Lauren Greenfield Archives - Hammer to Nail

Telluride Film Festival 2024 Lineup: Slate Includes Sean Baker, Errol Morris, Andrea Arnold, and More

M.J. O'Toole — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 21:39:13 +0000

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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A Thousand Cuts

Christopher Reed — Mon, 30 Mar 2020 18:06:37 +0000

(The 2020 SXSW Film Festival was sadly cancelled. Yet Hammer to Nail is still reviewing films that were slated to premiere at the fest! We present, #LostFilmsofSXSW. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per […]

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THE KINGMAKER

Christopher Reed — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 17:42:56 +0000

Indeed, Greenfield (Generation Wealth) reveals quite a lot in this intricate and disturbing look at a political dynasty that thirsts for its former dominance and just might get it.

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The 15th Annual Camden International Film Festival Kick-Off!

A.D. Calvo — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 23:51:07 +0000

Few of the countless documentary festivals in the U.S. strike as perfect a balance between challenging “avant-docs” (to borrow Scott Macdonald’s term) and crowd-pleasing award-chasers as the Camden International Film Festival, entering its fifteenth edition this Thursday, September 12 through […]

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A Conversation with Lauren Greenfield (GENERATION WEALTH)

Christopher Reed — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 21:23:56 +0000

I met with director Lauren Greenfield, of the new documentary feature Generation Wealth (which I also reviewed), on Sunday, March 11, at the 2018 SXSW Film Festival. The film discusses the wages of capitalist sin over the past quarter-century, chronicling […]

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GENERATION WEALTH

Christopher Reed — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 19:57:23 +0000

Though occasionally so broad in its reach that the focus breaks down in discursive asides, Generation Wealth offers, overall, a compelling and insightful look at the decline of Western civilization, so wrapped in excess that it ignores the impending apocalypse.

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QUEEN OF VERSAILLES, THE

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:30:42 +0000

If in the end The Queen of Versailles uses the Siegel's story, it's to reflect on the malleability of American identity, and about the bitter striving that often breeds success.

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WHOLPHIN NO. 8

Michael Tully — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:24:20 +0000

(Wholphin No. 8 is now available. Go to the Wholphin website to subscribe to the magazine and order a copy for yourself.) Short film lovers, rejoice! The time has arrived once again for the “DVD Magazine of Rare and Unseen […]

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DVD RELEASES 2009/7/7

Michael Tully — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:01:36 +0000

In a bit of accidental serendipity, this week’s slate of noteworthy new DVD releases is seriously sparse, which gives me the opportunity to plug a few titles that I idiotically spaced out on last week. Lovely By Surprise — If […]

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