Mike Ott Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/mike-ott/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 19:41:08 +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 Mike Ott Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/mike-ott/ 32 32 A Conversation with Mike Ott & Cory Zacharia (CALIFORNIA DREAMS) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/california-dreams-interview/ Fri, 14 Apr 2017 20:44:59 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=27979 I met with director Mike Ott and his principal subject, Cory Zacharia, on Sunday, March 12, 2017, at SXSW, to discuss his hybrid documentary feature, California Dreams, which follows an eclectic assortment of five residents of the “Golden State” as […]

The post A Conversation with Mike Ott & Cory Zacharia (CALIFORNIA DREAMS) appeared first on Hammer to Nail.

]]> CALIFORNIA DREAMS https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/california-dreams-review/ Wed, 12 Apr 2017 22:24:09 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=27961

As we attempt to piece together the puzzle of this fractured collection of anecdotes, whatever we think of it, we can't turn away from its sheer peculiarity. What is it about?

The post CALIFORNIA DREAMS appeared first on Hammer to Nail.

]]> Jesse Klein’s 2016 Tribeca Film Fest Wrap-Up https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/jesse-kleins-2016-tribeca-wrap/ Tue, 26 Apr 2016 19:08:00 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=26225 The Tribeca Film Festival returned this April with a slate that again proved to be varied in its subject matter, tone and aesthetic approach. The fiction films proved innovative in their style and storytelling, the non-fiction films shed light on […]

The post Jesse Klein’s 2016 Tribeca Film Fest Wrap-Up appeared first on Hammer to Nail.

]]> ACTOR MARTINEZ https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/actor-martinez-movie-review/ Wed, 20 Apr 2016 12:27:15 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=26195

Here, the mess is the mess of life and the mess of being a person and the messiness of finding truth. “You know what I like most about this process?” Arthur asks in the final scene. “How difficult it is.”

The post ACTOR MARTINEZ appeared first on Hammer to Nail.

]]> AFI FEST 2012 PREVIEW https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/afi-fest-2012-preview-paul-sbrizzi/ Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:26:17 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=18704 The 2012 AFI Fest runs from November 1st-8th. Visit the festival’s official website for more information. It’s AFI Fest time again—this year there will be splashy gala screenings including Ang Lee’s Life of Pi, Spielberg’s Lincoln, and the highly-touted Hitchcock, […]

The post AFI FEST 2012 PREVIEW appeared first on Hammer to Nail.

]]>