Boy Erased Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/boy-erased/ What to Watch Wed, 05 Nov 2025 19:46:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-logo02-1-32x32.png Boy Erased Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/boy-erased/ 32 32 THE NORTHMAN https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/the-northman/ Fri, 22 Apr 2022 16:12:38 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=36929

(Check out this movie review of The Northman, the latest film from Robert Eggers. Seen it?Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Worried that Shakespeare’s Hamlet isn’t gory enough? Have no fear. Director Robert Eggers (The Lighthouse) is […]

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]]> THE SUNDAY SESSIONS https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/sunday-sessions/ Mon, 22 Apr 2019 17:46:12 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=31033

Viewers seeking an unequivocal condemnation of conversion therapy will leave the film frustrated, I am sure, though Yeagley leaves the clear evidence of failure up on the screen.

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]]> A Conversation with Joel Edgerton (BOY ERASED) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/joel-edgerton-interview/ Fri, 02 Nov 2018 17:27:01 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30359

I met with writer/director/actor Joel Edgerton (The Gift) on Saturday, October 20, 2018, at the Middleburg Film Festival, to discuss his feature adaptation of Garrard Conley’s eponymous 2016 memoir, Boy Erased (which I also reviewed). The film is brisk and […]

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]]> BOY ERASED https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/boy-erased/ Fri, 26 Oct 2018 19:25:51 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30315

With remarkable emotional reserve, he walks us through material that could quickly descend into histrionics, maintaining his cinematic cool as he explores the complex drama with sharp observational skills.

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