“Do women make harsher films?” This is the question driving filmmaker Isa Willinger’s latest documentary, No Mercy. The film is an electrifying cinematic essay investigating women’s roles on and behind the camera. Willinger brings in the testimonies of some of […]

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Years after breaking out in Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Noémie Merlant is also making a name for herself as a director. This time, she unleashes a wave of revenge in her sophomore feature The Balconettes. Directing […]

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(Here at Hammer to Nail, we are all about true independent cinema. But we also have to tip our hat to the great films that continue to inspire filmmakers and cinephiles alike. This week, Jonathan Marlow takes a journey with […]

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(The 2023 Sundance Film Festival takes place January 19-29 in and around Park City, UT and virtually. As always, Hammer to Nail has you covered with tons of movie reviews like M.J. O’Toole’s review of the doc King Coal. Seen it? Join the […]

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Céline Sciamma made waves a few years ago with her tale of an 18th-century love affair in Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Now, she returns with her new coming-of-age fantasy drama Petite Maman. Neon picked it up at last […]

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(Rendez-Vous with French Cinema takes place at Film at Lincoln Center from March 3 – 13. M.J. O’Toole has this movie review of Paris, 13th District which plays on March 4 and 7. It will be released in theaters on […]

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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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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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(Francis Lee’s Ammonite is available on all streaming platforms Friday, December 4 via Neon. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) Very loosely based on the real-life […]

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