Frank Sinatra Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/frank-sinatra/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 19:54:36 +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 Frank Sinatra Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/frank-sinatra/ 32 32 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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]]> 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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]]> THE SHADOW OF ST. PATRICK’S by Noah Buschel https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/the-shadow-of-st-patrick%e2%80%99s-by-noah-buschel/ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:49:32 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=1014 It was John Cassavetes, or so the story goes, who told Martin Scorsese to make personal films. Cassavetes had just watched Boxcar Bertha, and while he appreciated it for what it was—a solid Roger Corman B movie—he knew Scorsese had […]

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