avant-garde cinema Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/avant-garde-cinema/ What to Watch Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:31:50 +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 avant-garde cinema Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/avant-garde-cinema/ 32 32 A Conversation with  Lynne Sachs (EVERY CONTACT LEAVES A TRACE) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/lynne-sachs/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:16:52 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=54805

Some filmmakers are known for their documentary works. Others for their narrative films. Still others—the better filmmakers (for me), generally—do not fit comfortably into either category. Or any category whatsoever. Poet / artist / filmmaker Lynne Sachs is one of […]

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]]> BARBARA FOREVER https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/barbara-forever/ Tue, 27 Jan 2026 19:06:52 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=54922

(The 2026 Sundance Film Festival kicks off Thursday, January 22 and runs through Sunday, February 1 for, sadly the last time, in and around Park City, Utah. Check out Chris Reed’s Barbara Forever movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join […]

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]]> DEBUT, OR, OBJECTS OF THE FIELD OF DEBRIS AS CURRENTLY CATALOGUED https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/debut-objects-of-the-field-of-debris/ Mon, 10 Nov 2025 15:39:00 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=54400

(The 2025 Maryland Film Festival ran November 5-9. Check out Chris Reed’s Debut, or, Objects of the Field of Debris as Currently Catalogued movie review from the fest! Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) In the early […]

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]]> LA JETÉE THE FIFTH SHOT https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/fifth-shot-of-la-jetee/ Thu, 13 Mar 2025 18:00:36 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=52784

(The Museum of Moving Image’s First Look Festival runs March 12-16. Chrck out Jonathan Marlow’s movie review of The Fifth Shot of La Jetée. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) “We’re entertaining ghosts now.” One year to […]

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