The 2026 Sundance Film Festival kicks off Thursday, January 22 and runs through Sunday, February 1 for, sadly the last time, in and around Park City, Utah. Last year’s passing of Sundance progenitor Robert Redford kind of added a real […]

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What is up Hammer to Nail readers. It’s me, Rendy Jones, back for another TIFF critic’s notebook. Unlike my previous years, this being my sixth, this one was rather packed and busier than ever. Partly because of the terrible ticketing […]

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The life and mind of the late, boundary-pushing Southern writer Flannery O’Connor have been given the biopic treatment thanks to director Ethan Hawke. Maya Hawke stars as the celebrated writer going through a moment in her life where she tries […]

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(The 2023 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) ran September 7-17 and HtN has tons of coverage from the fest! Check out M.J. O’Toole’s movie review of Wildcat. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Whenever one reads the fiction […]

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The 2023 Toronto International Film Festival (or TIFF) runs September 7-17, and despite the ongoing Hollywood writers’ and actors’ strikes, the event still promises to bring an exciting collection of filmmakers and stars (thanks to SAG waivers) to Canada’s most […]

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(Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest Licorice Pizza is in limited theaters now. Here. Sammy Levine gets personal in his movie review of Licorice Pizza. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not pay just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us […]

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