I had the pleasure of watching and reviewing Iram Parveen Bilal’s I’ll Meet You There out of SXSW 2020. Unfortunately for all involved, that festival was cancelled because of the then-new Covid-19 pandemic. Since these were early days, yet, there […]

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(The 2020 DOC NYC Film Fest runs November 11-19, virtually. You can watch many of their films via their site. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) […]

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S#I%house, one of my favorite #LostFilmsofSXSW20 with a lightly renovated title, has luckily been found by a distributor, IFC Films, and will hopefully be found by a wide audience when it comes out October 16  in Virtual Cinemas and On […]

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Editors Note: Feels Good Man is now available on VOD. Below is our review from the Lost Films of SXSW 2020. (The 2020 SXSW Film Festival was sadly canceled. Yet Hammer to Nail is still reviewing films that were slated […]

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Vertical Entertainment will release the sci-fi film Archive in Theaters, On Demand and Digital on July 10, 2020. The film was an official selection for the 2020 SXSW Film Festival. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via […]

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(The 2020 SXSW Film Festival was sadly cancelled. Yet Hammer to Nail is still reviewing films that were slated to premiere at the fest! We present, #LostFilmsofSXSW. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per […]

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(After its premiere at the 2020 SXSW Film Festival, Bao Nguyen’s Bruce Lee doc Be Water is a part of ESPN’s excellent “30 for 30” series staring Sunday, June 7. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give […]

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(SXSW announceed a partnership with Vimeo to show some of these pilot episodes. Enjoy at this link!) The  would have included two screening programs of short episodic series’ pilots, and though the event never happened, many of the episodes were […]

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(The 2020 SXSW Film Festival was sadly cancelled. Yet Hammer to Nail is still reviewing films that were slated to premiere at the fest! We present, #LostFilmsofSXSW. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per […]

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(The 2020 SXSW Film Festival was sadly cancelled. Yet Hammer to Nail is still reviewing films that were slated to premiere at the fest! We present, #LostFilmsofSXSW. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per […]

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