The Sundance Institute has just announced the lineup for the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, which is making its in-person return to Park City, Utah. The section for this year includes Competition titles (Narrative & Documentary), the Premiere section, and Midnight […]

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I have long admired the work of prolific documentarian Dawn Porter, and I was finally able to sit down with her in person at the inaugural DC/DOX Film Festival. We met to discuss her latest film, The Lady Bird Diaries […]

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This year’s South By Southwest Film & TV Festival has officially unveiled the 2023 award winners. Though it does not end until March 19, the jurors had already convened after watching the films remotely, out of COVID safety precautions. Buzzy […]

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(Austin Texas’ South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival runs March 10-19. Stay tuned to Hammer to Nail for our usual great coverage like this movie review of The Lady Bird Diaries. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) As […]

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America’s largest documentary festival is coming back to New York! DOC NYC has announced its lineup for its thirteenth edition. Over 200 films will screen from almost two dozen sections. Those films will also include yet-to-be-announced Oscar Short List titles. […]

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Roe v. Wade may still be the law of the land, but if individual states are allowed to pass laws that prevent abortions except in increasingly specific cases, what does it matter?

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‘Tis the season for year end “Best Of” lists. Here’s Editor-at-Large Matt Delman’s and Lead Critic Chris Reed’s… Editor-at-Large Matt Delman’s Top Films of 2020 Though recently A24 has felt more like an e-commerce store than a movie studio due […]

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(The 2020 Toronto International Film Festival or, TIFF, runs September 10-20 online. Although Hammer to Nail wasn’t granted access to a press pass, we will still be running as much coverage as possible thanks to filmmakers and PR companies who want to […]

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Dawn Porter’s latest documentary John Lewis: Good Trouble is available on all digital platforms beginning Friday, July 3 via Magnolia Pictures. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us […]

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I met with director Tracy Droz Tragos at the 2016 AFI DOCS on Thursday, June 23, 2016, to discuss her new documentary Abortion: Stories Women Tell, (which I also reviewed here) in which she focuses on the experiences of a […]

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