James Baldwin Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/james-baldwin/ What to Watch Mon, 16 Sep 2024 16:18:30 +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 James Baldwin Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/james-baldwin/ 32 32 ERNEST COLE: LOST AND FOUND https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/ernest-cole-doc/ Mon, 16 Sep 2024 16:18:30 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=51635

(The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival runs September 5-15 and HtN has you covered once again. Check out Matt Delman’s Ernest Cole: Lost & Found movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Raoul Peck’s ode to […]

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]]> A Conversation With Deepa Mehta (FUNNY BOY) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/deepa-mehta/ Mon, 21 Dec 2020 19:26:01 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=33908

I recently spoke by Zoom with director Deepa Mehta (Water) about her latest film, Funny Boy (which I also reviewed), based on the eponymous book by Sri Lankan author Shyam Selvadurai. The story centers around a Tamil family and their […]

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]]> IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/if-beale-street-could-talk-review/ Thu, 20 Dec 2018 20:46:52 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30568

The facts are not enough. If Beale Could Street is a superb example of aesthetics and story melding in flawless harmony.

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]]> Matthew Delman’s TIFF 2018 Wrap-Up https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/tiff-2018-wrap-up/ Thu, 20 Sep 2018 18:12:07 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30147 This year’s Toronto International Film Festival was a treasure trove for the arthouse film lover. The buzziest titles among critics were Alfonso Cuaron’s deliberately paced, black-and-white, Spanish-language drama about a Mexican housemaid, and a brutally brilliant Claire Denis space odyssey. […]

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]]> HtN is Headed to the Toronto International Film Festival! https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/2018-tiff-preview/ Thu, 30 Aug 2018 18:38:13 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30066 Founded in 1976 as the Festival of Festivals, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took on its current name in 1995. Held annually in September, the festival is often a prime showcase for the artistically ambitious films that dominate the […]

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]]> ON THE FRINGE, PART FOUR: KILLER OF SHEEP (1978) https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/on-the-fringe-4/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 20:49:20 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29303 Accepting his long overdue honorary Oscar at the Academy Awards this year, the soft-spoken, wide-eyed filmmaker Charles Burnett first thanked all his friends and supporters present for their support, particularly those who were there back in the days when he “didn’t have […]

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]]> I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/i-am-not-your-negro-review/ Fri, 03 Feb 2017 17:57:57 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=27545

Its strength lies in the unapologetic rendering of African-American anger and resistance, as embodied by its main subject...

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]]> SALT OF THIS SEA https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/drama/salt-of-this-sea-film-review/ Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:50:28 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=5730

(Salt of This Sea opens in New York City on Friday, August 13, 2010, at the Quad Cinema. Visit the film’s official website to learn more.) Annemarie Jacir’s Salt of This Sea, which screened in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard a […]

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