Coming from a rapturous premiere at the Cannes Film Festival (and the highest rating on Ioncinema’s international critics grid), Sirāt has already been nominated for 2 Golden Globes for best Foreign Language Film and Best Score, and has just advanced […]

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(The 2022 Cannes Film Festival runs May 17-28, Our own Jack Schenker is at the fest and has this movie review of The Eight Mountains. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.). Directors Felix Van Groenigen and Charlotte […]

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(Check out Jack Schenker’s movie review of Godland from director Hlynur Pálmason. It’s in select theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) As cliché of a phrase as it is, they don’t make ‘em like […]

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(Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Memoria will only play movie theaters…forever, 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?) Tarkovsky would be proud; Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s latest meditative masterpiece Memoria follows in […]

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(Guy Pearce, Matilda Lutz and Travis Fimmel star in the sci-fi thriller Zone 414, in theaters and on VOD now. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) […]

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Does the average moviegoer in 2021 have the eyes, the ears, the temperament, the patience, or even the vulnerability necessary to allow a master like Tarkovsky to take them on a poetic and autobiographical journey? The obvious answer is no. […]

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(The 2021 Tribeca Film Festival opens Wednesday, Jun 9, 2021 and runs all the way through Sunday, Jun 20. hammer to Nail has you covered with tons of coverage, coming your way! Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not […]

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(Japan‘s Official Oscar Entry, True Mothers from Director Naomi Kawase, Arrives on DVD/Digital on 6/8, Exclusively from Film Movement. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) There are […]

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(Bad Lieutenant was just re-released on DVD in a special edition package by Lionsgate. Buy it at Amazon.) “No one can kill me. I’m blessed. I’m a fucking Catholic.” – The Lieutenant (Harvey Keitel) Some films become emblematic of the […]

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