The 77th Cannes Film Festival concluded today as the Greta Gerwig-fronted jury awarded the Palme d’Or to Sean Baker’s new sex worker comedy, Anora. It is also distributor NEON’s fifth consecutive Palme win following Anatomy of a Fall, Triangle of […]

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(Check out Chris Reed’s The Three Musketeers – Part 2: Milady movie review. It’s in theaters now via Samuel Goldwyn Films.Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) If you enjoyed French director Martin Bourboulon’s The Three Musketeers – […]

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(Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of The Three Musketeers – Part I: D’Artagnan. The film hits US theaters and Digital/On-Demand on December 8th. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) French author Alexandre Dumas published […]

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I recently spoke by Zoom with French director Alice Winocour about her latest film, Proxima (which I also reviewed). Winocour (Disorder), who also co-wrote the script (and who has co-written other films, such as Mustang, with other directors), delivers a […]

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(Alice Winocour’s intimate drama Proxima is available now on VOD via Vertical Entertainment. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) Motherhood comes with significant challenges, especially where […]

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Womb favors mood to plot, and as a result we're made to float through the proceedings as observers of a story that, far from answering any questions, often seems hesitant to reveal the very questions it's asking.

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Ineffability is a plus here; Mackenzie's film is meant to be felt first, understood second—and in this regard it's often quite affecting.

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