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ON THE FRINGE, PART NINE: BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD (2012)

Wed, 02 May 2018 16:52:33 +0000

Beasts of the Southern Wild is a film about the end of the world. Or, more to the point, the end of the universe. More remarkably still, it is also a celebration. A celebration of survival, of freedom and – why not? […]

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ABACUS: SMALL ENOUGH TO JAIL

Christopher Reed — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 17:27:47 +0000

As this movie, the latest from esteemed documentarian Steve James (Life Itself), makes abundantly clear, this absurd act of prosecutorial overreach – misguided, at best...

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THE CURBSIDE CRITERION: HOOP DREAMS

Brad Cook — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 14:52:47 +0000

Our newest feature section here at HtN called "The Curbside Criterion" which will focus on releases put out by The Criterion Collection continues. This week the amazing documentary "Hoop Dreams" from Steve James, Frederick Marx, and Peter Gilbert takes the court in this brand-new Blu-Ray release.

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Roger Ebert, Life Itself, and Conflict of Interest in the Digital Age

Tue, 10 Mar 2015 18:34:48 +0000

(As Hammer to Nail morphs into version 2.0, we still feel this site needs to champion new and truly independent cinema. But with so many filmmakers, critics, writers and industry professionals wearing so many hats, is conflict of interest a […]

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BE KIND, REMEMBER — A Conversation Between Alex Ross Perry And Joe Martin About The Closing Of Reel Life South

Alex Ross Perry — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:30:07 +0000

On Sunday March 18, 2012, I was walking around the neighborhood where I live—Park Slope, Brooklyn—thinking about places where I would be able to display promotional posters for the release of my film The Color Wheel, occurring two months to […]

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NETFLIX HIDDEN GEMS: Issue #9

Michael Tully — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:46:27 +0000

Just so you guys have no excuses, we’re doing two months at once this time around. ***ISSUE #9: JUNE/JULY ‘10*** Red Without Blue (2007) — This moving and fascinating film is the documentary feature début of Brooke Sebold, Benita Sills […]

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HOOP DREAMS at Stranger Than Fiction/ONLINE NOW

Michael Tully — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:13:23 +0000

When it arrived in 1994, Steve James’ Hoop Dreams was praised as an instant classic. Both critics and audiences alike rejoiced over this epic three-hour documentary portrait of Arthur Agee and William Gates, two African-American teenagers in inner city Chicago […]

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DVD RELEASES 2009/6/23

Michael Tully — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:54:01 +0000

A very classy line-up of new releases is yours for the taking this week, as Criterion continues to impress with another barrage of cinema classics (seriously, have they been putting out at least two movies a week lately?). But equally […]

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