Shoplifters Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/shoplifters/ What to Watch Thu, 23 Oct 2025 18:22:02 +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 Shoplifters Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/shoplifters/ 32 32 RENTAL FAMILY https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/rental-family/ Thu, 23 Oct 2025 18:22:02 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=54296

(The Middleburg Film Festival ran October 16-19 in Middleburg, Virginia, and lead critic Chris Reed is on the ground doing coverage for us. Check out his Rental Family movie review! Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) In Rental […]

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]]> BROKER Trailer: Kore-eda Hirokazu Returns With A Tale of Chosen Families https://www.hammertonail.com/trailer/broker-2/ Thu, 01 Dec 2022 18:34:35 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=38470

One filmmaker who has excelled in telling stories of the human spirit is Kore-eda Hirokazu. Five years after winning the Palme d’Or for his breathtaking Shoplifters, he returns with one of the most acclaimed dramas of the year that centers […]

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]]> HtN’s Top 20 Most Anticipated Films at TIFF ’22 https://www.hammertonail.com/features/tiff-22-best/ Wed, 07 Sep 2022 18:05:25 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=37866

The Toronto International Film Festival (or TIFF) was founded in 1976 and since then has become one of the world’s premier showcases of quality films of all kinds, be they large event movies, microbudget flicks, and everything in between. Given […]

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]]> THE TRUTH https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/the-truth/ Fri, 03 Jul 2020 18:30:08 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=33098

(The Truth, director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s follow-up to his critical and audience acclaimed Shoplifters, is available now on VOD via IFC Films. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us […]

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]]> Hammer To Nail’s 20 Most Anticipated Films of TIFF 2019 https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/htn-tiff-2019-preview/ Wed, 04 Sep 2019 17:59:45 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=31328 Once again, Hammer to Nail has representation on the ground at TIFF (the Toronto International Film Festival). As we did last year, we here offer up our recommended (of films we’ve already seen) and most anticipated (of films we haven’t) […]

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]]> SHOPLIFTERS https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/shoplifters-review/ Fri, 12 Oct 2018 17:10:53 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30245

Refreshingly peculiar in its plot construction, Shoplifters sells its message that family is what you make of it, rather than who you are related to, with great dramatic vigor, stimulating our minds and stealing our hearts.

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]]> Matthew Delman’s TIFF 2018 Wrap-Up https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/tiff-2018-wrap-up/ Thu, 20 Sep 2018 18:12:07 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30147 This year’s Toronto International Film Festival was a treasure trove for the arthouse film lover. The buzziest titles among critics were Alfonso Cuaron’s deliberately paced, black-and-white, Spanish-language drama about a Mexican housemaid, and a brutally brilliant Claire Denis space odyssey. […]

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