First Run Features Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/first-run-features/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:37:56 +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 First Run Features Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/first-run-features/ 32 32 THE SUNDAY SESSIONS https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/sunday-sessions/ Mon, 22 Apr 2019 17:46:12 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=31033

Viewers seeking an unequivocal condemnation of conversion therapy will leave the film frustrated, I am sure, though Yeagley leaves the clear evidence of failure up on the screen.

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]]> NETFLIX HIDDEN GEMS: Issue #11 (Labor/School Days) https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/netflix-hidden-gems-11/ Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:00:41 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=6145 September. Labor Day. Back to School. This month, we decided to celebrate these annual occasions by picking movies that are connected to ‘work’ or ‘school’ in some way, shape, or form. As you’ll see, some of the chosen titles aren’t […]

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]]> DVD RELEASES 2010/8/17 https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/august-17-2010/ Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:51:09 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=5758 Recommends The Conversation (Lionsgate) — Truth be told, I didn’t do enough research to know what makes the release of this Francis Ford Coppola classic different from any others—had it become unavailable for some dumb reason?—but it is The Conversation, […]

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]]> DVD RELEASES 2010/7/20 https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/new-dvd-releases-july-20-2010/ Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:42:53 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=5270 This week brings a serious overload of very good stuff: Prodigal Sons (First Run Features) — Buy it on DVD. A Town Called Panic (Zeitgeist) — Buy it on DVD. The Most Dangerous Man In America: Daniel Ellsberg and the […]

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]]> STONEWALL UPRISING https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/stonewall-uprising-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/stonewall-uprising-film-review/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:22:02 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=5056

(Stonewall Uprising is now available on DVD through PBS/American Experience. It was released theatrically by First Run Features in over 20 cities in the US and opened at New York’s Film Forum for a one-week engagement Wednesday, June 16, 2010, […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/stonewall-uprising-film-review/feed/ 1 DVD RELEASES 2010/5/18 https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/dvd-releases-may-18-2010/ Tue, 18 May 2010 14:00:34 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=4002 A solid week, I’d say. Let’s get to it: The Messenger (Oscilloscope) — In The Messenger, Ben Foster is Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery, a clenched jaw Iraq war vet, who is forced into joining Gulf War vet Captain Tony Stone […]

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]]> DVD RELEASES 2010/4/20 https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/dvd-releases-2042010/ https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/dvd-releases-2042010/#comments Mon, 03 May 2010 12:00:49 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=3390 For those of you who don’t have the luxury of traveling the film festival circuit or who don’t live in a big city, now’s your chance to play catch-up with some of 2009’s true standouts. While most buyers will flock […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/dvd-releases-2042010/feed/ 1 DVD RELEASES – 2010/2/23 https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/dvd-releases-2010223/ Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:08:06 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=1810 This is one of those weeks when the number of movies I can personally recommend pales in comparison to those new releases that I haven’t actually seen but plan to add to my Netflix queue. Highly Recommended The Informant! (Warner […]

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]]> DVD RELEASES 2009/6/23 https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/dvd-releases-2009623/ Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:54:01 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=1758 A very classy line-up of new releases is yours for the taking this week, as Criterion continues to impress with another barrage of cinema classics (seriously, have they been putting out at least two movies a week lately?). But equally […]

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]]> SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL 2009 – Saturday, April 4th and Sunday, April 5th https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/sarasota-film-festival-2009-saturday-april-4th-and-sunday-april-5th/ Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:50:13 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=1746 The final two days of the 2009 SFF brought more wide-ranging—and, in the case of the very last film of the festival, unexpectedly ’80s-tastic!—goodness. Here we go… Letters to the President — Petr Lom ventures into Iran for this casual, […]

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