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Hammer to Nail

Hammer to Nail is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Chase Whale, Christopher Llewellyn Reed, Don R. Lewis, Jessica Baxter, Kim Voynar, Savina Petkova.

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Barbara Forever (2026) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Who would she be without the cinematic gaze? It’s a fitting conundrum to ponder for a director of Hammer’s considerable stature.
Posted Jan 27, 2026  Edit critic review
You Got Gold: A Celebration of John Prine (2025) Don R. Lewis While the occasion for Got Gold: A Celebration of John Prine... is a bit of a sad one, seeing so many people happily remembering Prine and signing his songs washes away those blues and reminds us of the power of great music.
Posted Jan 27, 2026  Edit critic review
Young Mothers (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Each actress delivers a heartfelt performance, the rawness of the characters’ desperation palpable from the very first scenes.
Posted Jan 08, 2026  Edit critic review
Song Sung Blue (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed A simultaneously inspiring and tragic tale (leavened with plenty of good humor), the film is also indirectly a searing indictment of the American healthcare system.
Posted Dec 25, 2025  Edit critic review
Marty Supreme (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Along the simultaneously meandering and high-strung journey to what passes for a conclusion (and a trite one at that), however, the film delivers thrills that mostly make up for its shortcomings, anchored by Chalamet’s riveting performance.
Posted Dec 24, 2025  Edit critic review
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Emotions are never oversold, instead landing with just the right notes. The end result is a lovely work of art that transports and transforms, exactly how a movie should.
Posted Dec 18, 2025  Edit critic review
Little Trouble Girls (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed A coming-of-age tale wrestling with the usual sexual confusion of teenagers, Djukic’s movie captures the heightened emotions and desires of its subjects in precise compositions that sharpen the immediacy of pubescent isolation.
Posted Dec 12, 2025  Edit critic review
Reflection in a Dead Diamond (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Impressively, Cattet and Forzani even manage to make some logical sense out of their pastiche, even as they throw the kitchen sink into the mix. Really, though, the audio-visual razzle-dazzle is the reason to watch. Diamonds are a cinephile’s best friend.
Posted Dec 05, 2025  Edit critic review
Train Dreams (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Slowly, over the course of its 102 minutes, the film’s narrative washes over the viewer with poignant grace.
Posted Nov 20, 2025  Edit critic review
Idiotka (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Beyond the strong performances, the best parts of the film, in terms of hearty laughs, are the scenes devoted to lampooning the utter vacuousness of much of our modern influencer culture.
Posted Nov 11, 2025  Edit critic review
Debut, or, Objects of the Field of Debris as Currently Catalogued (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed The structure is the thing, and our pleasure in deciphering it is the movie’s raison d’être. The solution may lie within, but if not, the quest is still very much worth watching.
Posted Nov 10, 2025  Edit critic review
Nuremberg (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed And yet, "Nuremberg" may just be one of the most important films of this season, if only for its timely reminder that criminals—even if their actions are justified by the regime in power—can be brought to justice.
Posted Nov 07, 2025  Edit critic review
Mr. K (2024) Jessica Baxter Mr. K may sound like a daunting cinematic experience. But never fear. All these heady concepts are housed inside a riveting fairy tale world, full of beauty, horror, and humor. A spoonful of surrealism helps the medicine go down.
Posted Oct 30, 2025  Edit critic review
Coexistence, My Ass! (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Though it may seem difficult to find humor in the longstanding conflict between Palestinians and Israelis, this does not deter our subject, whose background gives her jokes a unique bite.
Posted Oct 29, 2025  Edit critic review
The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed As horrible as its outcome may be, "The Voice of Hind Rajab" is gripping throughout. Though in our present moment the issue of Israel and Gaza is a divisive one, surely we can all come together to agree that killing children is bad.
