As 2021 dawned, we found ourselves as a nation more consumed by the political drama unfolding around us than any narrative created by filmmakers. Truth was, for a while, far stranger than fiction. Eventually, however, we returned to something resembling […]

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DOC NYC 2021 kicks off today, November 10, in and around the IFC Center in the village. The festival is run by Artistic Director Thom Powers who also programs the documentary slate at TIFF. Powers curates his own ‘shortlist’ as […]

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As I did in 2020, I moderated a number of virtual Q&As for this year’s Annapolis Film Festival. One of them was with director Sonia Kennebeck, to discuss her documentary Enemies of the State (which I also reviewed). The film […]

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(The 2021 Annapolis Film Festival runs April 8-18, all virtually. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) Documentaries in our current era come in all shapes and […]

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See the film, get angry, and let's figure out how to stop the madness perpetrated in our name.

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