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Only a few days after announcing the Galas and Special Presentations slate, the Toronto International Film Festival has announced the lineup for their Documentary section. TIFF Docs’ opening night film will be Rachel Ramsay and James Erskine’s Copa 71 which […]

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]]> KING COAL Trailer: Elaine McMillion Sheldon Explores Her Appalachian Roots in Poetic Sundance Doc https://www.hammertonail.com/trailer/king-coal-2/ Mon, 24 Jul 2023 21:52:02 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=39990

One of the most visually captivating films to come out of Sundance this year is Elaine McMillion Sheldon’s King Coal. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker’s third feature documentary premiered at the NEXT section where it garnered high praise for its poetic filmmaking, […]

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]]> DOC NYC Announces 2022 Lineup https://www.hammertonail.com/features/doc-nyc-2022-lineup/ Thu, 13 Oct 2022 19:50:43 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=38160

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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]]> ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED Trailer: Laura Poitras Documents the Life & Activism of Nan Goldin https://www.hammertonail.com/trailer/all-the-beauty-bloodshed/ Thu, 13 Oct 2022 17:13:33 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=38155

The hottest documentary of the season now has a release date. Oscar-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras’ All the Beauty and the Bloodshed chronicles the life, art, and activism of photographer Nan Goldin. It had its world premiere at the Venice Film […]

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]]> TEA TIME (LA ONCE) https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/tea-time-la-once-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/tea-time-la-once-film-review/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2015 20:05:27 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=24689

Chilean filmmaker Maite Alberdi focuses her camera on a group of septuagenarians who have been meeting for tea for several decades. The film serves as a look into the lives of these women but also serves notice that nothing lasts forever.

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/tea-time-la-once-film-review/feed/ 1 PEACE OFFICER https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/peace-officer-film-review/ Mon, 23 Mar 2015 18:53:15 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=24187

First time feature documentarians Scott Christopherson and Brad Barber make a film that can change our country...for the better!

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]]> True/False Film Fest Wrap Up https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/truefalse-film-fest-2015-wrap-up/ Fri, 13 Mar 2015 14:39:27 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=24127 Making the twelve hour drive from Austin, Texas, through rain, sleet and blowing snow to attend the 12th annual True/False Film Fest in Columbia, Missouri was a messy dark long drive, but we arrived on time and safe despite the shaggy […]

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]]> Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival is Just Around the Corner https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/sebastopol-documentary-film-festival-is-just-around-the-corner/ Thu, 12 Mar 2015 21:51:43 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=24120 As a resident of the Northern California Bay Area, I’m always on the lookout for local film festivals that are interesting and fun to attend. About 5 years ago, the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival started coming up more and more […]

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]]> Festival Wrap: Oxford Film Festival, 2015 https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/festival-wrap-oxford-film-festival-2015/ Sun, 08 Mar 2015 23:26:40 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=24078 Sunday, March 1 marked the end of the 12th Annual Oxford Film Festival which is held each year in Oxford, MS. I’ve had the good fortune to have attended the festival as a filmmaker, juror and panel moderator for the […]

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]]> 45365 https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/documentary/45365-film-review/ Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:01:20 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=788 (45365 receives its New York premiere on Saturday, July 11, courtesy of Rooftop Films. The film will be released later this year through Seventh Art Releasing. David Lowery’s full review will be forthcoming, but for now, here’s a sampling). I […]

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