Hamptons International Film Festival Archives - Hammer to Nail

Short Film Contest Winner/Runners Up: Summer ’15

Don R. Lewis — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 02:27:27 +0000

Once again another Hammer to Nail Shorts Contest has come and gone and once again, all of us here at the site marvel at the sheer awesome of the entries. While of course the contest is fun, it’s also exciting […]

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ONCE BROTHERS

Michael Tully — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:06:27 +0000

It isn’t just the recent streak of less-than-mediocre entries in ESPN’s 30 For 30 series that makes Michael Tolajian’s Once Brothers stand out. It’s a very strong work, in which the grand scope of the Yugoslav Wars of the early 1990s is personalized through the relationship—and unfortunate falling out—between former NBA stars Vlade Divac and Drazen Petrovic.

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BAMcinemaFEST 2010 – An Overview (Updated Daily!!!)

Michael Tully — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:18:37 +0000

After a resoundingly successful first year, BAMcinemaFEST is back to reaffirm its status as one of the premiere showcases in New York City for the freshest and brightest cinema of the current calendar year. While the BAMcinemaFEST program is most […]

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DVD RELEASES 2010/2/9

Michael Tully — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:15:12 +0000

Let’s not dilly-dally: The Pleasure of Being Robbed (IFC Films) — Josh Safdie’s debut feature is a giddy blast of cinematic exhilaration. Starring Eleonore Hendricks as a free spirit who lives from moment to scattered moment, The Pleasure of Being […]

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DANIEL AND ABRAHAM

Cullen Gallagher — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:06:32 +0000

(Daniel and Abraham world premiered at the 2009 Hamptons International Film Festival. Visit the film’s official website to learn more.) Typically, when we speak of film as a collaborative art form we mean that the production process involves so many […]

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They Don’t Rate: Armond White Dismisses Karina Longworth/Spout/Internet in General

Michael Tully — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:20:46 +0000

Never in my life have I had the urge to “live blog” or “live Tweet” a situation as it’s transpiring. But about twenty minutes into yesterday’s “New York Film Critics Circle Panel” at the 2009 Hamptons International Film Festival, I […]

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NETFLIX HIDDEN GEMS: Issue #2

Michael Tully — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:07:27 +0000

Okay, class. Raise your hands if you did your homework and watched all of last month’s selections. Anyone, anyone? As your teacher, I have a confession to make. I, myself, was only able to make it midway through the first batch. […]

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Barry Sonnenfeld’s Cinematography Master Class at 2009 HIFF

Michael Tully — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:40:21 +0000

Barry Sonnenfeld hates panning. Throughout his hour-long Kodak-sponsored Cinematography Master Class at the 2009 Hamptons International Film Festival (moderated by the Museum of Moving Image’s Chief Curator David Schwartz), Sonnenfeld pummeled that particular technique-of-the-trade into submission. “That’s why movies are […]

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SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL 2009 – Thursday, April 2nd and Friday, April 3rd

Michael Tully — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:53:54 +0000

As expected, the arrival of so many filmmakers thwarted my plans for daily updates in the latter half of the week, but I still want to post my reaction to the films I saw in Sarasota to preserve this year’s […]

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TROUBLED WATER

Cullen Gallagher — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:12:44 +0000

(Distributed by Film Movement, Troubled Water is now available on DVD.) Norwegian director Erik Poppe’s third feature, Troubled Water (DeUsynlige), garnered both the Jury and Audience Awards for Best Narrative Feature at the 2008 Hamptons International Film Festival. Well deserving […]

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