Lady Bird Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/lady-bird/ What to Watch Wed, 21 Jan 2026 19:56:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-logo02-1-32x32.png Lady Bird Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/lady-bird/ 32 32 MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/merrily-we-roll-along/ Wed, 21 Jan 2026 14:16:05 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=54586

(Check out Brandon Wilson’s Merrily We Roll Along movie review, it opens Friday, November 5. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) There are few words in all of filmdom that strike fear in the hearts of cinephiles […]

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]]> THE YEAR BETWEEN Trailer: Alex Heller and Company Shine in Edgy & Personal Dramedy https://www.hammertonail.com/trailer/the-year-between-2/ Tue, 21 Feb 2023 20:00:32 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=38904

One breakout filmmaker and performer to look out for this year is Alex Heller. Her debut film The Year Between, which she writes, directs, and stars in, is a dramedy based on her own experiences of living with bipolar disorder. […]

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]]> HTN’S MOST ANTICIPATED TITLES FOR TRIBECA 2022 https://www.hammertonail.com/features/tribeca-2022/ Mon, 06 Jun 2022 16:34:16 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=37227

It’s been a strange few years for the major North American film festivals. After starting off the year with a disappointing virtual Sundance, the 2022 SXSW film festival eagerly launched in person and was a huge success, helping to launch […]

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]]> Hammer To Nail’s 20 Most Anticipated Films of TIFF 2019 https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/htn-tiff-2019-preview/ Wed, 04 Sep 2019 17:59:45 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=31328 Once again, Hammer to Nail has representation on the ground at TIFF (the Toronto International Film Festival). As we did last year, we here offer up our recommended (of films we’ve already seen) and most anticipated (of films we haven’t) […]

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]]> A Conversation with Joel Edgerton (BOY ERASED) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/joel-edgerton-interview/ Fri, 02 Nov 2018 17:27:01 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30359

I met with writer/director/actor Joel Edgerton (The Gift) on Saturday, October 20, 2018, at the Middleburg Film Festival, to discuss his feature adaptation of Garrard Conley’s eponymous 2016 memoir, Boy Erased (which I also reviewed). The film is brisk and […]

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]]> BOY ERASED https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/boy-erased/ Fri, 26 Oct 2018 19:25:51 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30315

With remarkable emotional reserve, he walks us through material that could quickly descend into histrionics, maintaining his cinematic cool as he explores the complex drama with sharp observational skills.

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]]> A Conversation with Michael Tully (DON’T LEAVE HOME) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/michael-tully/ Fri, 20 Apr 2018 19:35:11 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29468 I met with filmmaker Michael Tully (the former editor of this site), on Friday, March 16, at SXSW 2018, to discuss his latest movie, Don’t Leave Home (reviewed by Don Simpson), which premiered at the festival. The film, a disturbing […]

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]]> A Conversation with Greta Gerwig (LADY BIRD) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-greta-gerwig-lady-bird/ Fri, 29 Dec 2017 20:27:23 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28830

I met with writer/director Greta Gerwig, heretofore best known as an actress in films like Frances Ha and Mistress America, on Sunday, October 22, 2017, at the Middleburg Film Festival as part of a press roundtable with three other critics: […]

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]]> LADY BIRD https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/lady-bird-review/ Thu, 16 Nov 2017 21:54:07 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28714

In addition to the performances and the writing, Lady Bird impresses with its meticulous production design and economical editing

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]]> MATT DELMAN’S 2017 TIFF WRAP-UP https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/delman-2017-tiff-wrap/ Wed, 20 Sep 2017 18:22:24 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28519 Although no single film jumped out as much as Moonlight did last year, A24 continues to be the top dog at the moment, having 5 films play the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird, which is destined […]

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