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		<title>YOUNG MOTHERS</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Reed]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 18:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<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>PETITE MAMAN Trailer: Céline Sciamma Returns with Coming-of-Age Fantasy Drama</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[M.J. O'Toole]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2022 16:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>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 [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/trailer/petite-maman-2/">PETITE MAMAN Trailer: Céline Sciamma Returns with Coming-of-Age Fantasy Drama</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>THE WATER MAN</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Reed]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2021 18:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>(Actor David Oyelowo’s directorial debut, The Water Man, premieres May 7 in theaters. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) Gunner is a lively boy, working on [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/in-theatres/the-water-man-theatrical/">THE WATER MAN</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>Violet</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2015 20:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Shades of Van Sant percolate through this moody drama centering on big mistakes</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/violet-film-review/">Violet</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>IT FOLLOWS</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donna K.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2015 16:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>All the pleasure of schlocky B horror but with an elevating meta nod to the genre, an index of paranoia that immediately belongs in the horror canon.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/it-follows-film-review/">IT FOLLOWS</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>TREELESS MOUNTAIN</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Tully]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>(Treeless Mountain is being distributed theatrically by Oscilloscope Pictures. It opens Wednesday, April 22nd at the Film Forum and in Ridgefield Park, NJ, before expanding to other cities in the coming weeks and months. Visit So Yong Kim’s official website [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/drama/treeless-mountain-film-review/">TREELESS MOUNTAIN</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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