Lucas Hedges Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/lucas-hedges/ What to Watch Tue, 23 Dec 2025 01:30:22 +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 Lucas Hedges Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/lucas-hedges/ 32 32 SORRY, BABY Trailer: Eva Victor’s Healing Directorial Debut Arrives in Late June https://www.hammertonail.com/trailer/sorry-baby-eva-victor/ Thu, 01 May 2025 15:08:55 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=53116 Eva Victor's SORRY, BABY

One of the biggest revelations of this year’s Sundance Film Festival is Eva Victor’s Sorry, Baby. Winner of the festival’s Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, the writer-director stars as an academic reeling from a traumatic event in her life. Told in […]

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]]> WAVES https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/waves/ Fri, 15 Nov 2019 16:44:11 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=31472

Haunting and bleak, Trey Edward Shults’ Waves is an emphatic portrayal of a family drifting apart.

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]]> A Conversation with Peter Hedges (BEN IS BACK) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/peter-hedges/ Wed, 07 Nov 2018 19:07:01 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30376

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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]]> 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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]]> BEN IS BACK https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/ben-is-back/ Mon, 29 Oct 2018 19:29:31 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30336

It's not a pretty story, but nor is addiction.

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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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]]> MID90S https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/mid90s-review/ Tue, 11 Sep 2018 20:40:56 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30117

(The 2018 Toronto International Film Festival runs September 6-16 in, you guessed it, Toronto, Canada. Hammer to Nail has boots on the ground in the form of lead critic Chris Reed and Matt Delman. They’re excited to bring you some amazing reviews so stay tuned!) […]

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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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