2018 Sundance Film Festival Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/2018-sundance-film-festival/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:09:18 +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 2018 Sundance Film Festival Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/2018-sundance-film-festival/ 32 32 CLARA’S GHOST https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/claras-ghost/ Fri, 07 Dec 2018 20:15:12 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30534

And so Elliott (Bridey, that is), carefully constructs this hybrid haunted dramedy of possession and liberation with scenes of ribald humor and blatant celebration of the convivial joy of group inebriation while simultaneously undercutting their silliness with the sadness of solitary intoxication.

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]]> A Conversation with Sara Colangelo (THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/sara-colangelo/ Thu, 25 Oct 2018 16:16:42 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30300 I spoke with director Sara Colangelo (Little Accidents) on Wednesday, September 12, 2018, after my return from the Toronto International Film Festival (but while she was still there) to discuss her Sundance award-winner, The Kindergarten Teacher (which I also reviewed). […]

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]]> 306 HOLLYWOOD https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/306-hollywood/ Thu, 27 Sep 2018 21:50:03 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30191

Indeed, it's the siblings' visual style and inventive editing that sets 306 Hollywood apart from similar personal documentaries.

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]]> A Conversation with Robert Greene (BISBEE ’17) https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/robert-greene-interview/ Mon, 27 Aug 2018 19:49:05 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30050 Bisbee ’17 is a new documentary from director Robert Greene about the 1917 miner deportation in Bisbee, Arizona, that left hundreds to die in the desert. By organizing reenactments with the townspeople, Greene blends narrative form through a focus on […]

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]]> NIGHT COMES ON https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/night-comes-on/ Thu, 16 Aug 2018 17:39:36 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30015

What's especially marvelous is how the separate elements come together to be more than the sum of each part, working in subtle harmony with actors and director to tell the story.

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]]> SORRY TO BOTHER YOU https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/sorry-to-bother-you-review/ Thu, 12 Jul 2018 16:11:00 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28969

Media as a weapon emerged as a theme throughout; a viral video is an advertiser’s best friend, but can also be a powerful platform for social change. Sorry to Bother You harnesses that possibility, preaching the ideas of a mass working class uprising and racial equality through a satirical, accessible, memorably insane indie film

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]]> A Conversation with Alexandra Shiva (THIS IS HOME) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/alexandra-shiva/ Tue, 26 Jun 2018 20:54:14 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29843 I met with director Alexandra Shiva (How to Dance in Ohio) on Saturday, May 5, 2018, at the Maryland Film Festival (MdFF), to discuss her inspiring new documentary This Is Home: A Refugee Story (which I also reviewed), set in […]

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]]> THIS IS HOME https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/this-is-home-review/ Wed, 06 Jun 2018 15:54:06 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29736

Shiva chooses three families as her main focus – with a lesser-seen fourth in the mix, as well – profiling each in great detail, with an on-screen countdown of months clicking by, one by one.

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]]> NANCY https://www.hammertonail.com/latest-reviews/nancy/ Wed, 30 May 2018 20:25:17 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29701

Winner of the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, Nancy tells the tale of a thirtysomething woman with a tenuous grip on reality who convinces herself that her sad life is not the one she was meant to live

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]]> A Conversation with Cristina Costantini and Darren Foster (SCIENCE FAIR) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/science-fair-interview/ Tue, 01 May 2018 16:01:37 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29522

I met with directors Cristina Costantini and Darren Foster on Sunday, March 13, at the 2018 SXSW Film Festival, with my Fog of Truth podcast colleague Bart Weiss (of Dallas VideoFest) joining me for the conversation to discuss Science Fair, their award-winning crowd-pleaser of a documentary […]

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