BAMcinemaFEST Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/bamcinemafest/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:14:07 +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 BAMcinemaFEST Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/bamcinemafest/ 32 32 SUNRISE/SUNSET & LEAVE THE BUS THROUGH THE BROKEN WINDOW https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/sunrise-sunset-leave-the-bus-through-the-broken-window/ Fri, 28 Jun 2019 17:56:13 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=31280

(The 2019 BAMCinemaFest ran June 12 – June 23 in Brooklyn, New York. HtN writer Matt Delman caught a double-feature at the fest. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not pay just $1.00 per month via […]

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]]> A Conversation with Rodney Evans (VISION PORTRAITS) https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/rodney-evans-interview/ Sat, 16 Mar 2019 20:23:40 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30889 Just before the start of the 2019 SXSW Film Festival, I interviewed director Rodney Evans to discuss his new documentary Vision Portraits (which I also reviewed), which profiles four artists – including Evans, himself – who are all, to varying degrees, either […]

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]]> A Conversation with Andrew Ahn (SPA NIGHT) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-andrew-ahn/ Fri, 19 Aug 2016 17:27:12 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=26880 (Spa Night opens today at the Metrograph in NYC, and on August 26 at the Sundance Sunset in West Hollywood, with a VOD/DVD/Blu-ray release planned for later this year. Go here to find out more.) Writer/director Andrew Ahn first came […]

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]]> A Woman, A Part https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/drama/a-woman-a-part/ Fri, 17 Jun 2016 21:23:05 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=26590

A simmering drama about friendship and how it weathers the passage of time, the film feels like a play committed to the screen, and I mean that as a compliment.

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]]> LITTLE MEN https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/little-men-movie-review/ Mon, 13 Jun 2016 17:38:02 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=26575

Little Men is about the tragedy of decent people making inevitable decisions

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]]> A Conversation With Nick Bentgen (NORTHERN LIGHT) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-nick-bentgen-northern-light/ Fri, 13 Jun 2014 16:48:16 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=23347 (Northern Light world premiered at the 2013 True/False Film Fest. It is being distributed by Icarus Films. It screens theatrically at Nitehawk Cinema on June 14th and 15th, 2014, before getting a full week run at Maysles Cinema starting on […]

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]]> WELCOME TO PINE HILL https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/welcome-to-pine-hill-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/welcome-to-pine-hill-film-review/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:00:01 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=17494

Keith Miller's film is a quiet visual exploration of race, class and daily experience conveyed with an intensity born from lead actor Shannon Harper and writer/director Miller’s full understanding of the medium’s true potential.

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/welcome-to-pine-hill-film-review/feed/ 2 A Conversation With Jonathan Lisecki (GAYBY) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-jonathan-lisecki-gayby/ https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-jonathan-lisecki-gayby/#comments Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:41:54 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=17758 (Gayby is now available on DVD through Wolfe Video.) Jonathan Lisecki and I kept meeting up with the intention of discussing his film Gayby but we repeatedly kept dropping the ball. The last time we got together, we ended up […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-jonathan-lisecki-gayby/feed/ 4 COMEDY, THE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/the-comedy-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/the-comedy-film-review/#comments Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:14:43 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=17484

With The Comedy, Rick Alverson has held up a mirror to a culture terrified of its own reflection.

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/the-comedy-film-review/feed/ 4 A Conversation With Alex Ross Perry (THE COLOR WHEEL) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-alex-ross-perry-the-color-wheel/ https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-alex-ross-perry-the-color-wheel/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 16:38:42 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=17202 Since the long planned HTN conversation between myself and Alex Ross Perry was also shaping up to be his last—at least with regards to his film The Color Wheel‘s impending theatrical release in New York City (on Friday, May 18, […]

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