(Here at Hammer to Nail, we are all about true independent cinema. But we also have to tip our hat to the great films of yesteryear that continue to inspire filmmakers and cinephiles alike. This week, Brad Cook finds himself […]

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One of the great performances that came out of the festival circuit this year was from Léa Seydoux as a single mother juggling love and loss in Mia Hansen-Løve’s newest tearjerker, One Fine Morning. Known for her intimate dramas that […]

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The Toronto International Film Festival (or TIFF) was founded in 1976 and since then has become one of the world’s premier showcases of quality films of all kinds, be they large event movies, microbudget flicks, and everything in between. Given […]

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After climbing the ladder to leading lady status over the last few years, Vicky Kreips continues to display her breathtaking versatile talent in Hold Me Tight, the sixth feature directorial venture of French actor Mathieu Amalric. In a César-nominated performance, […]

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Cannes has now announced the slate for this year’s Directors’ Fortnight, aka Quinzaine des Réalisateurs section, following the in-competition lineup announcement last week. The opening film in this section is Scarlet, by Martin Eden director Pietro Marcello. Inspired by the […]

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(Rendez-Vous with French Cinema takes place at Film at Lincoln Center from March 3 – 13. Matt Delman has this movie review of Hold Me Tight, which will screen March 6 and March 13 at the Walter Reade Theater) Mathieu Amalric is […]

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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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As 2021 dawned, we found ourselves as a nation more consumed by the political drama unfolding around us than any narrative created by filmmakers. Truth was, for a while, far stranger than fiction. Eventually, however, we returned to something resembling […]

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DOC NYC 2021 kicks off today, November 10, in and around the IFC Center in the village. The festival is run by Artistic Director Thom Powers who also programs the documentary slate at TIFF. Powers curates his own ‘shortlist’ as […]

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