In 2017, after three years under the control of the Islamic State (ISIS), the people of Mosul, Iraq fought to reclaim their city. The nine-month battle to liberate Mosul was marked by catastrophic violence, especially in the historic Old City. […]

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James Madio brings back to life featherweight boxing champion Willie Pep in The Featherweight. Cinematographer Robert Kolodny makes his feature directorial debut from a screenplay by Steve Loff that pays tribute to both an athlete and the cinema verité of […]

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Documentary filmmaking duo Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross know how to capture up close and personal the lives of youth in modern rural America. Following a fruitful festival run that took them from Venice to SXSW to the brand […]

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The life and work of mixed media artist Jesse Krimes are highlighted in Alysa Nahmias’ documentary, Art & Krimes by Krimes. With the use of both verité filmmaking and animated sequences, the film follows the life of Krimes from his […]

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(Belgian director Laura Wendel’s Playground (Un Monde) opens February 11 at New York’s Film Forum. Ray Lobo has this film review of Playground (Un Monde). Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not pay just $1.00 per month via […]

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(After its premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, Jane Schoenbrun‘s We’re All Going to the World’s Fair continues its impressive festival run, including a showing this week at New Directors/New Films.) Jane Schoenbrun’s film opens with an 8-minute-long fixed-camera shot of […]

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Guido Hendrikx’s work is similar in spirit to master provocateur Kazuo Hara’s cinema of confrontation – a style that places the director’s role as “accomplice and collaborator” front and center. Or perhaps it’s a highbrow version of the might-just-get-punched-in-the-face antics […]

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"Sonita" Asks Essential Questions About the Nature of Documentary Filmmaking

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