TIFF50 Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/tiff50/ What to Watch Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:09:04 +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 TIFF50 Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/tiff50/ 32 32 THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD Trailer: This Multigenerational Italian Road Comedy Arrives in May https://www.hammertonail.com/trailer/the-last-one-for-the-road/ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:08:51 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=55438 THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD

After making stops at last year’s Cannes, TIFF, and NYFF, Francesco Sossai’s road trip comedy The Last One for the Road is ready to charm U.S. audiences in time for spring. It stars The Hand of God breakout Filippo Scotti […]

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]]> BLUE HERON Trailer: A Family Grapples with Change and Mental Health in Canadian Coming-of-Age Drama https://www.hammertonail.com/trailer/blue-heron-sophy-romvari/ Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:00:24 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=55277

One of the most moving dramas to come out of last year’s Toronto International Film Festival was writer-director Sophy Ramvari’s feature debut, Blue Heron. Winner of prizes at TIFF and Locarno, the film follows an eight-year-old girl (newcomer Eylul Güven) […]

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]]> A Conversation with Billy Corben (CANCELED: THE PAULA DEEN STORY) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/billy-corben/ Thu, 18 Sep 2025 18:30:19 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=54085

Prolific documentarian Billy Corben just premiered his latest film, Canceled: The Paula Deen Story, at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival. It tells the story of the disgraced former TV chef who saw her empire crumble in 2013 over allegations […]

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]]> A Conversation with Siyou Tan (AMOEBA) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/siyou-tan/ Wed, 17 Sep 2025 18:35:08 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=54071

Filmmaker Siyou Tan marks her feature debut with Amoeba, a coming-of-age tale set in her native Singapore. Four teenage girls find friendship through rebellion against their country’s authoritarian system. All students at the Confucian Girls’ Secondary School, they refuse to […]

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]]> The Best and Worst of TIFF 2025 https://www.hammertonail.com/reports/tiff-2025/ Tue, 16 Sep 2025 18:40:46 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=54058

What is up Hammer to Nail readers. It’s me, Rendy Jones, back for another TIFF critic’s notebook. Unlike my previous years, this being my sixth, this one was rather packed and busier than ever. Partly because of the terrible ticketing […]

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]]> AMOEBA https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/amoeba/ Wed, 10 Sep 2025 14:08:21 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=54010

(The Toronto International Film Festival (or TIFF) marks its 50th anniversary this year. TIFF 50 runs September 4-14, with the fest’s usual vast array of movies playing in venues around the downtown entertainment district. Chris Reed has boots on the ground and […]

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