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HTN’S 20 MOST ANTICIPATED MOVIES OF TRIBECA ’24

The Editorial Staff — Wed, 05 Jun 2024 16:58:30 +0000

The 2024 Tribeca Film Festival runs June 5-16, and as always, we have many boots on the ground. What follows are recommendations of what to see (5 apiece) from critics Melanie Addington and M.J. O’Toole, lead critic Christopher Llewellyn Reed, and editor-at-large […]

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A Conversation With Nanfu Wang (IN THE SAME BREATH)

Christopher Reed — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 18:46:14 +0000

(Director Nanfu Wang’s doc In the Same Breath is streaming now on HBO. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) Director Nanfu Wang’s fourth documentary feature, In the […]

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MATT DELMAN’S 2017 TIFF WRAP-UP

Matt Delman — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 18:22:24 +0000

Although no single film jumped out as much as Moonlight did last year, A24 continues to be the top dog at the moment, having 5 films play the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird, which is destined […]

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A Chat With Craig Atkinson (DO NOT RESIST)

Christopher Reed — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 17:31:51 +0000

I met with director Craig Atkinson at the 2016 AFI DOCS on Sunday, June 26, 2016, to discuss his debut documentary, Do Not Resist (which I also reviewed here), which examines the rising tide of police militarization and how it contributes to […]

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TRUE/FALSE 2012: FILM FESTIVAL AS PURE BLISS

Michael Tully — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 02:56:06 +0000

Picture the scene. It’s a Friday in early March on a downtown street in the midwestern college town of Columbia, Missouri. Marching bands have assembled and citizens have draped themselves in a wide array of costumes to march and dance […]

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VOD REPORT

Michael Tully — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:01:18 +0000

KEY: — A three-star marking (***) equals a very high recommendation. — A two-star marking (**) equals a high recommendation. — A one-star marking (*) equals a recommendation. — A no-star marking is reserved for those titles that are worth […]

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SUNDANCE 2010: Tully’s Wrap-Up

Michael Tully — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:58:57 +0000

From the moment one set foot in Park City for the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, it became quite clear that the powers-that-be were using the departure of longtime festival director Geoffrey Gilmore as a subconscious marketing tool. Though the ad […]

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