It’s that time of year again. After previously announcing its Opening Night (After the Hunt), Centerpiece (Father Mother Sister Brother), and Closing Night (Is This Thing On?) films, the New York Film Festival has unveiled its full Main Slate lineup […]

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Italian filmmaker Pietro Marcello made a splash in the international scene with his festival hit Martin Eden. Now he returns with a captivating post-World War I tale set in the French countryside. Scarlet, adapted from Alexander Grin’s 1923 novel “Scarlet […]

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Cannes has now announced the slate for this year’s Directors’ Fortnight, aka Quinzaine des Réalisateurs section, following the in-competition lineup announcement last week. The opening film in this section is Scarlet, by Martin Eden director Pietro Marcello. Inspired by the […]

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‘Tis the season for year end “Best Of” lists. Here’s Editor-at-Large Matt Delman’s and Lead Critic Chris Reed’s… Editor-at-Large Matt Delman’s Top Films of 2020 Though recently A24 has felt more like an e-commerce store than a movie studio due […]

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(Pietro Marcello’s experimental spin on Jack London’s Martin Eden is on VOD and in theaters now via Kino Lorber, Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) Italian […]

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