Michael Shannon Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/michael-shannon/ What to Watch Tue, 27 Jan 2026 17:26:59 +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 Michael Shannon Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/michael-shannon/ 32 32 HtN’s 12 Most Anticipated Films of Sundance 2026 https://www.hammertonail.com/features/htn-picks-sundance-26/ Sat, 24 Jan 2026 20:24:55 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=54862

The 2026 Sundance Film Festival kicks off Thursday, January 22 and runs through Sunday, February 1 for, sadly the last time, in and around Park City, Utah. Last year’s passing of Sundance progenitor Robert Redford kind of added a real […]

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]]> A Conversation with Joshua Oppenheimer (THE END) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/joshua-oppenheimer/ Fri, 13 Dec 2024 22:00:49 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=52205

Noted documentarian Joshua Oppenheimer (The Act of Killing) makes his fiction-feature debut with The End, a post-apocalyptic musical starring Bronagh Gallagher, Moses Ingram, Lennie James, George McKay, Michael Shannon, and Tilda Swinton. Set a quarter-century after a major climate catastrophe […]

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]]> THE END Trailer: Tilda Swinton Stars In Joshua Oppenheimer’s Post-Apocalyptic Musical https://www.hammertonail.com/trailer/the-end-joshua-oppenheimer/ Tue, 05 Nov 2024 00:25:41 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=51989 Tilda Swinton in THE END

Oscar-nominated director Joshua Oppenheimer follows up his two documentaries The Act of Killing and The Look of Silence with his first narrative feature. His post-apocalyptic musical, The End, centers on a family living in an extravagant bunker years after the […]

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]]> TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL 2023 LINEUP: New Films From Steve Buscemi, Dustin Guy Defa, and Chelsea Peretti To Premiere https://www.hammertonail.com/film-festivals/tribeca-2023-lineup/ Tue, 18 Apr 2023 16:09:16 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=39308

The lineup for the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival has just been unveiled. Taking place from June 7-18 in New York City, it will screen a total of 109 feature films from 127 filmmakers across 36 countries, with 93 world premieres, […]

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]]> ON THE FRINGE, PART SEVEN: SHOTGUN STORIES (2007) https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/on-the-fringe-7/ Wed, 18 Apr 2018 20:05:14 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29448 Jeff Nichols’ award-winning directorial debut Shotgun Stories is a flawless film. This quality is a crucial distinction to make in discussing a film as part of my continuing “On theFringe” series, as this factor sets the movie apart from its (predecessor) compatriot pictures […]

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]]> SALT AND FIRE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/salt-and-fire-review/ Wed, 12 Apr 2017 18:51:25 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=27957

Salt and Fire is by no means intended to represent reality, it is a mechanism to convey an eco-political message, albeit a somewhat indecipherable one.

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]]> A Conversation With Matthew Ross (FRANK & LOLA) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-matthew-ross-frank-and-lola/ Thu, 08 Dec 2016 14:09:13 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=27293 Matthew Ross’s noir-tinged drama Frank & Lola world premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, where it was picked up for distribution by Universal Pictures. Starring Michael Shannon, Imogen Poots, Emmanuelle Devos, Michael Nyqvist, and Justin Long, Frank & Lola is […]

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]]> Double Review! Frank & Lola and Microbe & Gasoline https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/frank-lola-and-microbe-gasoline/ Sat, 14 May 2016 17:53:42 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=26371

Jessica Baxter wraps up her 59th San Francisco International Film Festival coverage with two "capsule" reviews of "Frank and Lola" and "Microbe and Gasoline."

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]]> POST MORTEM https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/post-mortem-film-review/ Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:30:18 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=16692

There is such a thing as pitch black comedy, and then there is the work of Chilean director Pablo Larraín, whose warped sense of humor deserves its own adjective. Tar black, maybe?

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]]> A Conversation With Liza Johnson (RETURN) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-liza-johnson-return/ https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-liza-johnson-return/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:57:44 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=15050 (Return is now available on DVD and at Amazon Instant.) Many films—both narrative and documentary—have been released in the past several years dealing with the emotional fallout of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars back home on American shores (The Messenger, […]

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