The new movie Conclave, from German director Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front), tells the surprisingly gripping tale of what happens during a papal conclave three weeks after a pontiff’s death. Adapted from Robert Harris’ eponymous novel and […]

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(The 2024 Middleburg Film Festival runs October 17-20. Check our Chris Reed’s Conclave movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Every time a Pope dies, Catholics around the world no doubt find themselves both mourning the loss […]

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On the day of its U.S. release, I spoke with director Harry Macqueen (Hinterland) about his sophomore feature Supernova (which I also reviewed). The film follows Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci as an aging long-term couple taking a tour of […]

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(Harry Macqueen’s Supernova is available now on VOD 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?) Sam and Tusker are longtime romantic partners, the one […]

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I recently spoke by phone with writer/director Karen Maine about her debut feature, Yes, God, Yes (which I also reviewed). In the film, Maine (who also co-wrote the short that was later adapted into the 2014 Obvious Child), revisits the […]

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If the Sarasota Film Festival isn’t my very favorite festival of them all, it’s certainly hovering right near the tippy-top. I’m sure that sounds like a fishy statement to make considering my girlfriend is Director of Programming Holly Herrick, not […]

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