Posted Oct 24, 2025  Edit critic review
Rental Family (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed The ending is profoundly cathartic in the kind of restrained way that resonates far beyond the final moments. Come for the intriguing premise, stay for the lingering insights.
Posted Oct 23, 2025  Edit critic review
Nouvelle Vague (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Shot in black and white, a 1.37 aspect ratio, and in French, the movie appropriates many of the techniques that seemed so innovative back then and infuses them with a delightful sense of freshness and, above all, fun.
Posted Oct 22, 2025  Edit critic review
The Secret Agent (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Moura and the supporting ensemble give it their all, and the result impresses more than it doesn’t. What is left when only memory, if even that, remains, the movie asks. This is a vital question. Ambitious cinema need not be perfect to be worth watching.
Posted Oct 17, 2025  Edit critic review
It Was Just an Accident (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed As always, master of his craft, Panahi makes us think deeply about the themes he presents.
Posted Oct 17, 2025  Edit critic review
WTO/99 (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed It’s a fascinating record of the time, made even more urgent by our present-day circumstances.
Posted Oct 09, 2025  Edit critic review
The Ice Tower (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Filled with evocative imagery—framed in stunning, eerily lit compositions—"The Ice Tower" is a visually lush (if simultaneously cold), unsettling fable where no dramatic answers come easily.
Posted Oct 07, 2025  Edit critic review
André Is an Idiot (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Dying itself is no cause for celebration, but finding comfort in the joys of everyday pleasures and the extraordinary opportunities of ordinary experiences is more than enough reason to cheer.
Posted Oct 06, 2025  Edit critic review
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror (2025) Jessica Baxter Linus' mission was to imbue his film with the emotions and sentiments that people shared on youtube and in every other space where fans gather. I would say, he accomplished his mission.
Posted Oct 02, 2025  Edit critic review
One Battle After Another (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed "One Battle After Another" slips into high gear from the start and may meander, but rarely slows down.
Posted Sep 26, 2025  Edit critic review
My Sunshine (2024) Christopher Llewellyn Reed One might wish for a little less sublimation and slightly more promulgation, but the overall effect is still quite moving, like the gorgeous strains of Debussy’s “Clair de Lune” that play throughout.
Posted Sep 19, 2025  Edit critic review
Boys Go to Jupiter (2024) Jessica Baxter It’s hardly the first film to depict that nebulous, confusing, and sometimes scary period betwixt teenhood and adulthood. But it feels fresh in so many ways. This one has sleeper classic written all over it.
Posted Sep 15, 2025  Edit critic review
The Baltimorons (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Made with generous compassion towards the many foibles of the human animal, the movie ambles along from start to finish with joy, pain, and some frequent emotional discomfort. If cringe is not your thing, armor yourself.
Posted Sep 12, 2025  Edit critic review
The Tale of Silyan (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Cinematographer Jean Dakar … photographs the area in stunning images, tracking the storks in flight and capturing the landscapes in golden hour.
Posted Sep 11, 2025  Edit critic review
The Ugly (2024) Christopher Llewellyn Reed As good as is the rest of the cast, including Kwon Hae-hyo … as the elder Lim Yeong-gyu, "The Ugly" belongs to Park Jeong-min, who in his two separate roles conveys a wealth of feeling through the simplest of gestures.
Posted Sep 10, 2025  Edit critic review
Amoeba (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed With "Amoeba," director Siyou Tan makes a powerful debut feature, telling the story of a group of teenage girls in Singapore struggling to develop identities of their own within a deeply conservative system.
Posted Sep 10, 2025  Edit critic review
Whitetail (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed The final images of the film remain muted in their palette—history never goes away, though it can recede from our mind—even if still immersed in the wonders of nature. It’s a fitting resolution to this quiet, restrained gem of a movie.
Posted Sep 10, 2025  Edit critic review
Honey Bunch (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed If you enjoy nightmares, then this is the perfect film for you.
