The Force Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/the-force/ What to Watch Wed, 19 Jun 2024 02:34:57 +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 Force Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/the-force/ 32 32 HOMEROOM https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/homeroom/ Thu, 12 Aug 2021 15:00:46 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=34215

Editors Note: HOMEROOM is now streaming on Hulu. Below is our review from the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. (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 […]

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]]> CHARM CITY https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/charm-city-review/ Wed, 10 Jun 2020 15:33:14 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29611

Baltimore is my hometown, so sure, that matters to me, but Baltimore is not unique. So many of our cities need better options. Let Charm City lead the way, not in homicides, but in ideas for solutions.

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]]> A Conversation with Marilyn Ness (CHARM CITY) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/marilyn-ness-interview/ Sat, 13 Oct 2018 15:40:39 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29696 I met with director Marilyn Ness (Bad Blood: A Cautionary Tale) on Saturday, May 5, 2018, at the Maryland Film Festival (MdFF), to discuss her powerful new documentary Charm City (which I also reviewed), set in Baltimore, my hometown (the […]

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]]> A Conversation with Stephen Maing (CRIME + PUNISHMENT) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/stephen-maing-interview/ Fri, 31 Aug 2018 20:52:36 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30076 I spoke with director Stephen Maing, of the new documentary Crime + Punishment (which I recently reviewed), on Thursday, August 16, 2018, by phone, along with my Fog of Truth podcast colleague Bart Weiss (of Dallas VideoFest). Maing’s film examines […]

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]]> CRIME + PUNISHMENT https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/crime-punishment-review/ Tue, 28 Aug 2018 21:03:38 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30057

A sharply incisive work of investigative journalism, Stephen Maing's Crime + Punishment explores the harsh realities faced by police officers of color in New York City.

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]]> Jim Brunzell’s 2017 True/False Film Fest Wrap https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/documentary/2017-truefalse-wrap/ Fri, 10 Mar 2017 20:13:02 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=27654 The timing of the 14th annual True/False Film Festival could not have happened at a more “long, strange, trip” two months into 2017. It is a question many Americans have faced and/or perhaps are struggling with, myself included, but knowing […]

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