The controversial threat to terminate the lease for Miami Beach’s arthouse theater O Cinema for screening the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land has been withdrawn by its mayor Steven Meiner following a city council meeting on Wednesday, March 19. Per […]

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DOC NYC, the United States’ largest documentary film festival, is making its return to NYC from November 13 through December 1 (in-person and online) for its 15th edition. It will screen more than 200 films, 110 of which are feature-length. […]

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(Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of Boom! Boom! The World vs. Boris Becker, the latest film from prolific documentarian Alex Gibney. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) He can’t stop, won’t stop, doesn’t stop. That’s […]

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(Citizen Bio, a new documentary from director Trish Dolman is available now on Showtime. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) In today’s world, the progress of […]

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(Alex Gibney, Ophelia Harutyunyan and Suzanne Hillinger’s imperative doc Totally Under Control  is available now on VOD 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?) Ever […]

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Director Gabe Polsky is back at it, following up on his 2014 Red Army, about the successful Soviet hockey team, with Red Penguins (which I reviewed for Hammer to Nail), about what happened to the organization once the Cold War […]

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CPH:DOX is what might best be described as a “living” festival. While most big name fests strive for relevancy through catchy branding, the Copenhagen International Documentary Festival is a different entity entirely. It’s a festival animated by the sincere belief […]

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Gibney peels back the many layers of fiction – or, to reappropriate the film's title with a secondary meaning, of "invention" – that made for appealing fantasy until the nightmare of reality dispelled the magic

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