NEON has done it again. After 10 days of highly buzzed new cinema and hot acquisitions, the 78th Cannes Film Festival concluded with the Palme d’Or being awarded to Jafar Panahi’s revenge thriller, It Was Just An Accident. After acquiring […]

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Nearly thirty years after starring together in The English Patient, Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche are back together in a bold retelling of Homer’s “Odyssey.” Fiennes, already drawing awards buzz for his performance in Conclave, portrays the legendary hero Odysseus […]

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Awards season has now officially kicked off! The Gotham Awards have announced the nominations for their 2023 ceremony. The nominees were listed by Jeffrey Sharp, the executive director of the Gotham Film and Media Institute, as well as deputy director […]

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A staple of the upper west side, the New York Film Festival has the best films of the year. So it’s no surprise that this was the second straight year of record ticket sales. With most shows selling out packed […]

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(The 61st New York Film Festival runs September 29-October 15. Check out Matt Delman’s The Taste of Things movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page. Note: the film was formerly known as The Pot au Feu and it’s […]

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Get ready to swoon and drool over Tran Anh Hung’s 19th-century kitchen romance, The Taste of Things (The Pot-au-Feu). It stars French megastars Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel as a chef and restaurant owner, respectively, who have developed a decades-long […]

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Claire Denis’ newest drama Both Sides of the Blade (previously titled Fire) made its world premiere at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival where the legendary filmmaker would go to win the Silver Bear for Best Director. IFC Films will […]

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(The Truth, director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s follow-up to his critical and audience acclaimed Shoplifters, is available now on VOD 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 […]

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I met with Polish director Małgorzata Szumowska (In the Name Of) on Saturday, September 7, 2019, at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, to discuss The Other Lamb (which I also reviewed), her newest feature (and English-language debut). The movie follows […]

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I met with writer/director Peter Hedges (Dan in Real Life) on Saturday, October 20, 2018, at the Middleburg Film Festival, to discuss his latest film, Ben Is Back (which I also reviewed). It tells the hard-hitting tale of a young […]

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