Irish documentarian Sinéad O’Shea (Pray for Our Sinners) has a new film out, Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story, which just premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival—aka TIFF—where I reviewed it. As per the title, it offers a […]

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(Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of The Other Fellow, available now in theaters and on-demand. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) English author Ian Fleming (1908-1964) published Casino Royale, the first of what would be 11 James […]

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63 Up does not disappoint, though given the scale of the project and the sheer volume of footage and story to discuss, it does, occasionally, overwhelm. It nevertheless makes for essential viewing.

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(Michael Winterbottom’s delightful “The Trip to…” series continues with The Trip to Greece, available now via IFC Films. 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 2010, […]

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