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BILLY PRESTON: THAT’S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT

Don R. Lewis — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:04:31 +0000

(Check out Don R. Lewis’s Billy Preston: That’s The Way God Planned It movie review. The film is premiering on Friday, February 20th at NYC’s Film Forum. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Billy Preston is […]

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LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING

Melanie Addington — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 17:43:19 +0000

(The 2023 Sundance Film Festival takes place January 19-29 in and around Park City, UT and virtually. As always, Hammer to Nail has you covered with tons of movie reviews like Melanie Addington’s review of the doc Little Richard: I Am […]

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LISTENING TO KENNY G

Bears Rebecca Fonte — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 21:05:26 +0000

(The 2021 Toronto International Film Festival ran Sep 9-Sep 18 in Toronto, Canada. HtN has a ton of coverage from the fest so stay tuned! Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep […]

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Review: The Beatles Black Album

Don R. Lewis — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 20:11:44 +0000

(The amazing run of Richard Linklater’s Boyhood basically came to an end last week as the Oscars and Independent Spirit Awards came and went. But the film will live on forever and is guaranteed to be talked about for years to come. […]

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A Conversation with Everardo González (DROUGHT)

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 22:48:44 +0000

Mexican filmmaker Everardo González is emerging as one of the leading lights in Latin America’s thriving documentary scene. Drought (original title: Cuates de Australia), his fourth feature-length documentary, is having a stellar festival run, premiering at the prestigious IDFA in […]

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STRANGE POWERS: STEPHIN MERRITT AND THE MAGNETIC FIELDS

Cullen Gallagher — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:56:19 +0000

Strange Powers is at its most successful when showing the band as a work-in-progress: refined live performances, intimate and quirky on-stage banter (including a precious clip of Stephin exchanging shirts with an audience member), and especially the living room rehearsals that reveal the deceptive simplicity of Merritt’s pop songwriting.

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VOD REPORT

Michael Tully — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:42:58 +0000

Note: This month, we welcome contributing watcher/writer John Lichman into the fold—hooray!—to not only take the pressure off your overburdened head writer/editor, but to bring some linguistic variety to the table. Hopefully in the future our contributor horizons will only […]

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