Céline Sciamma made waves a few years ago with her tale of an 18th-century love affair in Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Now, she returns with her new coming-of-age fantasy drama Petite Maman. Neon picked it up at last […]

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(Rendez-Vous with French Cinema takes place at Film at Lincoln Center from March 3 – 13. M.J. O’Toole has this movie review of Paris, 13th District which plays on March 4 and 7. It will be released in theaters on […]

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(The 2021 Toronto International Film Festival ran Sep 9-Sep 18 in Toronto, Canada. HtN has a ton of coverage from the fest so stay tuned! Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon […]

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The 2021 New York Film Festival (or NYFF) is in its 59th iteration and runs September 24-October 10. There are 5 sections in the program: the Main Slate (with 32 features), Currents (15 features and 8 shorts programs), Spotlight (9 […]

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(Mona Fastvold’s The World to Come is in theaters now and drops on VOD March 2 via Bleecker Street. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) When the thing […]

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Founded in 1980 by Robert Redford to promote the art and craft of filmmaking, the U.S. Film Festival, rebranded as the Sundance Film Festival in 1985, has long been a beacon for American independent cinema. Ever since then, the annual […]

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(Francis Lee’s Ammonite is available on all streaming platforms Friday, December 4 via Neon. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) Very loosely based on the real-life […]

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I met with Belgian director Zoé Wittock, making her feature debut, on Saturday, January 25, 2020, at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, to discuss her delightfully strange Jumbo, a film about a troubled young woman who falls in love with […]

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(Unlike many of the other films launching on VOD during the pandemic, Deerskin is being released today as part of Greenwich Entertainment’s virtual cinema partnership with theaters throughout the country. If you rent Deerskin 50% of the proceeds will benefit local […]

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