Matt Damon Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/matt-damon/ What to Watch Tue, 05 Nov 2024 19:14:11 +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 Matt Damon Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/matt-damon/ 32 32 A Conversation with Tim Mielants (SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/tim-mielants/ Tue, 05 Nov 2024 19:14:11 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=51994

The new movie Small Things Like These, from Belgian director Tim Mielants (Will), is an adaptation of Irish author Clair Keegan’s 2021 novella of the same title. Both film and source text tackle the horror of Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries, a […]

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]]> SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE Trailer: Cillian Murphy Contends with Guilt and Complicity in New Irish Drama https://www.hammertonail.com/trailer/small-things-like-these-cillian-murphy/ Tue, 17 Sep 2024 16:05:06 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=51641

Following up his Oscar-winning performance in Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy stars as a devoted father dealing with the complexity of discovering a terrible truth in Small Things Like These. Belgian filmmaker Tim Mielants directs this adaptation of the novel by Claire […]

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]]> DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS Trailer: Margaret Qualley & Geraldine Viswanathan Star in Ethan Coen’s First Solo Venture https://www.hammertonail.com/trailer/drive-away-dolls/ Fri, 23 Jun 2023 14:44:45 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=39775

Just a few years ago, Joel Coen showed us how capable he is as a solo director with his masterful The Tragedy of Macbeth. Now his brother Ethan gets that opportunity with his new road trip comedy, Run-Away Dolls. Co-written […]

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]]> BENDING THE ARC https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/bending-the-arc-review/ Fri, 06 Oct 2017 17:26:12 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28571

Beautifully shot and edited, the movie does justice to its subjects. Still, it has that promo-video quality, at times – approaching hagiography – that detracts from its perfection.

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]]> Jessica Baxter’s Seattle International Film Fest ’17 Wrap-Up https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/baxter-2017-siff-wrap/ https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/baxter-2017-siff-wrap/#comments Fri, 14 Jul 2017 20:55:55 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28384 The 2017 Seattle International Film Festival, which runs for 25 days every spring in the Emerald City, is four weeks of wall-to-wall, butt-numbing entertainment. This year’s festival took place May 18th to June 11th and featured 400 films from 80 […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/baxter-2017-siff-wrap/feed/ 2 Casey Affleck’s Bad Behavior Be Damned (or Why You Should Not Boycott “Manchester by the Sea”) https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/casey-affleck-boycott-wissot/ https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/casey-affleck-boycott-wissot/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2017 20:14:24 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=27379 To call Manchester by the Sea writer/director Kenneth Lonergan’s masterpiece is not an exaggeration. This is a near-flawless film. (And further proof that HBO needs to give Lonergan his own limited series a la Lisa Cholodenko’s Olive Kitteridge or Todd […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/casey-affleck-boycott-wissot/feed/ 1 MARGARET https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/margaret-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/margaret-film-review/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:02:38 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=13349

If your idea of a rewarding time at the movies is a symphonic drama that aches with the blood, sweat and tears of real life while simultaneously upholding the finest traditions of opera, of theater, of poetry, of literature, look no further than Kenneth Lonergan’s Margaret.

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/margaret-film-review/feed/ 2 A Conversation With AJ Schnack and Nate Truesdell (CONVENTION) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-aj-schnack-and-nate-truesdell-convention/ https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-aj-schnack-and-nate-truesdell-convention/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:16:57 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=4857 When the world converged on Denver, Colorado, in late August of 2008 for the Democratic National Convention, it was projected to be the most memorable and historic in American history. Seizing the moment, filmmaker AJ Schnack and his main collaborators […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-aj-schnack-and-nate-truesdell-convention/feed/ 1 DVD RELEASES – 2010/2/23 https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/dvd-releases-2010223/ Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:08:06 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=1810 This is one of those weeks when the number of movies I can personally recommend pales in comparison to those new releases that I haven’t actually seen but plan to add to my Netflix queue. Highly Recommended The Informant! (Warner […]

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