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		<title>A Conversation with Paula Gonzalez-Nasser &#038; Mimi Davila (THE SCOUT)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Delman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<div><img width="300" height="169" src="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/TheScout_Nasser-Davila-300x169.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Mimi Davila and Paula Gonzalez-Nasser on the set of THE SCOUT" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/TheScout_Nasser-Davila-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/TheScout_Nasser-Davila-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/TheScout_Nasser-Davila-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/TheScout_Nasser-Davila-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/TheScout_Nasser-Davila.jpg 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></div>
<p>The Scout opens this Friday at Film Forum in NYC. Below is Matt Delman’s interview with Director Paula Gonzalez-Nasser and star Mimi Davila, edited for length and clarity. You can also read his full review here. Hammer to Nail: I [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/nasser-davila/">A Conversation with Paula Gonzalez-Nasser &#038; Mimi Davila (THE SCOUT)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>MISTY GREEN</title>
		<link>https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/misty-green/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Clara Cuccaro]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 18:37:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<div><img width="300" height="200" src="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/MISTY-GREEN-300x200.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/MISTY-GREEN-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/MISTY-GREEN-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/MISTY-GREEN-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/MISTY-GREEN.jpg 1500w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></div>
<p>(The Toronto International Film Festival (or TIFF) runs September 10-20 and HtN has boots on the ground covering all the best indie films they have to offer. Check out Clara Cuccaro’s Misty Green movie review from the fest! Seen it? Join the conversation [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/misty-green/">MISTY GREEN</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>WOMAN UNKNOWN</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[M.J. O'Toole]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 21:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<div><img width="300" height="169" src="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/WomanUnknown_2-300x169.jpeg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/WomanUnknown_2-300x169.jpeg 300w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/WomanUnknown_2-768x432.jpeg 768w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/WomanUnknown_2.jpeg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></div>
<p>(The 2026 Venice Film Festival ran September 2-12 on the island of the Lido di Venezia (Venice Lido) in Italy. HtN has coverage coming in, like M.J. O’Toole’s Woman Unknown movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/woman-unknown/">WOMAN UNKNOWN</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>A Conversation with Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (HALF NELSON)</title>
		<link>https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/boden-fleck/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Schenker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 21:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=55307</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<div><img width="300" height="169" src="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/bodenfleck-300x169.webp" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/bodenfleck-300x169.webp 300w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/bodenfleck-1024x577.webp 1024w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/bodenfleck-768x433.webp 768w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/bodenfleck.webp 1500w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></div>
<p>Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck are an American filmmaking duo whose partnership spans over two decades. Boden, originally from Newton, Massachusetts, developed a love of movies, English literature, and photography at a young age. She discovered filmmaking as a medium [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/boden-fleck/">A Conversation with Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (HALF NELSON)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>A Conversation with Noah Segan, Rian Johnson, John Turturro, Giancarlo Esposito, Tatiana Maslany (THE ONLY LIVING PICKPOCKET IN NEW YORK)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Schenker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 18:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<div><img width="300" height="169" src="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/pick-300x169.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/pick-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/pick-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/pick-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/pick.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></div>
<p>Noah Segan is a fourth-generation New Yorker who has been a part of the independent and genre film community for nearly two decades. Early in his career, filmmaker Rian Johnson cast Segan in the Sundance Award-winning hit Brick, beginning a [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/only-living-pickpocket-in-new-york/">A Conversation with Noah Segan, Rian Johnson, John Turturro, Giancarlo Esposito, Tatiana Maslany (THE ONLY LIVING PICKPOCKET IN NEW YORK)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>YOUNG MOTHERS</title>
		<link>https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/young-mothers/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Reed]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 18:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<div><img width="300" height="169" src="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/YOUNG-MOTHERS-still_07-300x169.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/YOUNG-MOTHERS-still_07-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/YOUNG-MOTHERS-still_07-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/YOUNG-MOTHERS-still_07-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/YOUNG-MOTHERS-still_07.jpg 1500w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></div>
<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 Toni Servillo (LA GRAZIA)</title>
		<link>https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/toni-servillo/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Schenker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2025 18:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Few actor-director partnerships in contemporary cinema have proven as fruitful, or as essential as the collaboration between Toni Servillo and Paolo Sorrentino. Since their first meeting on the set of One Man Up  in 2001, the Naples-born actor and filmmaker have [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/toni-servillo/">A Conversation with Toni Servillo (LA GRAZIA)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>LATE FAME</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[M.J. O'Toole]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 20:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>(The 63rd New York Film Festival (NYFF) runs September 26-October 13 via Film at Lincoln Center. Check out M.J. O&#8217;Toole&#8217;s Late Fame movie review, fresh from the fest! Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) With so many forgotten [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/late-fame/">LATE FAME</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Reed]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2025 17:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>(Check out Chris Reed&#8217;s’s The Baltimorons movie review, it opened September 5 and is in the midst of a nation wide roll-out. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) After over a decade away from the feature-film [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/the-baltimorons/">THE BALTIMORONS</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Reed]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 14:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>(The Toronto International Film Festival (or TIFF) marks its 50th anniversary this year. TIFF 50 runs September 4-14, with the fest’s usual vast array of movies playing in venues around the downtown entertainment district. Chris Reed has boots on the ground and [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/whitetail/">WHITETAIL</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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