I Used To Be Darker Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/i-used-to-be-darker/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:01:20 +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 I Used To Be Darker Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/i-used-to-be-darker/ 32 32 Mike S. Ryan’s (Very Biased) Favorite Low-Budget Indies Of The Decade https://www.hammertonail.com/features/mike-s-ryans-best-of-decade/ https://www.hammertonail.com/features/mike-s-ryans-best-of-decade/#comments Thu, 27 Feb 2020 20:02:12 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=32368

Mike S. Ryan’s very biased 25 fave low budget American Indies of the ‘10 Decade. 1. Moonlight-Barry Jenkins 2. Meek’s Cutoff/Certain Woman– Kelly Reichardt 3. The Rider-Chloe Zhao 4. The Fits– Anna Rose Holmer 5. It Felt Like Love– Eliza […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/features/mike-s-ryans-best-of-decade/feed/ 1 A Conversation with Matthew Porterfield (SOLLERS POINT) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/matthew-porterfield/ Wed, 16 May 2018 22:32:11 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29622

I met with writer/director Matthew Porterfield on Saturday, May 5, 2018, at the Maryland Film Festival (MdFF). We discussed his most recent feature – his fourth – Sollers Point (which I also reviewed), set in Baltimore, hometown to the both of […]

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]]> SOLLERS POINT https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/sollers-point/ Fri, 11 May 2018 20:34:28 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29596

A hard-hitting examination of angry male self-destructiveness, and the lonely dead end to which it leads, the film takes no narrative prisoners, leaving us without a soothing catharsis

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]]> CHRISTMAS, AGAIN https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/christmas-again-movie-review/ Wed, 23 Dec 2015 19:48:04 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=25392

Christmas, Again Offers the Delightful Gift of Surprise...

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]]> A Conversation With Jeremy Saulnier (BLUE RUIN) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-jeremy-saulnier-blue-ruin/ Fri, 25 Apr 2014 23:02:01 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=23200 Text Message Exchange 7/5/2012 (posted at the request of Jeremy Saulnier) Tully: Not sure if y’all realized but today is the two-year anniversary of our official first shooting day of good ol’ SEPTIEN! Saulnier: Bless you, sir. It was a […]

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]]> BAMcinemaFest 2013 — An Overview https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/bamcinemafest-2013-an-overview/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:30:03 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=20952 Are you ready, New York City movie lovers, for the finest American independent film festival showcase your monstrous city has to offer? If so, then good, because BAMcinemaFest is back. This year’s edition runs from Wednesday, June 19th, through Friday, […]

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]]> SUNDANCE ‘13: The NEXT Section Comes Into Focus https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/sundance-13-the-next-section-comes-into-focus/ https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/sundance-13-the-next-section-comes-into-focus/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:21:07 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=19675 When the NEXT section was launched a few years ago by the powers-that-be at the Sundance Film Festival, it replaced the American Spectrum sidebar that originated during the Gilmore years. It was a section that was created to accommodate low/micro-budget […]

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