William Friedkin Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/william-friedkin/ What to Watch Mon, 05 Jan 2026 16:17:13 +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 William Friedkin Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/william-friedkin/ 32 32 HAMMER TO NAIL’S BEST FILMS OF 2025 https://www.hammertonail.com/features/htn-best-films-2025/ Sun, 04 Jan 2026 22:51:51 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=54718

There has been no shortage of artistically strong films in 2025, which is why the critics at Hammer to Nail offer up such a great variety of titles in their respective Top 10 lists of the year. Our choices run […]

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]]> THE CURBSIDE CRITERION: SORCERER https://www.hammertonail.com/blu-ray/curbside-criterion/sorcerer/ Tue, 29 Jul 2025 17:56:58 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=53642

(Here at Hammer to Nail are all about true independent cinema. But we also have to tip our hat to the great films of yesteryear that continue to inspire filmmakers and cinephiles alike. This week Brad Cook crosses the bridge […]

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]]> 2023 Venice Film Festival Lineup: New Films From Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Ava DuVernay, Pablo Larrain, & More https://www.hammertonail.com/film-festivals/2023-venice-lineup/ Tue, 25 Jul 2023 12:33:05 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=40000

Fresh off yesterday’s announcement of the TIFF lineup, the Venice Film Festival has announced the new slate of films making their world premieres on the Lido for their 80th edition. Among the robust slate of filmmakers premiering their new films […]

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]]> SHE WILL https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/she-will/ Fri, 15 Jul 2022 15:20:13 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=37486

(Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of She WIll, in select theaters and on VOD now via IFC Midnight. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) In Charlotte Colbert’s She Will, there is much ado about evocative imagery […]

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]]> LEAP OF FAITH: WILLIAM FRIEDKIN ON THE EXORCIST https://www.hammertonail.com/film-festivals/leap-of-faith-william-friedkin-on-the-exorcist/ Sun, 09 Feb 2020 19:23:18 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=39048

(The 2020 Sundance Film Festival ran January 23-February 2 in and around Park City Utah. Hammer to Nail has boots on the ground at the fest and guarantee more coverage thank any other site out there. Like what you see here on Hammer […]

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]]> ON THE FRINGE, PART THREE: ALICE DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE (1974) https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/on-the-fringe-3/ Wed, 21 Mar 2018 22:18:20 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29240 Something was happening in the American cinema starting in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Among other progressions in societal mores, technology and legalities, this decade+ could arguably be considered a Golden Age of courageous truth-telling films that mine […]

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]]> AFI FEST 2013 PREVIEW https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/afi-fest-2013-preview/ Wed, 06 Nov 2013 19:56:40 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=22080 (AFI FEST 2013 runs November 7th-14th in Hollywood. Visit the festival’s official website for more information.) AFI FEST is the place and time in Los Angeles to see an amazing selection of the best and most talked about art-house films […]

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]]> KILLER JOE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/killer-joe-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/killer-joe-film-review/#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:30:32 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=18097

As much as I want to say that I don’t approve of Killer Joe, I can’t do that. This movie is one seriously gonzo romp.

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/killer-joe-film-review/feed/ 1 MARCH MADNESS https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/march-madness-hammer-to-nail-list/ https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/march-madness-hammer-to-nail-list/#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:33:09 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=1512 MARCH MADNESS, Or: Movies Featuring Those Chosen Few Who Have Played Major College Basketball As Well As Appeared On The Silver Screen It’s no secret to anyone who knows me that if I had to choose between a sneak preview […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/march-madness-hammer-to-nail-list/feed/ 1 BERLINALE ‘10 WRAP-UP – Part Three https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/berlinale-10-wrap-up-part-three/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:21:27 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=1580 Panorama Dokumente at the 60th Berlinale Film Festival Budrus (directed by Julia Bacha) — This film won second place for the Panorama Audience Award. (First place went to Lucy Walker, João Jardim and Karen Harley’s Waste Land, and third place […]

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