2013 Sundance Film Festival Archives - Hammer to Nail

A Conversation With Eliza Hittman (IT FELT LIKE LOVE)

Michael Tully — Fri, 21 Mar 2014 19:05:50 +0000

(It Felt Like Love is now available on home video through Lorber Films: DVD, Amazon Instant, iTunes. It world premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and was distributed theatrically by Variance Films. Visit the film’s official website for more […]

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IT FELT LIKE LOVE

Tue, 18 Mar 2014 15:15:24 +0000

Eliza Hittman’s It Felt Like Love lives is an unadorned, gut-wrenching depiction of what it’s like to be young and look around you, and have no idea where you are, who you are with, or how you got here.

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COMPUTER CHESS

Mike S. Ryan — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 13:00:23 +0000

Computer Chess is an extremely entertaining low-tech cinematic breakdown of our modern high-tech world.

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STOKER

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:18:01 +0000

Whatever the film’s flaws, Stoker’s visual storytelling is masterful and operatic.

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SUNDANCE ’13: TULLY’S WRAP-UP

Michael Tully — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:04:22 +0000

Since I began attending the Sundance Film Festival back in 2008, my annual post-fest wrap-ups have always been typed with optimistic fingers. But when it comes to the recently concluded 2013 installment, my whole hands are glowing. As far as […]

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CONCUSSION

Mike S. Ryan — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:38:00 +0000

Is it possible to have your cake and eat it too, Concussion asks? It’s radical answer: yes, under certain scenarios, it actually is.

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SUNDANCE ‘13: The NEXT Section Comes Into Focus

Mike S. Ryan — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:21:07 +0000

When the NEXT section was launched a few years ago by the powers-that-be at the Sundance Film Festival, it replaced the American Spectrum sidebar that originated during the Gilmore years. It was a section that was created to accommodate low/micro-budget […]

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The Composing Process: THIS IS MARTIN BONNER

Michael Tully — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:00:51 +0000

Chad Hartigan’s second feature, This Is Martin Bonner, world premieres in the NEXT Section of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival (screening info: here). Though I haven’t yet seen Hartigan’s follow-up to his charming debut, Luke and Brie Are On A […]

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