2017 Slamdance Film Festival Archives - Hammer to Nail

A Conversation with Stefan Avalos (STRAD STYLE)

Christopher Reed — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 18:32:11 +0000

I met with documentary director Stefan Avalos, on Sunday, June 18, 2017, at AFI DOCS 2017, to discuss his deeply engaging Strad Style (which I reviewed when it played at Slamdance). The film follows protagonist Danny Houck, from Laurelville, Ohio, […]

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THE MODERN JUNGLE

Christopher Reed — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 23:53:30 +0000

Set in the mountains of Chiapas, the southernmost state of Mexico, The Modern Jungle takes us on a journey to and from countryside to city, and back again...

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AUTOMATIC AT SEA

Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:45:30 +0000

A transcendentally, hallucinogenic thriller, Automatic at Sea distorts and manipulates reality to the point that it becomes a total mind-fuck...

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WEATHER HOUSE

Christopher Reed — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 04:10:42 +0000

And so it goes, everything discussed yet nothing explained...

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YOU NEVER HAD IT: AN EVENING WITH BUKOWSKI

Sun, 29 Jan 2017 19:07:50 +0000

Bukowski even provides an obligatory tour of his San Pedro house during which he reveals an old photograph of...

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FUTURE ’38

Christopher Reed — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 18:19:13 +0000

How could one not like a movie that opens with an introduction from famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, claiming that what we are about to see is a long-lost cinematic gem from 1938?

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STRAD STYLE

Christopher Reed — Sat, 28 Jan 2017 18:00:19 +0000

Watch Strad Style, then, and become a fan.

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DAVE MADE A MAZE

Christopher Reed — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 21:07:00 +0000

(The 2017 Slamdance Film Festival kicked off on January 20 and runs through January 26. The HtN staff is repping Slamdance hard with reviews like this –Dave Made a Maze, Bill Watterson’s joyous, aMAZEing feature.) A visually inventive tour-de-force of […]

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SUCK IT UP

Tue, 24 Jan 2017 17:55:21 +0000

Throughout the process, Suck It Up twists the viewer’s emotions into a pretzel, constantly switching from laugh out loud moments to sheer sadness and back again.

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KURO

Mon, 23 Jan 2017 20:53:46 +0000

A skillfully deconstructed narrative, Kuro separates words from images and engages the viewer’s mind to populate the void in between.

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