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	<title>Hammer to Nail &#187; Michael Ryan</title>
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		<title>DOCS AT 2010 SXSW</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FILM FESTIVALS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SXSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cameron Yates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dirty Pictures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Sasha Shulgin]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[LSD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marwencore]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Canal Street Madam]]></category>
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As has been the case at several film festivals, the documentaries tend to be stronger overall than the fiction features. This year at SXSW, there were several strong films as well as several great potential films.
Marwencol, which won the Jury Award for Best Documentary—read my full review here—is that rare exception, a fully realized, dynamically [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MARWENCOL &#8211; War Crimes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[On the Festival Circuit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Henry Darger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kingston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Little Miss Sunshine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Hogancamp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marwencol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike S. Ryan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[miniature dolls]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[WWII]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Marwencol is world premiering at the 2010 South by Southwest Film Festival. Visit the film’s official website to learn more and check out some amazing photographs that will take your breath away.)
SXSW 2010, this is the place! I’d say that this is now the best film festival in America. It’s the perfect synchronicity between a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EXPLODING GIRL, THE &#8211; The Invisible Observer</title>
		<link>http://www.hammertonail.com/genre/drama/exploding-girl-the-the-invisible-observer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coming of Age]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In Theatres]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Bujalski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beeswax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bradley Rust Gray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[El Mariachi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[epilepsy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hou Hsiao-hsien]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humpday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[invisible observer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lynn Shelton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Rendall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mumblecore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Revolutionary Road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[summer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Exploding Girl]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[young adults]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zoe Kazan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(After a successful festival run, The Exploding Girl was picked up for distribution by Oscilloscope Laboratories and is opening in New York City on March 12, 2010. Visit Bradley Rust Gray&#8217;s official website to learn more. Note: This review was first published during its Berlinale/Tribeca Film Festival run in the spring of &#8216;09.)
What gets me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MIKE S. RYAN’S SUNDANCE ‘10 WRAP-UP &#8211; Why Sundance Still Matters In The World</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FILM FESTIVALS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sundance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[3 Backyards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Rudolph]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Enter the Void]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Mendelsohn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fata Morgana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Orders No. 9]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geraldine Chaplin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goethe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hayden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jonny Greenwood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kings of the Road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linas Phillips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lunch Break]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michelle Williams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike S. Ryan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nancy Meyers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NEXT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Roeg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peperminta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pipolotti Rist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Popul Vol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reggio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Remember My Name]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On my fourth day, I finally emerged from my screening doldrums. After the streets and the buses became  free of the non-film skiers and LA lookeeloos  and I saw 3 Backyards, Blue Valentine, and Winter’s Bone,  I started to think about how essential Sundance still is to American Indie film. Where else [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MIKE S. RYAN AT SUNDANCE ‘10: DAY TWO</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FILM FESTIVALS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sundance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ballast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debra Granik]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Down to the Bone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eagle Vs. Shark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Five Dollar Cover]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frozen River]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heather Laird]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homewrecker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humpday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Hawkes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lynn Shelton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Memphis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[NEXT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[One Too Many Mornings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pablo Escobar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seattle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sins of the Father]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taika Waititi]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw six films Saturday the 23rd. Actually I walked out on Boy since I don t like films that rely on cute kids and/or cute animals. Boy is directed with punchy quirky energy by Taika Waititi, who made Eagle Vs. Shark. It seems to work for people and I am sure it will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MIKE S. RYAN AT SUNDANCE ‘10: DAY ONE &#8211; Sundance Gets Mavericky</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FILM FESTIVALS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sundance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antichrist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Murray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crispin Glover]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cummings Farm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enter the Void]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gaspar Noe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Get Low]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humpday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[It Is Fine Everything Is Fine!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lady in the Lake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike S. Ryan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pamela Cohn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Duvall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sissy Spacek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sony Classics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[What is It?]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year’s Sundance Film Festival theme, pushed via  trailers and the cover of the film guide,  is: REBEL. Trailers push lines like “this is the rebirth of the battle for new ideas” and other blather like “this is the recharged fight against the establishment of the expected”. The REBEL message is so obviously [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MESSENGER, THE &#8211; A Shirt That Smells of Rage and Fear</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Drama]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ben Foster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian De Palma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In the Valley of Elah]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Iraq War]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jena Malone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Bacon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oren Moverman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Haggis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Redacted]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ross Katz]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[soldiers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Taking Chance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Messenger]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(The Messenger was picked up for distribution by Oscilloscope Pictures and is now available on DVD or Blu-ray. It opened theatrically on 11/13/09, in New York City and Washington D.C., followed by a much wider release on 11/20/09. Go here to learn more. Note: This review was first posted in conjunction with the film’s world [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I SELL THE DEAD &#8211; Vampires, Zombies, and Ruffian Grave Robbers Prowl the Moors of Staten Island</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Evil Dead 2]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[moors]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Richard Lopez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Perelman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slamdance Film Festival]]></category>
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(I Sell the Dead is now available on DVD and Blu-ray through MPI Home Video. It opened theatrically in New York City on August 7th, 2009, and Los Angeles on August 14th, 2009. It premiered On Demand via IFCInTheaters on August 12th, 2009. Visit the film&#8217;s official website for more detailed information. Note: This review [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HALF-LIFE &#8211; Cinematic Ambition</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Half-Life is now available on DVD through Wolfe Video and Digital VOD through Warner Digital VOD. It&#8217;s also screening on Saturday, January 9, 2010, at the 92YTribeca at 7:30pm. Visit the film&#8217;s official website to learn more and watch the trailer.)
As I&#8217;ve written before, there are different types of cinematic ambition. Henry Poole is Here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CRAIG BREWER’S $5 COVER &#8211; It’s All About The Music</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 20:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[($5 Cover is now streaming for free online at mtv.com. They also have a blog that provides much more insight into the Memphis music scene.)
At the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, writer/director Craig Brewer (The Poor and Hungry, Hustle and Flow, Black Snake Moan) gave a sneak peak of his upcoming MTV web series down in [...]]]></description>
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