Posted Sep 05, 2025  Edit critic review
Year of the Fox (2023) Jessica Baxter Kudos to the casting director, Amey René, who knocked it out of the park. The main actors deliver in spades, but they’re ably backed by a solid supporting cast.
Posted Aug 22, 2025  Edit critic review
Suspended Time (2024) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Indeed, crisis or no crisis, the human condition encompasses mundane and extreme experiences, all wrapped up together. In Suspended Time, Assayas perfectly captures that existential contradiction.
Posted Aug 14, 2025  Edit critic review
Coroner to the Stars (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Dubbed the “Coroner to the Stars” (given who lives in that county), Noguchi is the subject of the eponymous documentary from directors Ben Hethcoat and Keita Ideno (making their feature debuts). Both he and the film prove thoroughly engaging.
Posted Aug 08, 2025  Edit critic review
The Balconettes (2024) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Even while probing the multiplicity of ways that men make women’s lives miserable, however, she manages to keep up a frequently manic pace of comedy, offering as many laughs as sobering facts.
Posted Aug 07, 2025  Edit critic review
Folktales (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed By the end, through formative adventures and breathtaking imagery (including overhead drone shots and evocative close-ups of canine eyes), we reach a satisfying cinematic destination.
Posted Aug 01, 2025  Edit critic review
Drowning Dry (2024) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Even if much is left unexplained, the central through line—that within the echoes of rhyming narratives lie truths hidden even from the beholder—resonates long after the abrupt cut to black that ends it all.
Posted Jul 30, 2025  Edit critic review
Magnetosphere (2024) Christopher Llewellyn Reed It’s good times all around, coming-of-age as it always should be.
Posted Jul 22, 2025  Edit critic review
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight (2024) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Davidtz proves more than capable behind the camera, showing impressive restraint with many of the potentially overwrought moments.
Posted Jul 18, 2025  Edit critic review
This Is Spinal Tap (1984) Christopher Llewellyn Reed The movie was groundbreaking and career-launching (and/or career-enhancing), both.
Posted Jul 09, 2025  Edit critic review
40 Acres (2024) Christopher Llewellyn Reed The stakes are palpable, Deadwyler and company bringing an emotional immediacy to their roles that resonates far beyond the premise.
Posted Jul 02, 2025  Edit critic review
Take It or Leave It (2018) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Despite its issues, I'll take it, rather than leave it.
Posted Jul 01, 2025  Edit critic review
Yanuni (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed The result is an imperfect, but always engaging, study of the twin struggle for freedom and climate protection. Without the latter, there’s not much point to the former. And this holds true for us all.
Posted Jun 16, 2025  Edit critic review
Natchez (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed "Natchez" chronicles the tale of a country at war with itself while charting a path forward to peace and reconciliation. Let’s hope the right people are watching.
Posted Jun 13, 2025  Edit critic review
Holding Liat (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Kramer is a relative, which explains his camera’s intimate access to the family’s distress. Thanks to that connection, Holding Liat is, throughout, a moving testament to the human spirit and the beauty of consistent humanitarian values.
Posted Jun 12, 2025  Edit critic review
Backside (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Given the climate of anti-immigrant hate promoted by the current United States administration, we cannot help but wonder about the future of the tight-knit collective here on display.
Posted Jun 10, 2025  Edit critic review
I Don't Understand You (2024) Jessica Baxter It’s more funny than horrific by a wide margin, but it fully embraces the darkness implied by “dark comedy”.
Posted Jun 06, 2025  Edit critic review
The Mastermind (2025) Savina Petkova [The film's] beautifully quiet poeticism emphasizes the throbbing hope for a better life.
Posted Jun 04, 2025  Edit critic review
A-
Sentimental Value (2025) Savina Petkova Thanks to its soft touch handling familial drama, Sentimental Value feels like a film you’d like to live in, as cozy as a creaky house and as warm as a parent’s embrace.
Posted Jun 04, 2025  Edit critic review
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