Moonlight Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/moonlight/ What to Watch Fri, 01 Nov 2024 18:03:31 +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 Moonlight Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/moonlight/ 32 32 A Conversation with Hannah Peterson (THE GRADUATES) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/hannah-peterson/ Fri, 01 Nov 2024 16:44:18 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=51974

A year after captivating critics and audiences at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival (where it won Best Cinematography), writer-director Hannah Peterson’s poignant, yet warm feature debut The Graduates will finally open in theaters on November 1 beginning at NYC’s Metrograph. […]

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]]> THE GRADUATES Trailer: Award-Winning Slice-of-Life Drama Examines Healing After Tragedy https://www.hammertonail.com/trailer/the-graduates-hannah-peterson/ Wed, 02 Oct 2024 21:40:02 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=51768 Mina Sundwall in THE GRADUATES

After being mentored by modern-day indie icons Chloe Zhao and Sean Baker, first-time filmmaker Hannah Peterson is ready to make her mark with her emotional and compassionate drama, The Graduates, which shows life in the aftermath of a terrible tragedy. […]

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]]> SWAN SONG https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/swan-song/ Thu, 16 Dec 2021 19:56:50 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=35970

(Benjamin Cleary’s Swan Song makes it’s debut on Apple+ Friday, December 17. Chris Reed has this movie review of Swan Song. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) […]

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]]> Mike S. Ryan’s (Very Biased) Favorite Low-Budget Indies Of The Decade https://www.hammertonail.com/features/mike-s-ryans-best-of-decade/ https://www.hammertonail.com/features/mike-s-ryans-best-of-decade/#comments Thu, 27 Feb 2020 20:02:12 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=32368

Mike S. Ryan’s very biased 25 fave low budget American Indies of the ‘10 Decade. 1. Moonlight-Barry Jenkins 2. Meek’s Cutoff/Certain Woman– Kelly Reichardt 3. The Rider-Chloe Zhao 4. The Fits– Anna Rose Holmer 5. It Felt Like Love– Eliza […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/features/mike-s-ryans-best-of-decade/feed/ 1 IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/if-beale-street-could-talk-review/ Thu, 20 Dec 2018 20:46:52 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30568

The facts are not enough. If Beale Could Street is a superb example of aesthetics and story melding in flawless harmony.

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]]> HtN is Headed to the Toronto International Film Festival! https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/2018-tiff-preview/ Thu, 30 Aug 2018 18:38:13 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30066 Founded in 1976 as the Festival of Festivals, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took on its current name in 1995. Held annually in September, the festival is often a prime showcase for the artistically ambitious films that dominate the […]

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]]> ON THE FRINGE, PART TEN: TANGERINE (2015) https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/on-the-fringe-10/ Wed, 23 May 2018 17:26:46 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29660 “There is a class of people in this world who have fallen into the lowest degree of humiliation, far below beggary, and who are deprived not only of all social consideration but also, in everybody’s opinion, of the specific human […]

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]]> A Conversation with Michael Tully (DON’T LEAVE HOME) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/michael-tully/ Fri, 20 Apr 2018 19:35:11 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29468 I met with filmmaker Michael Tully (the former editor of this site), on Friday, March 16, at SXSW 2018, to discuss his latest movie, Don’t Leave Home (reviewed by Don Simpson), which premiered at the festival. The film, a disturbing […]

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]]> ON THE FRINGE, PART FOUR: KILLER OF SHEEP (1978) https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/on-the-fringe-4/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 20:49:20 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29303 Accepting his long overdue honorary Oscar at the Academy Awards this year, the soft-spoken, wide-eyed filmmaker Charles Burnett first thanked all his friends and supporters present for their support, particularly those who were there back in the days when he “didn’t have […]

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]]> 2017 IFP Screen Forward Conference Filmmaker Magazine Talks https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/2017-ifp-filmmaker-magazine-talks/ Wed, 04 Oct 2017 20:18:22 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28558 To kick off the 2017 IFP Screen Forward Conference, and in tandem with their 25th anniversary, Filmmaker Magazine programmed a dense day of panels and conversations with filmmakers. The first panel, featuring veteran and new filmmakers from their 25 New Faces […]

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