French writer/director Olivier Assayas (Clouds of Sils Maria) returns to the big screen with his latest feature, Suspended Time, a deeply personal meditation on life, love, art, and memory. The narrative is set during the initial COVID-19 lockdown, with Assayas’ […]

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It’s a new year on the Croisette. Get your tuxes and dresses ready as the lineup for the 2023 Cannes Film Festival has officially been announced! Its 76th edition will take place May 16-27. With Indiana Jones 5 and Killers […]

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Eyimofe (This Is My Desire), the debut feature by the Nigerian twin brothers Arie and Chuko Esiri, premiered at the 2020 Berlin International Film Festival in February 2020, mere weeks before the world shut down. Just over two years later […]

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(The 2022 Sundance Film Festival runs January 20-30 all virtually. Check out M.J. O’Toole’s movie review of Marte Um (Mars One). Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not pay just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) When […]

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Editors Note: Simple As Water is now streaming on HBO Max. Below is our review from the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival. (The 2021 Tribeca Film Festival opened Wednesday, Jun 9, 2021 and ran all the way through Sunday, Jun 20. hammer […]

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(Phyllida Lloyd’s Herself, is available now 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 going?) Irish actress and screenwriter Clare Dunne places herself very much front […]

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‘Tis the season for year end “Best Of” lists. Here’s Editor-at-Large Matt Delman’s and Lead Critic Chris Reed’s… Editor-at-Large Matt Delman’s Top Films of 2020 Though recently A24 has felt more like an e-commerce store than a movie studio due […]

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Just before the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival began, I spoke by phone with writer/director Nicole Riegel and lead actress Jessica Barden about their collaboration on the new drama Holler (which I also reviewed). The film tells the semiautobiographical story […]

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(The 2020 Toronto International Film Festival or, TIFF, runs September 10-20 online. Although Hammer to Nail wasn’t granted access to a press pass, we will still be running as much coverage as possible thanks to filmmakers and PR companies who […]

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Despite the film’s Kafkaesque qualities, Loach finds time to paint a multi-dimensional portrait of a loving family, which makes it all the more devastating when it all falls apart.

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