A Ghost Story Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/a-ghost-story/ What to Watch Mon, 20 May 2024 17:32:09 +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 A Ghost Story Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/a-ghost-story/ 32 32 THE GREEN KNIGHT https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/the-green-knight/ Wed, 18 Aug 2021 14:11:39 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=35239

(David Lowery, former HtN contributor and director on an amazing trajectory, had his latest release, The Green Knight, in theaters July 30 via A24. The film is streaming on all major platforms starting Thursday, August 19, 2021. Like what you see […]

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]]> THE WORLD TO COME https://www.hammertonail.com/latest-reviews/the-world-to-come/ Tue, 02 Mar 2021 16:29:49 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=34409

(Mona Fastvold’s The World to Come is in theaters now and drops on VOD March 2 via Bleecker Street. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) Upstate New York in […]

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]]> A Conversation with Channing Godfrey Peoples (MISS JUNETEENTH) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/channing-godfrey-peoples/ Tue, 23 Jun 2020 18:54:10 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=33064

I recently spoke with director Channing Godfrey Peoples by phone about her debut feature, Miss Juneteenth (which I also reviewed), which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and just came out on VOD on…June 19! This powerful movie follows […]

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]]> Mike S. Ryan’s (Very Biased) Favorite Low-Budget Indies Of The Decade https://www.hammertonail.com/features/mike-s-ryans-best-of-decade/ https://www.hammertonail.com/features/mike-s-ryans-best-of-decade/#comments Thu, 27 Feb 2020 20:02:12 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=32368

Mike S. Ryan’s very biased 25 fave low budget American Indies of the ‘10 Decade. 1. Moonlight-Barry Jenkins 2. Meek’s Cutoff/Certain Woman– Kelly Reichardt 3. The Rider-Chloe Zhao 4. The Fits– Anna Rose Holmer 5. It Felt Like Love– Eliza […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/features/mike-s-ryans-best-of-decade/feed/ 1 LIGHT FROM LIGHT https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/light-from-light/ Fri, 01 Nov 2019 18:31:33 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=31702

If at times the film can feel like purgatory, the bittersweet surprise of the third act sweeps us into a rapturous nirvana that will send tingles down your spine

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]]> THE OLD MAN & THE GUN https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/ld-man-the-gun-review/ Thu, 13 Sep 2018 17:49:36 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30129

With The Old Man & The Gun, Lowery has sent Redford sailing into the horizon on a high note.

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]]> ROGERS PARK https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/rogers-park/ Thu, 26 Apr 2018 23:10:23 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29515

Sans hyperbole, Rogers Park features some of the most intense social situations in cinema, with remarkably frank discussions of sex (or lack thereof).

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]]> A Conversation with Michael Tully (DON’T LEAVE HOME) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/michael-tully/ Fri, 20 Apr 2018 19:35:11 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29468 I met with filmmaker Michael Tully (the former editor of this site), on Friday, March 16, at SXSW 2018, to discuss his latest movie, Don’t Leave Home (reviewed by Don Simpson), which premiered at the festival. The film, a disturbing […]

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]]> Short Film Contest Winner/Runner-Up: Spring ’17 https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/spring-17-shorts-winners/ Mon, 10 Jul 2017 23:15:21 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28355 Rather than starting in with some honest excuses in regards to the tardiness of posting the winners for the Hammer to Nail Spring 2017 Short Film Contest (day job is cray, Oak Cliff Film Fest rocked my socks), let me […]

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]]> 2017 Oak Cliff Film Festival Wrap-Up https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/2017-oak-cliff-film-fest-wrap/ Fri, 30 Jun 2017 17:50:10 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28323 The 2017 Oak Cliff Film Festival ran June 8-11 and I was fortunate enough to attend for the second time as a juror. I truly adore the Oak Cliff Film Festival as well as festival founders Barak Epstein and Jason […]

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