Chad Hartigan Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/chad-hartigan/ What to Watch Mon, 17 Mar 2025 18:36:47 +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 Chad Hartigan Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/chad-hartigan/ 32 32 SXSW 2025 Critic’s Notebook https://www.hammertonail.com/features/sxsw-2025-critics-notebook/ Mon, 17 Mar 2025 18:36:47 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=52802

My name is Rendy Jones (they/he) and I am / we are an independent film critic from Brooklyn, New York. My experience at this year’s SXSW was vastly different from my other years in attendance. This year I got that […]

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]]> SXSW 2025 First Wave Lineup: New Films From Jay Duplass, Matt Johnson, Chad Hartigan, and More to Premiere in Austin https://www.hammertonail.com/film-festivals/sxsw-2025-first-wave-lineup/ Wed, 22 Jan 2025 23:43:55 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=52434 SXSW 2025 First Wave Lineup

The first round of the lineup for the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival is finally here! The festival is scheduled to run in Austin, Texas from March 7 through 14. It will have 96 features in total, including 82 […]

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]]> MORRIS FROM AMERICA https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/morris-from-america-review/ Thu, 01 Sep 2016 15:27:18 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=26975

Like most teenagers, he is anxious enough to find himself; throw him into strange surroundings abroad, with a depressed father who is frequently away at work, and it's a recipe for some kind of trouble.

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]]> Amazon Reviews of Dardennes Brothers’ Films https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/amazon-reviews-of-dardennes-brothers-films/ Tue, 23 Dec 2014 17:15:48 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=23766 On the occasion of the release of the latest Dardenne Brothers’ film Two Days, One Night, and inspired by Chad Hartigan’s rightfully gushing essay on said film for The Talkhouse, I thought it might be interesting to peruse, collect, and […]

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]]> A Conversation With Alex Bickel (HAMMER TO NAIL’S SUNDANCE 2014 MVP) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-alex-bickel-hammer-to-nail-sundance-2014-mvp/ Wed, 29 Jan 2014 20:05:46 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=22627 Though we’ve never handed out a “Sundance MVP” award here at Hammer to Nail, this year, one individual’s fingerprints were felt over so many films that there was no other option than to honor his remarkable achievement. That would be […]

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]]> A Conversation With Chad Hartigan (THIS IS MARTIN BONNER) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-chad-hartigan-this-is-martin-bonner/ https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-chad-hartigan-this-is-martin-bonner/#comments Wed, 14 Aug 2013 15:28:24 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=21521 Chad Hartigan’s 2008 debut feature, Luke and Brie Are On A First Date, was a humble little micro-budget affair about a budding romance between young 20-somethings in Los Angeles. Watching This Is Martin Bonner (official website), you’d be forgiven for […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-chad-hartigan-this-is-martin-bonner/feed/ 2 BAMcinemaFest 2013 — An Overview https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/bamcinemafest-2013-an-overview/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:30:03 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=20952 Are you ready, New York City movie lovers, for the finest American independent film festival showcase your monstrous city has to offer? If so, then good, because BAMcinemaFest is back. This year’s edition runs from Wednesday, June 19th, through Friday, […]

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]]> SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL ’13: JURY DUTY https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/sarasota-film-festival-2013-jury-duty/ https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/sarasota-film-festival-2013-jury-duty/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:52:22 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=20352 Though I’ve attended the Sarasota Film Festival every year since I flew into the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport for the first time back in the spring of 2006, my participatory role this year was of a different capacity than it ever […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/sundance-13-the-next-section-comes-into-focus/feed/ 3 The Composing Process: THIS IS MARTIN BONNER https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/the-composing-process-this-is-martin-bonner/ https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/the-composing-process-this-is-martin-bonner/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:00:51 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=19588 Chad Hartigan’s second feature, This Is Martin Bonner, world premieres in the NEXT Section of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival (screening info: here). Though I haven’t yet seen Hartigan’s follow-up to his charming debut, Luke and Brie Are On A […]

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