Spirit Awards Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/spirit-awards/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 17:11:54 +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 Spirit Awards Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/spirit-awards/ 32 32 A Conversation With Patrick Wang (IN THE FAMILY) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-patrick-wang-in-the-family/ https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-patrick-wang-in-the-family/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:57:23 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=14374 (In The Family is now available on DVD and Blu-ray.) Independent filmmaking can be a thankless venture. Just ask Patrick Wang. As writer/director/star of In The Family, Wang put everything he had, quite literally, into his feature film debut. But […]

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(Easier With Practice opened theatrically in New York City and Los Angeles on Friday, February 26, 2010. It is now available on DVD. Visit the film’s official website to learn more.) Kyle Patrick Alvarez’s Easier With Practice is one of […]

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]]> A Conversation With Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher (OCTOBER COUNTRY) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-michael-palmieri-and-donal-mosher-october-country/ Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:50:57 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=304 A few weeks back, in my very personal recap of the 2010 Cinema Eye Honors, I made my opinion of Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher’s October Country quite clear. In the subsequent few weeks, I encountered multiple people who told […]

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]]> They Don’t Rate: Armond White Dismisses Karina Longworth/Spout/Internet in General https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/they-dont-rate-armond-white-dismisses-karina-longworthspoutinternet-in-general/ Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:20:46 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=356 Never in my life have I had the urge to “live blog” or “live Tweet” a situation as it’s transpiring. But about twenty minutes into yesterday’s “New York Film Critics Circle Panel” at the 2009 Hamptons International Film Festival, I […]

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]]> A Report From the 2009 Cinema Eye Honors https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/a-report-from-the-2009-cinema-eye-honors/ https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/a-report-from-the-2009-cinema-eye-honors/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:41:39 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=320 (The following report was submitted by Steve Holmgren and Liz Byer. As we were unable to attend this year’s festivities, we were happy to receive it, and now, to post it.) Independent filmmaking is a notoriously thankless proposition, and this […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/a-report-from-the-2009-cinema-eye-honors/feed/ 2 2009 SPIRIT AWARDS PREVIEW https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/2009-spirit-awards-preview/ Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:22:18 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=2896 Well, folks, the time has come yet again for the annual one-two punch of the Spirit Awards and the Oscars, a weekend that is no doubt certain to restore one’s faith in humankind and remind everyone what truly matters in […]

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]]> A Conversation With Barry Jenkins (MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-barry-jenkins-medicine-for-melancholy/ Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:48:33 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=280 In the years after graduating from Florida State University’s film school, writer/director Barry Jenkins realized that it was difficult to call himself a filmmaker when he hadn’t produced anything since his college days. And so, after writing a script, Jenkins […]

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