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Comedy is Defiance: Richard Lewis (1947-2024)
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Richard Lewis was the first comedian I tried to model myself upon. That’s a nice way of saying I straight-up stole his look, vibe, and way of speaking for several years in the late 1980s and early ‘90s. I am...
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Interview: Zar Amir Ebrahimi – Holy Spider / Shayda / Tatami
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Ali Abbasi brought her on as a casting director and as fate would have it Zar Amir Ebrahimi would go onto land the role that was originally not meant for her (as a journalist trying to solve serial murders of...
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Danny Boyle Explains What Made Cillian Murphy So Special from the Start
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For some viewers, Cillian Murphy’s presence in “Oppenheimer” might have been confusing: I know I’ve seen that guy in something, but what? It’s a credit to the 47-year-old actor that, as in-demand as he is, he remains malleable enough not...
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MONOLITH Clip: “I Believe my Life is in Danger”
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While trying to salvage her career, a disgraced journalist begins investigating a strange conspiracy theory. But as the trail leads uncomfortably close to home, she is left to grapple with the lies at the heart of her own story.  ...
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Oscar Nominated Short Films of 2024
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The 2024 Academy Awards take place on Sunday, March 10, and as usual there are 15 nominated short films across three categories: animation, documentary, and live action. As I do every year for Hammer to Nail, I watch all of...
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Oscar Predictions 2024: What Will Win This Year
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Unlike most of the Oscar ceremonies over the last decade, the biggest question we’ll get answered on Sunday, March 10 isn’t what will win Best Picture, because we essentially already know that. Instead, the question is just how dominant an...
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THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 1: Official Trailer And Poster
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After their car breaks down in an eerie small town, a young couple (Madelaine Petsch and Froy Gutierrez) are forced to spend the night in a remote cabin. Panic ensues as they are terrorized by three masked strangers who strike...
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Posterized March 2024: La Chimera, Riddle of Fire, Yuni & More
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It’s Oscar month. And that means Best Picture alt-poster time. Four of my favorites are below, courtesy of the usual suspects. I love that some (George Grey and Eileen Steinbach) use a consistent theme to connect their line-up while others...
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NYC Weekend Watch: Edith Wharton, Japanese Horror, Paranoid Cinema & More
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NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Museum of the Moving ImageA retrospective of snubbed performances brings the Wharton double-bill The Age of Innocence and Terence Davies’ criminally underseen The House of Mirth; World on a Wire and THX 1138...
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Friday One Sheet: THE BIKERIDERS
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Exuding casual mid-century mid-western cool, freedom and wide open space, the key art for Jeff Nichols' biker saga, spanning the 1950s and 1960s rise of The Vandals, wears its iconography with ease. No credit block for this bad boy, just...
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