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		<title>MR. K</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Baxter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 15:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<div><img width="300" height="172" src="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Screenshot-2025-10-20-at-8.41.27 AM-300x172.png" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Screenshot-2025-10-20-at-8.41.27 AM-300x172.png 300w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Screenshot-2025-10-20-at-8.41.27 AM-1024x587.png 1024w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Screenshot-2025-10-20-at-8.41.27 AM-768x441.png 768w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Screenshot-2025-10-20-at-8.41.27 AM-1536x881.png 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></div>
<p>(Check out Jessica Baxter&#8217;s Mr. Kmovie review, it&#8217;s in select theaters now via Music Box Films. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) After over two decades of directing Dutch film and television, Tallulah Hazekamp Schwab makes her [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/mr-k/">MR. K</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>Jim Brunzell&#8217;s 2018 Fantastic Fest Primer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2018 18:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Some cinephiles would say it’s “the most wonderful time of the year.” The fall movie festival season begun a few weeks ago with Venice, Telluride, and Toronto unveiling their star-studded and Oscar-baiting films, but there are still a few more [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/comedy/brunzell-2018-fantastic-fest/">Jim Brunzell&#8217;s 2018 Fantastic Fest Primer</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>LAST WINTER, THE</title>
		<link>https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/horror/the-last-winter-film-review/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Tully]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>(The Last Winter is now available on DVD through IFC Films.) On the heels of M. Night Shyamalan’s big-budget debacle The Happening, multi-hyphenate Larry Fessenden’s infinitely lower budget—and infinitely more successful—The Last Winter arrives on DVD to show viewers how [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/horror/the-last-winter-film-review/">LAST WINTER, THE</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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