David Thewlis Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/david-thewlis/ What to Watch Wed, 09 Apr 2025 18:00:30 +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 David Thewlis Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/david-thewlis/ 32 32 VAL https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/val/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/val/#comments Fri, 04 Apr 2025 14:54:37 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=35317

(Ting Poo, Leo Scott and Val Kilmer’s documentary about Val Kilmer, entitled Val is in theaters now and streaming on Amazon Prime. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/val/feed/ 1 THE AMAZING MAURICE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/the-amazing-maurice/ Tue, 24 Jan 2023 18:33:34 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=38734

(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 Chris Reed’s review of the film The Amazing Maurice. Seen […]

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]]> A Conversation with Atom Egoyan (GUEST OF HONOUR) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/atom-egoyan/ Fri, 13 Sep 2019 19:01:45 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=31416

I met with Canadian director Atom Egoyan (Devil’s Knot) on Monday, September 9, 2019, at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, to discuss Guest of Honour (which I also reviewed), his newest feature. In it, he explores the fraught relationship […]

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Egoyan proves, yet again, that no one does lamentation quite like him. "Guest of Honour" deserves full cinematic reverence.

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]]> Hammer To Nail’s 20 Most Anticipated Films of TIFF 2019 https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/htn-tiff-2019-preview/ Wed, 04 Sep 2019 17:59:45 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=31328 Once again, Hammer to Nail has representation on the ground at TIFF (the Toronto International Film Festival). As we did last year, we here offer up our recommended (of films we’ve already seen) and most anticipated (of films we haven’t) […]

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]]> COSMOPOLIS https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/cosmopolis-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/cosmopolis-film-review/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 15:24:57 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=17388

David Cronenberg’s much-awaited adaptation of Don DeLillo’s Cosmopolis is a mesmerizing, utterly cerebral inquiry into the current economic crisis as channeled by its main character’s slowly imploding mind.

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/cosmopolis-film-review/feed/ 1 PLEASURE OF BEING ROBBED, THE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/comedy/the-pleasure-of-being-robbed-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/comedy/the-pleasure-of-being-robbed-film-review/#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:11:48 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=112 (Distributed by IFC Films, The Pleasure of Being Robbed is now available on DVD.) The discovery of a fresh new directorial talent never fails to excite and inspire. After producing a staggering amount of stellar short film work over the […]

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