Linas Phillips Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/linas-phillips/ What to Watch Fri, 26 Sep 2025 01:41:38 +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 Linas Phillips Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/linas-phillips/ 32 32 YEAR OF THE FOX https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/year-of-the-fox/ Thu, 25 Sep 2025 13:42:40 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=53852

(Check out Jessica Baxter’s Year of the Fox movie review, it’s available on VOD now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Megan Griffiths’ latest film, Year of the Fox (check out my interview with Griffiths and […]

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]]> STRAWBERRY MANSION https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/strawberry-mansion/ Tue, 02 Feb 2021 01:35:07 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=34144

(The 2021 Sundance Film Festival runs January 28-February 3, all virtually as well as with drive-ins sprinkled around the U.S.. Hammer to Nail is bringing you a ton of coverage so, keep coming back! Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? […]

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]]> Book Review: LIKE BROTHERS https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/book-review-like-brothers/ Thu, 17 May 2018 20:25:00 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29633 I’ve been a fan of The Duplass Brothers (Mark and Jay) since I stumbled across their first well-received short film This is John back at Sundance in 2003. The short was like a lightning bolt to me; inexpensive (which was […]

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]]> Jessica Baxter’s 2016 Seattle International Film Festival Wrap-Up https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/jessica-baxters-2016-siff-wrap/ Mon, 27 Jun 2016 20:26:58 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=26683 Another SIFF has come and gone. This year, the Seattle International Film Festival ran from May 19th to June 12th and featured 421 films from 85 countries. I have to say this was one of my favorite years. With so […]

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]]> MANSON FAMILY VACATION https://www.hammertonail.com/vod-release/manson-family-vacation/ Thu, 29 Oct 2015 20:08:06 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=25191

(Manson Family Vacation made it’s debut at the 2015 SXSW Film Festival and was quickly snatched up for distribution by Netflix. It drops October 27 and is recieving rave reviews so, check it out.) Despite the National Lampoons-esque title, Manson Family Vacation is […]

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]]> SXSW ’15: TULLY’S WRAP-UP https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/sxsw-film-festival-15-michael-tully-wrap-up/ Wed, 25 Mar 2015 15:17:05 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=24209 Including two titles I’d seen before the 2015 SXSW Film Festival kicked off (read my reviews of Western and Entertainment if you haven’t already), I managed to catch 22 features this year. Which is to say, not a pathetic number […]

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]]> DVD RELEASES 2010/6/29 https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/new-dvd-releases-june-29-2010/ Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:38:44 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=5260 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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]]> SUNDANCE 2010: Tully’s Wrap-Up https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/sundance-2010-michael-tully-wrap-up/ https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/sundance-2010-michael-tully-wrap-up/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:58:57 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=1776 From the moment one set foot in Park City for the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, it became quite clear that the powers-that-be were using the departure of longtime festival director Geoffrey Gilmore as a subconscious marketing tool. Though the ad […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/sundance-2010-michael-tully-wrap-up/feed/ 1 MIKE S. RYAN’S SUNDANCE ‘10 WRAP-UP – Why Sundance Still Matters In The World https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/mike-s-ryan%e2%80%99s-sundance-%e2%80%9810-wrap-up-why-sundance-still-matters-in-the-world/ https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/mike-s-ryan%e2%80%99s-sundance-%e2%80%9810-wrap-up-why-sundance-still-matters-in-the-world/#comments Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:26:17 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=1694 On my fourth day, I finally emerged from my screening doldrums. After the streets and the buses became free of the non-film skiers and LA lookeeloos and I saw 3 Backyards, Blue Valentine, and Winter’s Bone, I started to think […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/mike-s-ryan%e2%80%99s-sundance-%e2%80%9810-wrap-up-why-sundance-still-matters-in-the-world/feed/ 1 ATTN FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAMMERS: 2010 Edition, Vol. 1 https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/attn-film-festival-programmers-2010-edition-vol-1/ Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:27:30 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=1360 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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