Stories We Tell Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/stories-we-tell/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:34:40 +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 Stories We Tell Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/stories-we-tell/ 32 32 WOMEN TALKING https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/women-talking-2/ Thu, 27 Oct 2022 17:17:44 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=38262

(The 2022 Middleburg Film Festival ran October 13-16 in lovely Middleburg, VA. Lead critic Chris Reed is in attendance and submits this movie review of Women Talking. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) There are a lot […]

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]]> WOMEN TALKING Trailer: Colonial Women Take a Stand in Sarah Polley’s Drama https://www.hammertonail.com/trailer/women-talking/ Mon, 10 Oct 2022 17:45:52 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=38118

Her first directorial venture since her 2012 documentary Stories We Tell, Sarah Polley dives into Me Too territory with her new drama, Women Talking. Based on the 2018 novel by Miriam Toews, Polley assembles the cast of Rooney Mara, Jessie […]

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]]> A CALL TO RECOGNIZE THE BEST PERFORMANCES IN NONFICTION FILM https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/a-call-to-recognize-the-best-performances-in-nonfiction-film-by-robert-greene/ https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/a-call-to-recognize-the-best-performances-in-nonfiction-film-by-robert-greene/#comments Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:22:23 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=20905

The time has come to recognize an aspect of nonfiction cinema that has been overlooked for too long. The nature of documentary, of course, is that the image is based in reality. But it has come to be axiomatic that […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/a-call-to-recognize-the-best-performances-in-nonfiction-film-by-robert-greene/feed/ 3 STORIES WE TELL https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/stories-we-tell-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/stories-we-tell-film-review/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 13:00:27 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=18460

What is so thrilling about Stories We Tell is not that the film ineffably expresses its themes, but rather how it directly confronts them.

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/stories-we-tell-film-review/feed/ 3 HOT DOCS 2013: Is This A New Golden Age? https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/hot-docs-2013-is-this-a-new-golden-age/ Thu, 09 May 2013 16:52:38 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=20797 Maybe there’s a debate going on about whether we are, in fact, in the midst of a “documentary renaissance,” but the answer seemed self-evident at the 20th annual Hot Docs, that sprawling all-nonfiction festival that serves as a deliberately inclusive […]

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]]> NEW DIRECTORS/NEW FILMS 2013 — HTN PICKS! https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/new-directors-new-films-2013-htn-picks/ Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:11:34 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=20058 Another edition of New Directors/New Films has arrived, you lucky New York Cityers, which means the time has come once again to lace up your comfiest walking shoes and jet back-and-forth between MoMA and the Film Society of Lincoln Center […]

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