Dustin Guy Defa Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/dustin-guy-defa/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:36:42 +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 Dustin Guy Defa Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/dustin-guy-defa/ 32 32 A Conversation with Dustin Guy Defa (THE ADULTS) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/theadults/ Thu, 12 Oct 2023 20:41:24 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=40606

Dustin Guy Defa has been a filmmaker for over a decade now and his entire career has been recently added to the Criterion Collection. The collection is streaming on the Criterion Channel right now and includes 9 films short and […]

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]]> Hammer to Nail’s 20 Most-Anticipated Films at Tribeca 2023 https://www.hammertonail.com/features/tribeca-2023/ Tue, 06 Jun 2023 19:48:18 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=39604

Founded in 2002 in response to the September 11 terrorist attacks on downtown Manhattan, the Tribeca Film Festival spent its first few two decades running at the end of April. In 2021, the festival moved to June as a response […]

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]]> THE ADULTS Trailer: Michael Cera Returns Home in Dustin Guy Defa’s Dramedy https://www.hammertonail.com/trailer/the-adults/ Tue, 30 May 2023 20:50:41 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=39552

It isn’t always easy going back home. Even if you have it all on the surface, there might be some personal baggage you are carrying. That seems to be the case for Eric (Michael Cera) in The Adults. Cera reteams […]

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]]> TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL 2023 LINEUP: New Films From Steve Buscemi, Dustin Guy Defa, and Chelsea Peretti To Premiere https://www.hammertonail.com/film-festivals/tribeca-2023-lineup/ Tue, 18 Apr 2023 16:09:16 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=39308

The lineup for the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival has just been unveiled. Taking place from June 7-18 in New York City, it will screen a total of 109 feature films from 127 filmmakers across 36 countries, with 93 world premieres, […]

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]]> THE SHOW ABOUT THE SHOW https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/show-about-the-show-review/ Tue, 16 May 2017 18:39:30 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28118

It would be akin to explaining time travel to try and explain the nuts and bolts of The Show About the Show so, just stick with the title and see the film for clarity.

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]]> PERSON TO PERSON https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/person-to-person-review/ Tue, 09 May 2017 16:42:28 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28091

Though at first the emotional stakes may seem low, the more one thinks about the movie the more its profound truths resonate beyond its narrative limits.

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]]> Jim Brunzell’s 2017 Sundance Wrap-Up https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/brunzell-2017-sundance-wrap/ Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:26:29 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=27508 The 2017 Sundance Film Festival was in full swing from the moment upon arriving in Park City, UT, the crowds were slowly clogging up the sidewalks, cars driving from Kearns Blvd to Main Street were bumper to bumper and buses […]

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]]> THE 2015 HAMMER TO NAIL AWARDS https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/the-2015-hammer-to-nail-awards/ Tue, 05 Jan 2016 19:43:32 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=25400 Introduction Greetings HtN readers, this is Don Lewis, Editor of the site and I wanted to welcome you to the 2015 Hammer to Nail Awards. Next month marks my official one-year anniversary of Editor of the site and it’s been […]

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]]> TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL ’14: LANCE EDMANDS’S WRAP-UP https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/tribeca-film-festival-14-lance-edmands-wrap-up/ Tue, 29 Apr 2014 15:19:51 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=23238 The Tribeca Film Festival has traditionally occupied a somewhat contested space in the cinematic landscape. It seems like no critical coverage is complete without some kind of hand-wringing commentary on Tribeca’s relationship with the film festival circuit, downtown Manhattan, or […]

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]]> TREEFORT FILM FEST ’14: WRAP-UP https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/treefort-film-fest-14-wrap-up/ Thu, 27 Mar 2014 20:43:21 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=23054 Elsewhere in Idaho, Treefort Film Fest serves as a perfect counterpoint to the previous week’s Sun Valley Film Festival. Younger, edgier, and at a much lower altitude, Treefort’s film component is a brand new addition to a much larger festival […]

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