The Fits Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/the-fits/ What to Watch Tue, 16 Aug 2022 13:36:53 +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 The Fits Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/the-fits/ 32 32 GOD’S CREATURES Trailer: A Secret Tears a Family Apart in Irish Gothic https://www.hammertonail.com/trailer/gods-creatures/ Tue, 16 Aug 2022 13:35:13 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=37708

Years after making a splash on the indie scene with The Fits, filmmakers Anna Rose Holmer and Saela Davis bring their newest drama from inner-city Cincinnati to an Irish fishing village. God’s Creatures premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival […]

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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 A Conversation with Janicza Bravo (LEMON) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/janicza-bravo-interview/ Thu, 24 Aug 2017 23:17:41 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28463

I met with director Janicza Bravo on Friday, May 5, 2017, at the Maryland Film Festival, where we discussed her first feature, the experimental narrative Lemon, which premiered at Sundance (and was reviewed at SXSW by our very own Don […]

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]]> A Conversation With Anna Rose Holmer (THE FITS) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-anna-rose-holmer-the-fits/ Thu, 09 Jun 2016 18:25:45 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=26546 (Distributed by Oscilloscope, The Fits opened in NYC on June 3rd, and opens in LA, Cincinnati, and Pasadena on June 10th before expanding into other cities.) Though it’s only her narrative feature debut, Anna Rose Holmer has nonetheless delivered one […]

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]]> THE FITS https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/the-fits-movie-review/ Thu, 02 Jun 2016 20:05:18 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=26525

(Anna Rose Holmer’s spectacular The Fits opens in NYC June 3  and L.A. on June 10 via Oscilloscope) While watching Anna Rose Holmer’s debut feature film, the outstanding The Fits, I was reminded playing that children’s folded paper fortune teller game. You know […]

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]]> Charles Poekel’s 2016 Montclair Film Festival Wrap-Up https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/2016-montclair-film-festival-wrap-up/ Tue, 17 May 2016 13:48:58 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=26384 The 5th Annual Montclair Film Festival wrapped up last week.  Spanning two weekends, the fest continues to serve up a delectable blend of accessible indies, “local” films, and more challenging arthouse gems; a symbiosis that attracts a wide range of […]

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]]> SUN VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL ’16: WRAP-UP https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/sun-valley-film-festival-16-wrap-up/ Wed, 09 Mar 2016 21:50:19 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=25817 This year, the Sun Valley Film Festival turned five. My own experience with film festivals has taught me that slow and steady is the best (make that only) way to sustain the race, and the powers-that-be at Sun Valley—for starters, […]

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]]> Mike S. Ryan’s Sundance 2016 Wrap-Up https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/mike-s-ryans-sundance-2016-wrap-up/ Tue, 09 Feb 2016 22:31:06 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=25698 Sundance 2016, the post collapse world has begun with a new set of questions. Sundance 2008 was the last of the “Sundance go- go years.” Hamlet 2 was the top purchase that year for $12 million but there were also […]

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