Kickstarter Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/kickstarter/ What to Watch Wed, 26 Nov 2025 22:29:09 +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 Kickstarter Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/kickstarter/ 32 32 A Conversation with Chris Stuckmann (SHELBY OAKS) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/chris-stuckmann/ Wed, 26 Nov 2025 22:29:09 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=54530

Shelby Oaks marks the feature directorial debut of Chris Stuckmann, the YouTube film critic whose YouTube channel has amassed over 2 million subscribers. The film, which became the highest-funded horror film in Kickstarter history with nearly $1.4 million raised, including […]

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]]> SXSW 2025 First Wave Lineup: New Films From Jay Duplass, Matt Johnson, Chad Hartigan, and More to Premiere in Austin https://www.hammertonail.com/film-festivals/sxsw-2025-first-wave-lineup/ Wed, 22 Jan 2025 23:43:55 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=52434 SXSW 2025 First Wave Lineup

The first round of the lineup for the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival is finally here! The festival is scheduled to run in Austin, Texas from March 7 through 14. It will have 96 features in total, including 82 […]

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]]> collective:unconscious https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/collectiveunconscious-movie-review/ Tue, 21 Jun 2016 14:13:51 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=26627

Producer Dan Schoenbrun chose five NYC filmmakers - Josephine Decker, Lauren Wolkstein, Frances Bodomo, Daniel Patrick Carbone, and Lily Baldwin – and had each of them write down one of their dreams, then he gave each filmmaker someone else’s dream to adapt as a short film.

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]]> Sundance Artist Services Philadelphia Workshop https://www.hammertonail.com/better-films/sundance-artist-services-philadelphia-workshop/ Mon, 23 May 2016 15:23:49 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=26428 Sundance Artist Services recently held their first workshop in Philadelphia. For those of you who aren’t familiar, the vague-sounding Artist Services is a part of the Sundance Institute, and offers what they term “tactical distribution support and strategy” to Sundance […]

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]]> MA https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/ma-film-review/ Thu, 14 May 2015 19:08:40 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=24551

(Ma was screened as a work-in-progress as part of MoMA PS1’s Sunday Sessions during the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival.) I first discovered Celia Rowlson-Hall’s work at the Borscht Film Festival in 2012. Borscht is less a film festival than a […]

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]]> LYLE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/lyle-film-review/ Thu, 04 Sep 2014 14:04:03 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=23565

Ever notice how many male directors use birth analogies to describe the filmmaking process? Filmmaker Stewart Thorndike offers something better with Lyle, her sharp, funny horror film that she describes as a lesbian Rosemary’s Baby.

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]]> A Conversation With Zach Clark (WHITE REINDEER) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-zach-clark-white-reindeer/ https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-zach-clark-white-reindeer/#comments Fri, 13 Dec 2013 23:14:32 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=22214 (White Reindeer world premiered at the 2013 SXSW Film Festival and was picked up for distribution by IFC Films. It opened theatrically in NYC at the IFC Center on Friday, December 6, 2013, and has a busy weekend on the […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-zach-clark-white-reindeer/feed/ 1 A Conversation With Bill Ross (TCHOUPITOULAS) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-bill-ross-tchoupitoulas/ https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-bill-ross-tchoupitoulas/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:24:40 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=19105 Bill and Turner Ross made quite a splash when they world premiered their film 45365 at the 2009 SXSW Film Festival. A tender portrait of the Ross Bros.’ hometown, Sidney, Ohio, 45365 plays like a greatest hits of a small […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-bill-ross-tchoupitoulas/feed/ 1 A Conversation With Jonathan Lisecki (GAYBY) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-jonathan-lisecki-gayby/ https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-jonathan-lisecki-gayby/#comments Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:41:54 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=17758 (Gayby is now available on DVD through Wolfe Video.) Jonathan Lisecki and I kept meeting up with the intention of discussing his film Gayby but we repeatedly kept dropping the ball. The last time we got together, we ended up […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-jonathan-lisecki-gayby/feed/ 4 A Conversation With Calvin Lee Reeder (THE OREGONIAN) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-calvin-lee-reeder-the-oregonian/ Thu, 07 Jun 2012 16:11:41 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=17444 Calvin Lee Reeder’s The Oregonian is a horrifying film, if not what is commonly perceived as a “horror” film. It is deeply and fundamentally upsetting in an off-putting way that will sicken and alarm you if your idea of pure […]

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