The New York Film Festival, presented by Film at Lincoln Center, has just unveiled the Spotlight section for its 62nd edition – adding more to its starry lineup. The NYFF Spotlight gala this year, as previously announced, will be the U.S. […]

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The Cannes Film Festival has unveiled the first slate of films for its 77th edition across many sections, from the Competition to Un Certain Regard. It will be held from May 14 through 25. Ahead of the announcement, a few […]

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(Mamoru Hosoda’s Belle is in theaters now via GKIDS Films so check out Jack Schenker’s movie review of Belle . Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) Belle, the […]

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(The 2020 New York Film Festival (their 58th!) ran September 17-October 11. 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 his latest film, Ivorian director Philippe Lacôte (Run) explores the […]

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Perhaps it is there we find the answer, the place from which Alex was driven out of, which keeps his descent into madness steady and drives him on across the three known chapters in the chronicle that is the Invisible Carax.

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If Under the Skin were not at the mercy of a plot that eventually takes it to a very decisive and definite end, it feels as though it could continue existing eternally: hiding in plain sight and gnawing at the edges of our anxieties and most alluring nightmares.

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Frances Ha is about those maddening late-20-something days when you know it's time to grow up but the world won't let you get there yet.

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Tabu is not only my favorite film of 2012; it’s my favorite of the 21st century so far.

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Leos Carax has created a perfect actor’s vehicle for Denis Lavant that is also so much more: a puzzle, an inquiry, a funhouse and a world of meanings ready to be scrutinized and pored over.

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