Melanie Addington, Author at Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/author/melanie-addington/ What to Watch Tue, 08 Oct 2024 22:20:00 +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 Melanie Addington, Author at Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/author/melanie-addington/ 32 32 BAD ACTOR: A HOLLYWOOD PONZI SCHEME https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/bad-actor/ Tue, 08 Oct 2024 19:26:00 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=51047

(The 2024 Tribeca Film Festival ran June 5-16, and as always, we have many boots on the ground. Check out Melanie Addington’s Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Spoilers: We […]

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]]> CHECKPOINT ZOO https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/checkpoint-zoo/ Thu, 13 Jun 2024 20:37:03 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=51024

(The 2024 Tribeca Film Festival runs June 5-16, and as always, we have many boots on the ground. Check out Melanie Addington’s Checkpoint Zoo movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Reminding us that the worst type […]

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]]> THIS IS A FILM ABOUT THE BLACK KEYS https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/film-about-the-black-keys/ Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:12:00 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=50421

(For its 31st edition, the SXSW Film & TV Festival will host nine days of screenings from March 8-16, 2024. Check out Melanie Addington’s This Is a Film About the Black Keys movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) A tightly edited […]

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]]> EXHIBITING FORGIVENESS https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/exhibiting-forgiveness/ Wed, 21 Feb 2024 17:08:27 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=50108

(The 2024 Sundance Film Festival ran January 18-28. Check out Melanie Addington’s movie review of Every Little Thing. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) First-time filmmaker but established artist Titus Kaphar showed Exhibiting Forgiveness at Sundance this year. Kaphar also […]

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]]> EVERY LITTLE THING https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/every-little-thing/ Mon, 05 Feb 2024 17:03:43 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=50032

(The 2024 Sundance Film Festival ran January 18-28. Check out Melanie Addington’s movie review of Every Little Thing. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) A quiet film that at first glance appears only to be about hummingbirds but […]

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]]> A DIFFERENT MAN https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/a-different-man/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 17:49:11 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=49990

(The 2024 Sundance Film Festival runs January 18-28. Check out Melanie Addington’s movie review of A Different Man. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Aaron Schimberg in his third feature film, A Different Man, sets himself into a […]

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]]> THELMA https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/thelma/ Sat, 27 Jan 2024 20:29:04 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=49962

(The 2024 Sundance Film Festival runs January 18-28. Check out Melanie Addington’s movie review of Thelma. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Josh Margolis wrote, directed, and edited Thelma, which premiered at Sundance this week based on a […]

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]]> LOVE ME https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/love-me/ Wed, 24 Jan 2024 18:38:41 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=49933

(The 2024 Sundance Film Festival runs January 18-28. Check out Melanie Addington’s movie review of Love Me. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Sam & Andy Zuchero debuted at Sundance 2024 with Love Me, starring Kristen Stewart and […]

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]]> PRESENCE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/presence/ Mon, 22 Jan 2024 21:05:05 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=49917

(The 2024 Sundance Film Festival runs January 18-28. Check out Melanie Addington’s movie review of Presence. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) In Steven Soderbergh’s newest, Presence, which world premiered at Sundance this week, the stripped-down supernatural thriller […]

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]]> NINA IS AN ATHLETE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/nina-is-an-athlete/ Fri, 19 Jan 2024 20:51:13 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=49890

(The 2024 Slamdance Film Festival runs January 19-25 and virtually on the Slamdance Channel from January 22-28 with over 125 film programs and live events. Check out Melanie Addington’s movie review of Nina is an Athlete. Seen it? Join the […]

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