Being There Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/being-there/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:02:28 +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 Being There Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/being-there/ 32 32 MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/marcel-the-shell/ Fri, 05 Aug 2022 15:55:23 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=37293

(Marcel the Shell with Shoes On has been charming festival audiences throughout the year including most recently at the Indianapolis International Film Festival where Melanie Addington has this review of the film. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd […]

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]]> HAL https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/hal-review/ Thu, 12 Jul 2018 16:52:38 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29903

Though Hal is cinematically straightforward, without any striking innovations of its own, the material it showcases elevates it beyond the pedestrian biopic, making it a wonderful tribute to its subject's free spirit and brilliant talent.

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]]> Jessica Baxter Recaps the 2018 San Francisco International Film Festival https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/2018-sfiff-wrap/ Tue, 08 May 2018 16:09:48 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29563 Every April, talented filmmakers from around the world coalesce in the City by the Bay for the San Francisco International Film Festival. Now in its 61st year, SFIFF is the longest running film festival in the Americas. SFFILM, a nonprofit […]

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]]> ON THE FRINGE, PART THREE: ALICE DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE (1974) https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/on-the-fringe-3/ Wed, 21 Mar 2018 22:18:20 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29240 Something was happening in the American cinema starting in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Among other progressions in societal mores, technology and legalities, this decade+ could arguably be considered a Golden Age of courageous truth-telling films that mine […]

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]]> Jim Brunzell’s Sundance 2018 Wrap-Up…Part Two https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/brunzell-sundancewrap-2/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/brunzell-sundancewrap-2/#comments Fri, 09 Feb 2018 23:42:05 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29032 (The following is part 2 of HtN contributor Jim Brunzell’s wrap up of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. Part one can be found here.) A slew of films dealt with family dynamics or lack thereof including, Hereditary and Mandy and the first […]

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