In the age of Black Lives Matter other civil/human rights issues, police brutality and the militarization of police are still being debated in this country. Director Sierra Pettengill (who HtN interviewed back in January) gets to the source of those […]

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(The 2022 Sundance Film Festival runs January 20-30 all virtually. Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of TikTok, Boom. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not pay just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) Documentarian Shalini Kantayya […]

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(Following the 20 year anniversary on the 9/11 attacks, director Michael Kirk’s PBS Frontline special America After 9/11 is available on PBS. Ray Lobo has this America After 9/11 review. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why […]

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(The 2021 Toronto International Film Festival runs Sep 9-Sep 18 in Toronto, Canada. HtN has a ton of coverage from the fest so stay tuned! Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep […]

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Editors Note: HOMEROOM is now streaming on Hulu. Below is our review from the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. (The 2021 Sundance Film Festival runs January 28- February 3, all virtually as well as with drive-ins sprinkled around the U.S.. Hammer to […]

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(Regina King’s narrative feature directing debut One Night in Miami… dropped on Amazon Prime Friday, January 15 2021. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) On February 25, 1964, […]

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A wonderful premiere at Indie Memphis last week lead me to Interview Director Trimiko Melancon  about her feature documentary What Do You Have to Lose?  The film looked at the question Trump posed in his political campaign about electing him […]

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The 2019 New York Film Festival began with a bang — the world premiere of Martin Scorsese’s feverishly anticipated The Irishman. And The Irishman itself ended with a whimper, or something close to it: This long (three and a half […]

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