Dean Martin Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/dean-martin/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:32:29 +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 Dean Martin Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/dean-martin/ 32 32 MY DONKEY, MY LOVER & I https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/my-donkey/ Fri, 22 Jul 2022 17:47:34 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=37510

(Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of My Donkey, My Lover & I, available in theaters now via Greenwich Entertainment. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Howard Hawks’ 1959 Western Rio Bravo offers an engaging mix […]

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]]> A Conversation with Samuel D. Pollard (ACORN AND THE FIRESTORM & SAMMY DAVIS JR.: I’VE GOTTA BE ME https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/sam-pollard-interview/ Mon, 09 Jul 2018 17:41:48 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29887

(Readers, please note: you can hear a portion of this interview on Chris Reed’s excellent podcast on documentwry filmmaking, The Fog of Truth.) I met with director (and NYU professor) Samuel D. Pollard on Saturday, March 24, at the 2018 […]

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]]> A Conversation with Jason Kohn (LOVE MEANS ZERO) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/jason-kohn/ Thu, 21 Jun 2018 16:25:05 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29806

I met with director Jason Kohn on Saturday, March 24, at the 2018 Annapolis Film Festival, where he screened his documentary Love Means Zero (which I had previously seen, and reviewed, at DOC NYC 2017), the recipient of the festival’s […]

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]]> SAMMY DAVIS JR.: I GOTTA BE ME https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/sammy-davis-jr-doc/ Thu, 26 Apr 2018 19:12:24 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29510

Davis, through his charisma, popularity and sheer brilliance, helped pave the way for future performers of color. Our world today – especially today – is hardly racism-free, but if it is a little better than it once was, Davis played at least a small role in that transformation.

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]]> SAMMY DAVIS JR.: I GOTTA BE ME https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/i-gotta-be-me-review/ Tue, 14 Nov 2017 19:23:34 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28693

Samuel D. Pollard’s documentary about the career of Sammy Davis, Jr. is more than just a Hollywood biography...

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