Sylvio Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/sylvio/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:24:07 +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 Sylvio Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/sylvio/ 32 32 A Conversation with Albert Birney & Kentucker Audley (STRAWBERRY MANSION) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/birney-audley/ Wed, 12 May 2021 18:54:13 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=34918

There were few films in the Sundance program this year that deserved a deep dive like Albert Birney and Kentucker Audley’s Strawberry Mansion, a film I reviewed as “the sort of quirky independent genre-hopping creative film that we go to film festivals […]

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(The 2021 Sundance Film Festival runs January 28-February 3, all virtually as well as with drive-ins sprinkled around the U.S.. Hammer to Nail is bringing you a ton of coverage so, keep coming back! Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? […]

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]]> 20 FILMS TO SEE (VIRTUALLY!) AT SUNDANCE 2021 https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/sundance-2021-preview/ Thu, 28 Jan 2021 19:13:26 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=34079

Founded in 1980 by Robert Redford to promote the art and craft of filmmaking, the U.S. Film Festival, rebranded as the Sundance Film Festival in 1985, has long been a beacon for American independent cinema. Ever since then, the annual […]

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]]> Mike S. Ryan’s (Very Biased) Favorite Low-Budget Indies Of The Decade https://www.hammertonail.com/features/mike-s-ryans-best-of-decade/ https://www.hammertonail.com/features/mike-s-ryans-best-of-decade/#comments Thu, 27 Feb 2020 20:02:12 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=32368

Mike S. Ryan’s very biased 25 fave low budget American Indies of the ‘10 Decade. 1. Moonlight-Barry Jenkins 2. Meek’s Cutoff/Certain Woman– Kelly Reichardt 3. The Rider-Chloe Zhao 4. The Fits– Anna Rose Holmer 5. It Felt Like Love– Eliza […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/features/mike-s-ryans-best-of-decade/feed/ 1 2018 Oscar-Nominated Short Films https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/2018-oscar-shorts/ Fri, 23 Feb 2018 21:13:13 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29099 Every year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates a total of 15 short films in 3 categories (5 per category): animated and live-action (which share the same set of eligibility requirements), and documentary (with its own requirements, […]

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]]> A Conversation with Albert Birney and Kentucker Audley (SYLVIO) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-birney-audley/ Wed, 17 May 2017 15:42:29 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28121

I met with directors Albert Birney and Kentucker Audley on Sunday, May 7, 2017, at the Maryland Film Festival, where we discussed their collaboration on Sylvio, which premiered at SXSW (where it was reviewed by our very own Don Simpson). […]

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]]> SYLVIO https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/sylvio-review/ Mon, 13 Mar 2017 22:48:08 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=27676

It is not too far of a reach to see Sylvio as a symbol for independent filmmakers in a Capitalist society. They are the outsiders, the weirdoes, who care more about art than commerce and...

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