The Last Detail Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/the-last-detail/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:02:28 +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 Last Detail Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/the-last-detail/ 32 32 HAL https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/hal-review/ Thu, 12 Jul 2018 16:52:38 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29903

Though Hal is cinematically straightforward, without any striking innovations of its own, the material it showcases elevates it beyond the pedestrian biopic, making it a wonderful tribute to its subject's free spirit and brilliant talent.

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]]> ON THE FRINGE, PART THREE: ALICE DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE (1974) https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/on-the-fringe-3/ Wed, 21 Mar 2018 22:18:20 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29240 Something was happening in the American cinema starting in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Among other progressions in societal mores, technology and legalities, this decade+ could arguably be considered a Golden Age of courageous truth-telling films that mine […]

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]]> Jim Brunzell’s Sundance 2018 Wrap-Up…Part Two https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/brunzell-sundancewrap-2/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/brunzell-sundancewrap-2/#comments Fri, 09 Feb 2018 23:42:05 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29032 (The following is part 2 of HtN contributor Jim Brunzell’s wrap up of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. Part one can be found here.) A slew of films dealt with family dynamics or lack thereof including, Hereditary and Mandy and the first […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/brunzell-sundancewrap-2/feed/ 1 SUN VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL ’15: WRAP-UP https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/sun-valley-film-festival-2015-wrap-up/ Mon, 09 Mar 2015 19:52:03 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=24090 I’ve been attending film festivals of all ages, shapes, and sizes for many years now—as a filmmaker, a juror, and a member of the press. Though this year marked its fourth installment, the Sun Valley Film Festival revealed to me […]

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]]> SAWDUST CITY https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/sawdust-city-film-review/ Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:15:41 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=19827

Sawdust City, which owes at least some small debt to Cassavetes, as well as to Hal Ashby’s The Last Detail, rather indulges us in a doomed brotherhood that we’re rooting for even as we’re watching it fall to pieces.

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]]> SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL 2009 – Monday, March 30th https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/sarasota-film-festival-2009-monday-march-30th/ Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:43:15 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=1728 Monday is probably the slowest, lowest-key day of the SFF, which is a good thing, because Sunday night’s karaoke session took its toll on everyone who participated. I managed to squeeze four movies into six compact hours, which didn’t hit […]

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