Christos Nikou Is a Greek writer and director who has worked in the industry for over a decade. Before his amazing debut feature Apples He served as an assistant director on many films including Dogtooth for Yorgos Lanthimos and Before […]

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In the past, I have reviewed the Oscar-nominated shorts either in one big compilation piece or separately, by category. I missed last year, but now am back with a quick glance at the 15 nominated films. We’ll know by the […]

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(Darius Marder’s buzzed about narrative-feature debut Sound of Metal is streaming now on Amazon Prime. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) Woven together with tough dramatic sinew, […]

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More buddy comedy than thriller, Audiard’s latest flips Western genre conventions on its head.

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