Film Independent Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/film-independent/ What to Watch Mon, 05 Feb 2024 20:29:18 +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 Film Independent Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/film-independent/ 32 32 2024 INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD NOMINATIONS: ‘Past Lives,’ ‘May December,’ & ‘American Fiction’ Lead The Noms https://www.hammertonail.com/features/2024-independent-spirit-award-nominations/ Tue, 05 Dec 2023 16:30:56 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=40955

The 39th Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations have just been announced, crowning this year’s achievements in independent film. The ceremony will be held in a few months on February 24, 2024, in its usual tent in Santa Monica. The various […]

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]]> QUEEN OF GLORY Trailer: A Woman Receives An Unexpected Inheritance In Winning Dramedy https://www.hammertonail.com/trailer/queen-of-glory-2/ Fri, 17 Jun 2022 16:17:12 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=37310

Writer-director-star Nana Mensah made a splash at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival with her feature directorial debut, Queen of Glory, where she was awarded Best New Narrative Director. Set mainly in an immigrant Bronx community, Mensah stars as a woman […]

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]]> A Conversation with Caroline Dhavernas (EASY LIVING) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/caroline-dhavernas-interview/ Thu, 13 Apr 2017 21:22:21 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=27969

I met with Canadian actress Caroline Dhavernas (Mars et Avril) on Monday, March 13, 2017, at SXSW, to discuss her collaboration on Adam Keleman‘s first feature, Easy Living (which I also reviewed). The film is a charming dramedy about a thirtysomething door-to-door […]

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]]> A Conversation With Adam Keleman (EASY LIVING) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/adam-keleman-interview/ Thu, 06 Apr 2017 18:51:48 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=27913

I met with writer/director Adam Keleman (winner of the 2012 Hammer to Nail short-film contest, for his movie Long Days) and his star, Canadian actress Caroline Dhavernas (Mars et Avril), separately, both on Monday, March 13, 2017, at SXSW, to […]

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]]> A Conversation with Andrew Ahn (SPA NIGHT) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-andrew-ahn/ Fri, 19 Aug 2016 17:27:12 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=26880 (Spa Night opens today at the Metrograph in NYC, and on August 26 at the Sundance Sunset in West Hollywood, with a VOD/DVD/Blu-ray release planned for later this year. Go here to find out more.) Writer/director Andrew Ahn first came […]

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