The Kindergarten Teacher Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/the-kindergarten-teacher/ What to Watch Thu, 16 Apr 2026 23:12:36 +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 The Kindergarten Teacher Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/the-kindergarten-teacher/ 32 32 A Conversation with Nadav Lapid (YES) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/nadav-lapid-yes/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:01:09 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=55493

Nadav Lapid was born in Tel Aviv in 1975. Before turning to filmmaking, he published a novel, worked as a literary critic and sports journalist. He joined the Cannes Film Festival’s Cinéfondation in 2007, where he wrote the screenplay for […]

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]]> A Conversation with Nadav Lapid (SYNONYMS) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/nadav-lapid/ Tue, 08 Oct 2019 19:46:41 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=31570

I met with Israeli director Nadav Lapid (Policeman) on Saturday, September 7, 2019, at the Toronto International Film Festival, to discuss his new film, Synonyms (which I also reviewed), winner of the Golden Bear at this year’s Berlin Film Festival. […]

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Based on Lapid’s own experiences, Synonyms offers a contemplative cinematic discourse on the nature and construct of the self.

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]]> A Conversation with Sara Colangelo (THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/sara-colangelo/ Thu, 25 Oct 2018 16:16:42 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30300 I spoke with director Sara Colangelo (Little Accidents) on Wednesday, September 12, 2018, after my return from the Toronto International Film Festival (but while she was still there) to discuss her Sundance award-winner, The Kindergarten Teacher (which I also reviewed). […]

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Though the film disturbs, its portrait of an unsettling midlife crisis forces us to examine our own relationship to art and profundity, asking what we would be prepared to do to safeguard a little precious beauty.

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]]> HtN is Headed to the Toronto International Film Festival! https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/2018-tiff-preview/ Thu, 30 Aug 2018 18:38:13 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30066 Founded in 1976 as the Festival of Festivals, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took on its current name in 1995. Held annually in September, the festival is often a prime showcase for the artistically ambitious films that dominate the […]

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