Indie icon Crystal Moselle (Stake Kitchen; The Wolfpack) is once again blurring the line between fiction and documentary. She teams up with actor/rapper Derrick B. Harden to co-direct The Black Sea, a new cinema verité-like feature about a life turned […]

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(The 2023 Sundance Film Festival took place January 19-29 in and around Park City, UT and virtually. As always, Hammer to Nail has you covered with tons of movie reviews like M.J. O’Toole’s review of the movie Bravo, Burkina!. Seen it? […]

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The 2021 New York Film Festival (or NYFF) is in its 59th iteration and runs September 24-October 10. There are 5 sections in the program: the Main Slate (with 32 features), Currents (15 features and 8 shorts programs), Spotlight (9 […]

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(A Ciambra is a 2017 Italian drama film directed by Jonas Carpignano. Following it’s debut at Cannes, the film screened at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival where our Matthew Delman got a chance to speak with Carpignano). Jonas Carpignano’s new […]

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It’s a helter-skelter journey through the streets, apartments, and alleys of Havana, a saddened whirl of color and music undercut by hustle and struggle, with a tense third act at sea.

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In a world where male directors tend to up the macho ante in situations such as these, Carpignano’s devotion to morality and tenderness deserves a big old-fashioned hug.

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