Among the lingering ghosts of the cinematheque, our less-than-apt “silent” retronym persists. Nearly everyone refers to early films as such now; no one called them that then. These were moving pictures. Photoplays. As the saying goes in the decades since, […]

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(Here at Hammer to Nail are all about true independent cinema. But we also have to tip our hat to the great films of yesteryear that continue to inspire filmmakers and cinephiles alike. This week Brad Cook crosses the bridge […]

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After making prolific films together over 25 years (Mo’ Better Blues, Malcolm X, He Got Game, and Inside Man), Denzel Washington and Spike Lee are a duo to be reckoned with. Now, Lee directs Denzel in what is considered to be a thrilling […]

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Dustin Guy Defa has been a filmmaker for over a decade now and his entire career has been recently added to the Criterion Collection. The collection is streaming on the Criterion Channel right now and includes 9 films short and […]

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(Here at Hammer to Nail, we are all about true independent cinema. But we also have to tip our hat to the great films of yesteryear that continue to inspire filmmakers and cinephiles alike. This week, Brad Cook explores the […]

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(Here at Hammer to Nail, we are all about true independent cinema. But we also have to tip our hat to the great films of yesteryear that continue to inspire filmmakers and cinephiles alike. This week, Brad Cook hits the […]

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(The 2022 Sundance Film Festival runs January 20-30 all virtually. Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of Living. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not pay just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) A remake of Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 […]

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(The 2021 Sundance Film Festival runs January 28- February 3, all virtually as well as with drive-ins sprinkled around the U.S.. Hammer to Nail is bringing you a ton of coverage so, keep coming back! Like what you see here on Hammer to […]

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(We here at Hammer to Nail are all about true independent cinema. But we also have to tip our hat to the great films of yesteryear that continue to inspire filmmakers and cinephiles alike. This week Brad Cook moves in […]

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Toward the end of his life, though, he began to indulge a bit more, letting the camera linger a little longer on gorgeously composed shots, as he did in "Ran," or spreading his experimental wings, as he did in "Dreams."

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