The 20th annual Berkshire International Film Festival took place from May 28 – 31, and I was fortunate enough to attend for the first time. Featuring 29 features and 29 shorts, the festival curates rising independent filmmakers from all over […]

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(For its 31st edition, the SXSW Film & TV Festival will host nine days of screenings from March 8-16, 2024. Check out Chris Reed’s Secret Mall Apartment movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Urban renewal programs—most often […]

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Indoor malls have seen better days, but at one point they were both filled with pedestrian traffic and often the hope of urban planners to revitalize ostensibly blighted districts. That’s how the folks in Providence, Rhode Island, thought of the […]

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For its 31st edition, the SXSW Film & TV Festival will host nine days of screenings from March 8-16, 2024. Bears Rebecca Fonté and Chris Reed will be deep in the hearth of Austin, Texas for the festival. Here are […]

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The week before SXSW 2021 began, I spoke by Zoom with director Jeremy Workman about his latest documentary, premiering at the festival, entitled Lily Topples the World (which I also reviewed). Joining us was his primary subject, Lily Hevesh, one […]

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(The 2021 SXSW Film Festival kicks off March 16 and runs through the 20th, all online. Hammer to Nail has tons of coverage coming your way so stay tuned! Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per […]

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I met with director Jeremy Workman (Magical Universe) and his documentary subject, Matt Green, on Sunday, March 13, at the 2018 SXSW Film Festival, with my Fog of Truth podcast colleague Bart Weiss (of Dallas VideoFest) joining me for the […]

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Feet were made for walking, and former civil engineer Matt Green has a plan to use his to cover every block of New York City.

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