Comparisons have been made to Napoleon Dynamite, which seems fair given the fact they are both Sundance oddities with a distinct style. Like that film, Dinner in America is a true discovery bound for cult-classic status.

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I don't know if this is the first ever script to be fashioned out of a tweetstorm, but it does prove that stories have found new places to exist and aspiring filmmakers have figured out where to find them.

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As much as the film is about realizing your own identity separate from your family, it is also at heart a love story. 

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Update: BOYS STATE is now available to stream on AppleTV. (The 2020 Sundance Film Festival runs January 23-February 2 in and around Park City Utah. Hammer to Nail has boots on the ground at the fest and guarantee more coverage thank any […]

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(Following a debut at Sundance, Josephine Decker’s Shirley is available now to watch online via Neon. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) I almost did not see […]

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Watching these two injured souls find succor in the other’s company is beautiful to behold. It’s cinema as profound emotional catharsis. You will be moved.

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I met with German/Romanian director Alexander Nanau (Toto and His Sisters) on Friday, January 24, 2020, at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, to discuss his powerful documentary Collective (a film I reviewed out of the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival), […]

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Once Upon a Time in Venezuela offers quite the dystopian fairy tale, which we should all heed, lest we fall under a curse of venal mismanagement.

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We should all be grateful it exists, irrespective of ideology, as the ACLU has defended those on the right and the left of the political spectrum. Since 2017, however, it has been especially busy.

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