2017 Maryland Film Festival Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/2017-maryland-film-festival/ What to Watch Mon, 08 Jul 2024 17:59:09 +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 2017 Maryland Film Festival Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/2017-maryland-film-festival/ 32 32 A Conversation with Christopher Radcliff and Lauren Wolkstein (THE STRANGE ONES) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/strange-ones-interview/ https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/strange-ones-interview/#comments Fri, 22 Dec 2017 18:03:57 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28818 I met with directors Christopher Radcliff and Lauren Wolkstein on Sunday, May 7, 2017, at the Maryland Film Festival. We discussed The Strange Ones (which I reviewed at SXSW), their feature adaptation of an earlier short film (of the same […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/strange-ones-interview/feed/ 1 A Conversation with Janicza Bravo (LEMON) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/janicza-bravo-interview/ Thu, 24 Aug 2017 23:17:41 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28463

I met with director Janicza Bravo on Friday, May 5, 2017, at the Maryland Film Festival, where we discussed her first feature, the experimental narrative Lemon, which premiered at Sundance (and was reviewed at SXSW by our very own Don […]

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]]> A Conversation with Stephen Cone (PRINCESS CYD) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/stephen-cone-interview/ Fri, 26 May 2017 16:28:24 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28167 I met with writer/director Stephen Cone on Saturday, May 6, 2017, at the Maryland Film Festival (MdFF). We discussed his most recent feature, Princess Cyd (reviewed here), which had its world premiere at the MdFF (as did his last film, […]

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]]> A Conversation with Ramona Diaz (MOTHERLAND) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/ramona-diaz-interview/ Wed, 24 May 2017 21:44:00 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28157

I met with documentary director Ramona Diaz on Friday, May 5, 2017, at the Maryland Film Festival, to discuss her most recent film, Motherland (reviewed here), which premiered at Sundance. It tells the story of the “world’s busiest maternity ward“: […]

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]]> A Conversation with Alex Ross Perry (GOLDEN EXITS) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/alex-ross-perry-interview/ Fri, 19 May 2017 20:45:11 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28138 I met with writer/director Alex Ross Perry, on Saturday, May 6, 2017, at the Maryland Film Festival, to discuss his latest feature, Golden Exits (reviewed here), which premiered at Sundance. A profile of existential angst among a cross-section of Brooklynites […]

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]]> A Conversation with Stanley Nelson (TELL THEM WE ARE RISING) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/stanley-nelson-interview/ Thu, 18 May 2017 18:38:56 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28127

I met with director Stanley Nelson on Sunday, May 7, 2017, at the Maryland Film Festival, to discuss his latest documentary, Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities, which premiered at Sundance (when I reviewed […]

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]]> A Conversation with Albert Birney and Kentucker Audley (SYLVIO) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-birney-audley/ Wed, 17 May 2017 15:42:29 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28121

I met with directors Albert Birney and Kentucker Audley on Sunday, May 7, 2017, at the Maryland Film Festival, where we discussed their collaboration on Sylvio, which premiered at SXSW (where it was reviewed by our very own Don Simpson). […]

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]]> PRINCESS CYD https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/princess-cyd-review/ Fri, 12 May 2017 19:45:06 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28107

Life is full of choices; make your own, but always consider the alternative, and love those who make different choices.

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]]> PERSON TO PERSON https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/person-to-person-review/ Tue, 09 May 2017 16:42:28 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28091

Though at first the emotional stakes may seem low, the more one thinks about the movie the more its profound truths resonate beyond its narrative limits.

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]]> MOTHERLAND https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/motherland-review/ Mon, 08 May 2017 16:37:50 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28081

This is truly a remarkable work of documentary storytelling, raw, intimate and subsequently quite profound.

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