Jon Shenk Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/jon-shenk/ What to Watch Tue, 18 Feb 2025 01:17:11 +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 Jon Shenk Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/jon-shenk/ 32 32 Telluride Film Festival 2024 Lineup: Slate Includes Sean Baker, Errol Morris, Andrea Arnold, and More https://www.hammertonail.com/film-festivals/telluride-2024-lineup/ Thu, 29 Aug 2024 21:39:13 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=51525 2024 Telluride Film Festival Lineup

The always epic (and, slightly esoteric in terms of attending goes…) Telluride Film Festival kicks off this Labor Day Weekend, running from August 30 through September 2. Sadly, HtN won’t be there this year but the lineup is, as always, incredibly […]

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]]> 2022 OSCAR-NOMINATED SHORTS https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/2022-oscar-nominated-shorts/ Sat, 26 Mar 2022 19:00:14 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=36728

In the past, I have reviewed the Oscar-nominated shorts either in one big compilation piece or separately, by category. I missed last year, but now am back with a quick glance at the 15 nominated films. We’ll know by the […]

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]]> A Conversation With Bonni Cohen (AUDRIE AND DAISY) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-bonni-cohen/ https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-bonni-cohen/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2020 18:23:09 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=27051

I recently spoke by phone with filmmaker Bonni Cohen, who co-directed the documentary Audrie & Daisy (which I previously reviewed during AFI DOCS) with her husband and longtime creative partner Jon Shenk. Their harrowing, and deeply moving, film, which chronicles […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-bonni-cohen/feed/ 1 AUDRIE & DAISY https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/audrie-daisy-movie-review/ Thu, 06 Aug 2020 18:11:39 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=26713

Fortunately, the movie ends on a higher note, as we see what has become of Daisy.

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]]> A Conversation with Bonni Cohen & Jon Shenk (AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/cohen-shenk-interview/ Fri, 28 Jul 2017 17:46:58 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28431 I met with wife/husband duo Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk (Audrie & Daisy) on Thursday, July 20, 2017, just a little over a week before their new documentary, An Inconvenient Sequel (which I also reviewed), had its first, limited release […]

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]]> AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL: TRUTH TO POWER https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/inconvenient-sequel-review/ Tue, 25 Jul 2017 16:39:09 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28416

Watch the movie, and together let us do our best to make sure that, 11 years from now, we can avoid the final leg of what could be, by then, a devastating trilogy...

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]]> Chris Reed’s AFI DOCS Wrap-Up https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/chris-reeds-afi-docs-wrap-up/ Fri, 15 Jul 2016 21:08:12 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=26776 The American Film Institute (AFI) was founded in 1967 “as a national arts organization to train filmmakers and preserve America’s vanishing film heritage.” As such, it has been a wonderful archivist of, and proselytizer for, great American contributions to global […]

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]]> A Conversation With Jon Shenk (THE ISLAND PRESIDENT) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-jon-shenk-the-island-president/ https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-jon-shenk-the-island-president/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:46:27 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=16311 [The Island President is now available on DVD and at Amazon Instant through First Run Features.] News travels fast when human life is at stake. The more imminent the threat, the more likely it is to stir a reaction. It’s […]

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