The 2024 Academy Awards take place on Sunday, March 10, and as usual there are 15 nominated short films across three categories: animation, documentary, and live action. As I do every year for Hammer to Nail, I watch all of […]

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(The 2021 New York Film Festival (or NYFF) is in its 59th iteration and runs September 24-October 10. Here, Matt Delman gives a film review of The Power of the Dog, the latest film from Jane Campion. Like what you see here on […]

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(The 2021 Toronto International Film Festival ran Sep 9-Sep 18 in Toronto, Canada. HtN has a ton of coverage from the fest so stay tuned! Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep […]

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The 2021 New York Film Festival (or NYFF) is in its 59th iteration and runs September 24-October 10. There are 5 sections in the program: the Main Slate (with 32 features), Currents (15 features and 8 shorts programs), Spotlight (9 […]

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Editors note: While the usual Hammer to Nail writers opted to stay home this year and cover the Toronto International Film Festival virtually, other more adventurous writers decided to make the trek. What a trek it was! We asked our […]

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