Chicago Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/chicago/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:25:23 +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 Chicago Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/chicago/ 32 32 A TINY RIPPLE OF HOPE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/tiny-ripple-of-hope/ Wed, 03 Mar 2021 16:23:06 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=34413

(The 2021 Slamdance Film Festival kicked off February 12 and runs through February 25, all online. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) Born and raised in Chicago, I approach […]

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]]> A Conversation with Nick Budabin and Keifer Sykes (CHI-TOWN) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/chi-town-interview/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 20:07:42 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29287 I met with director Nick Budabin and star Keifer Sykes, of the new documentary Chi-Town (which I also reviewed), on Monday, March 12, at the 2018 SXSW Film Festival. The film, which follows Sykes from the end of his high-school […]

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Budabin should be praised for his masterful assembly of over four years' worth of footage into a solid, coherent narrative.

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]]> A Conversation with Stephen Cone (PRINCESS CYD) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/stephen-cone-interview/ Fri, 26 May 2017 16:28:24 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28167 I met with writer/director Stephen Cone on Saturday, May 6, 2017, at the Maryland Film Festival (MdFF). We discussed his most recent feature, Princess Cyd (reviewed here), which had its world premiere at the MdFF (as did his last film, […]

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]]> A Conversation With Steve James and Alex Kotlowitz (THE INTERRUPTERS) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-steve-james-and-alex-kotlowitz-the-interrupters/ https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-steve-james-and-alex-kotlowitz-the-interrupters/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:56:10 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=11982 The Interrupters, the new documentary from filmmaker Steve James and writer Alex Kotlowitz, is a homecoming of sorts for both men. They were first introduced following the release (and success) of their respective tales chronicling life in Chicago’s Black communities: […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-steve-james-and-alex-kotlowitz-the-interrupters/feed/ 1 Daniel Kraus’s WORK Series in Chicago (5/15-20/2010) https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/daniel-kraus-work-series-chicago/ Thu, 13 May 2010 19:18:51 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=3926 For those of you readers who live in Chicago, I wanted to point you in the direction of the Gene Siskel Film Center this weekend, where the first three installments of author/filmmaker/editor Daniel Kraus’s ambitious WORK Series are being shown […]

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