American Movie Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/american-movie/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 19:36:22 +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 American Movie Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/american-movie/ 32 32 A Conversation with Mike Ott & Cory Zacharia (CALIFORNIA DREAMS) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/california-dreams-interview/ Fri, 14 Apr 2017 20:44:59 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=27979 I met with director Mike Ott and his principal subject, Cory Zacharia, on Sunday, March 12, 2017, at SXSW, to discuss his hybrid documentary feature, California Dreams, which follows an eclectic assortment of five residents of the “Golden State” as […]

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As we attempt to piece together the puzzle of this fractured collection of anecdotes, whatever we think of it, we can't turn away from its sheer peculiarity. What is it about?

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]]> Mike S. Ryan’s SXSW 2016 Wrap-Up https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/mike-ryans-sxsw-2016-wrap-up/ Mon, 28 Mar 2016 20:31:24 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=26089 As always the SXSW challenge is trying to find those gems that come out of nowhere. Most of the titles that are in the “Visions” and “Narrative Competition” categories have no buzz because no one except the programmers have seen […]

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]]> A Conversation with Crystal Moselle (THE WOLFPACK) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-crystal-moselle-the-wolfpack/ Fri, 22 May 2015 18:43:34 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=24601 (The Wolfpack premiered in 2015 U.S. Documentary Competition at Sundance. Our own Jackson Scarlett  caught it at the San Francisco International Film Festival.) I first heard about this year’s Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner, The Wolfpack, from friend who worked on […]

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]]> A CALL TO RECOGNIZE THE BEST PERFORMANCES IN NONFICTION FILM https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/a-call-to-recognize-the-best-performances-in-nonfiction-film-by-robert-greene/ https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/a-call-to-recognize-the-best-performances-in-nonfiction-film-by-robert-greene/#comments Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:22:23 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=20905

The time has come to recognize an aspect of nonfiction cinema that has been overlooked for too long. The nature of documentary, of course, is that the image is based in reality. But it has come to be axiomatic that […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/a-call-to-recognize-the-best-performances-in-nonfiction-film-by-robert-greene/feed/ 3 A Conversation With Elizabeth Mims and Jason Tippet (ONLY THE YOUNG) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-elizabeth-mims-and-jason-tippet-only-the-young/ https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-elizabeth-mims-and-jason-tippet-only-the-young/#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2012 18:16:40 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=19129 When I first discovered Elizabeth Mims and Jason Tippet’s feature debut at the 2012 True/False Film Festival, I made this rather bold declaration: “After only one viewing, I’m ready to file Only The Young in the all-time coming-of-age canon.” After […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-elizabeth-mims-and-jason-tippet-only-the-young/feed/ 1 A Conversation With Ben Fowlie (CAMDEN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-ben-fowlie-camden-international-film-festival/ Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:48:58 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=284 In just a few days, the ’09 Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) will stage its fifth iteration on the coast of Maine from October 1st-4th. Devoted exclusively to nonfiction cinema and tucked into a fairly remote corner of the country, […]

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