The Whale Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/the-whale/ What to Watch Thu, 23 Oct 2025 18:22:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-logo02-1-32x32.png The Whale Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/the-whale/ 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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]]> SHOWING UP https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/showing-up-2/ Fri, 14 Apr 2023 20:29:09 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=39290

(Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of Showing Up, the latest collab between filmmaker Kelly Reichardt and actress Michelle Williams. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) The films of Kelly Reichardt are thoughtful cinematic dramas that […]

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]]> THE WHALE Trailer: Brendan Fraser Makes a Comeback in Darren Aronofsky’s Drama https://www.hammertonail.com/trailer/the-whale/ Tue, 08 Nov 2022 14:41:51 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=38324

After months of anticipation, the Brendannaissance has finally arrived! A24 has released a trailer for Darren Aronofsky’s newest drama, The Whale, which marks a resurgence to leading man status for Brendan Fraser. His performance has already gotten many raves since […]

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]]> Gotham Awards 2022 Nominations: ‘Tár,’ ‘Everything Everywhere,’ and ‘Aftersun’ Top the List https://www.hammertonail.com/features/gotham-awards-2022-nominations/ Tue, 25 Oct 2022 17:00:14 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=38252

The nominations for the 2022 Gotham Awards have been revealed. The nominations in 12 categories recognize independent/arthouse films and breakout TV from this year. The ceremony will be held at Cipriani Wall Street in Manhattan on Monday, November 28. Angelica […]

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]]> TIFF 2022: CRITICS NOTEBOOK https://www.hammertonail.com/features/tiff-22-wrap/ Wed, 21 Sep 2022 21:38:33 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=37999

My name is Rendy Jones (they/he) and I am / we are an independent film critic from Brooklyn, New York, operating my self-published outlet “Rendy Reviews” for a decade. This year’s Toronto International Film Festival trip was entirely different from […]

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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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]]> TIFF 2022 Lineup: Festival Favorites and World Premieres Booked for Toronto https://www.hammertonail.com/features/tiff-2022-lineup/ Thu, 28 Jul 2022 16:30:08 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=37553

The 47th annual Toronto International Film Festival is coming back. After a more desolate festival last year due to COVID, people are hoping for a resurgence of both critics and attendees as numerous festival favorites and world premieres will screen […]

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