Known for his jaw-dropping and often steamy thrillers, French auteur François Ozon is back with an ambitious adaptation of a literary masterpiece. The Stranger, adapted by Ozon from Albert Camus’ 1942 novella, received plenty of acclaim following its world premiere […]

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(The 2020 New York Film Festival (their 58th!) ran September 17-October 11. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) In his latest film, Ivorian director Philippe Lacôte (Run) explores the […]

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Perhaps it is there we find the answer, the place from which Alex was driven out of, which keeps his descent into madness steady and drives him on across the three known chapters in the chronicle that is the Invisible Carax.

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If Under the Skin were not at the mercy of a plot that eventually takes it to a very decisive and definite end, it feels as though it could continue existing eternally: hiding in plain sight and gnawing at the edges of our anxieties and most alluring nightmares.

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Leos Carax has created a perfect actor’s vehicle for Denis Lavant that is also so much more: a puzzle, an inquiry, a funhouse and a world of meanings ready to be scrutinized and pored over.

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