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A Conversation with Sophie Hyde (GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE)

Christopher Reed — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 23:07:37 +0000

The film Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (which I reviewed out of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival) follows the fumbling misadventures of Nancy, a middle-aged widow who has never had an orgasm, as she works with a younger, male […]

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Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn

Matt Delman — Sat, 20 Jun 2020 18:12:23 +0000

(Ivy Meeropol’s documentary Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn is available now on HBO Max. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not pay just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) The hook of the […]

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BURNING CANE

Christopher Reed — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 16:49:55 +0000

The story moves in gentle feints and parries, the occasional roughness of the mise-en-scène and editing adding to its gritty realism.

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XY CHELSEA

Matt Delman — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 17:16:02 +0000

XY Chelsea is a deeply personal project for everyone involved...

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A Conversation with Erin Lee Carr & Jesse Barron (I LOVE YOU NOW DIE: THE COMMONWEALTH VS. MICHELLE CARTER)

Christopher Reed — Sat, 23 Mar 2019 19:50:12 +0000

On Sunday, March 10, 2019, at SXSW, I interviewed director Erin Lee Carr to discuss her latest HBO documentary, I Love You Now Die: The Commonwealth Vs. Michelle Carter (which I also reviewed). Along for the conversation was journalist Jesse […]

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#OSCARS SO RIGHT: WHY “BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE” IS THE PRIZE TO KEEP AN EYE ON

Sat, 23 Feb 2019 18:43:27 +0000

Recently, Vanity Fair ran a piece declaring the Best Documentary Feature category of the Academy Awards a “haven for female filmmakers.” Indeed it’s true that, as the article stated, just in the past decade “women have directed or co-directed more […]

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UNITED SKATES

Christopher Reed — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 22:26:59 +0000

Disco meets synchronized dancing meets high-speed athleticism meets community and joy.

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THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING

Christopher Reed — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:51:50 +0000

Beyond the individual characters – and there are many, all fascinating – the film addresses great metaphysical issues of the human condition.

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THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BROWN BUFFALO

Christopher Reed — Wed, 23 May 2018 20:49:03 +0000

Who needs drugs when you have good filmmaking?

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STRONG ISLAND

Christopher Reed — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 17:23:54 +0000

With assurance and skill, Yance Ford walks us through her family's history, starting in the Jim Crow South up to the present

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