conversation with Bas Devos (HERE)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Delman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 21:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Back at the New York Film Festival I was taken by the description of Bas Devos’ film Here as I was looking through the program lineup. It read something like: &#160; “HERE &#8211; 2023 &#8211; Belgium Dutch, French, Romanian, and [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/bas-devos/">A Conversation with Bas Devos (HERE)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>CLOSE Trailer: Lukas Dhont&#8217;s Cannes Winner Will Break Your Heart</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[M.J. O'Toole]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2022 13:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<div><img width="300" height="180" src="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-07-at-9.36.37-AM-300x180.png" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-07-at-9.36.37-AM-300x180.png 300w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-07-at-9.36.37-AM-1024x614.png 1024w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-07-at-9.36.37-AM-768x461.png 768w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-07-at-9.36.37-AM-1536x921.png 1536w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-07-at-9.36.37-AM-600x360.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></div>
<p>After capturing the life of a young transgender ballerina in 2018&#8217;s Girl, Belgian filmmaker Lukas Dhont returns with another childhood tale about the hardships of growing up. In the new A24 drama Close, Dhont tells a story of an intense [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/trailer/close/">CLOSE Trailer: Lukas Dhont&#8217;s Cannes Winner Will Break Your Heart</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>QUO VADIS, AIDA?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sammy Levine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2021 15:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>(Director Jasmila Žbanić’s Oscar nominated film Quo Vadis, Aida?  is available now on VOD. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) The Oscar-nominated Bosnian drama Quo Vadis, [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/quo-vadis-aida/">QUO VADIS, AIDA?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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