One impressive, innovative, and outright hilarious film you shouldn’t sleep on this year is Hundreds of Beavers. It is directed by Mike Cheslik by a script he co-wrote with star Ryland Brickson Cole Tews. Shot entirely in black and white […]

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The 20th edition of the Oxford Film Festival ran from March 1 – 5 in Oxford, Mississippi and I was fortunate enough to attend as a juror for the first time ever. Talented, rising filmmakers from all around the world […]

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For the first time in almost 19 years, I am not involved with Oxford Film Festival in any way other than as a fan and I am so happy to share that the team of Jim Brunzell and Program Director […]

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Jonathan Wysocki’s film Dramarama could not be more tailor-made for me. I went to Catholic high school in the ’90s and I was a drama nerd… Jonathan Wysocki: Yeah, you are basically me. Hammer to Nail: Yeah, I might as […]

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(The annual Film Festival Alliance gathering usually takes place in Midway, Ut. pre-Sundance. However, this year’s edition is all virtual and Melanie Addington, HtN contributor/Executive Director of the Oxford Film Festival is in attendance. She brings us this report…) As film festivals, filmmakers and […]

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(The annual Film Festival Alliance gathering usually takes place in Midway, Ut. pre-Sundance. However, this year’s edition is all virtual and Melanie Addington, HtN contributor/Executive Director of the Oxford Film Festival is in attendance. She brings us this report…) On day four of the […]

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(The annual Film Festival Alliance gathering usually takes place in Midway, Ut. pre-Sundance. However, this year’s edition is all virtual and Melanie Addington, HtN contributor/Executive Director of the Oxford Film Festival is in attendance. She brings us this report…) Although new to being the […]

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(The annual Film Festival Alliance gathering usually takes place in Midway, Ut. pre-Sundance. However, this year’s edition is all virtual and Melanie Addington, HtN contributor/Executive Director of the Oxford Film Festival is in attendance. She brings us this report…) After […]

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(Mindy Bledsoe’s The In-Between was programmed at the 2020 Oxford Film Festival. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not pay just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) Mindy Bledsoe writes, directs, and co-stars in The In-Between, her […]

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This World Alone is an excellent film, tonally, it’s a tough hang.

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