Jody Lee Lipes Archives - Hammer to Nail

EARTH MAMA Trailer: A Single Mother Fights for Her Children in Breakout Sundance Hit

M.J. O'Toole — Tue, 16 May 2023 15:34:00 +0000

One of the biggest accomplishments to come out of the Sundance Film Festival this year was Olympian-turned-director Savannah Leaf’s Earth Mama. A late addition to the festival, it captured audiences’ hearts with an authentically-told story of a young single black […]

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Suddenly CinemaScope

Tue, 10 Feb 2015 17:22:59 +0000

Watching so many of 2014’s films all at once, it was hard not to notice. I had sensed it coming for a while, but now it had arrived and was clearly running the show. But why? I am talking about […]

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TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL ’14: LANCE EDMANDS’S WRAP-UP

Tue, 29 Apr 2014 15:19:51 +0000

The Tribeca Film Festival has traditionally occupied a somewhat contested space in the cinematic landscape. It seems like no critical coverage is complete without some kind of hand-wringing commentary on Tribeca’s relationship with the film festival circuit, downtown Manhattan, or […]

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TRIBECA ’13: SUSANNA LOCASCIO’S WRAP-UP

Wed, 01 May 2013 18:18:05 +0000

I don’t know the origins of this, but common knowledge says that it takes ten years to become a New Yorker. If that’s the case, the Tribeca Film Festival cruised past that mark last year. Like most of us, it […]

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A Conversation With Lance Edmands (BLUEBIRD)

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:19:11 +0000

(Bluebird world premiered in the Narrative Competition at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival.) Besides launching the career of triple threat Lena Dunham, her breakout film Tiny Furniture helped put her talented team of collaborators on the map as well. That crew […]

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A Conversation With Sean Durkin (MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE)

Michael Tully — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:30:29 +0000

Hammer to Nail contributor John Magary had this to say about Sean Durkin’s debut feature Martha Marcy May Marlene in conjunction with its recent screenings at the 2011 New York Film Festival: A throbbing flip-flopper of a movie, weaving an […]

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NY EXPORT: OPUS JAZZ

Michael Tully — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:55:37 +0000

I know it’s only March, but with Sundance and SXSW in the can, I am ready to declare that the finest new American film of 2010 is actually a 45-minute filmed adaptation of an experimental 1958 ballet.

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DVD RELEASES 2010/6/29

Michael Tully — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:38:44 +0000

Well this sure is a meaty week with lots to choose from: Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be The Same (Factory 25) — In the same way that so many directors have recently adopted a lazy, pseudo-documentary style to […]

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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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ATTN FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAMMERS: 2010 Edition, Vol. 1

Michael Tully — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:27:30 +0000

I thought it might be nice at this early stage in 2010 to let the world know about some brand new films that I have been lucky enough to see and that I found to be rewarding and worthwhile on […]

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