The Order of Myths Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/the-order-of-myths/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:34:46 +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 Order of Myths Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/the-order-of-myths/ 32 32 A Conversation with Margaret Brown (DESCENDANT) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/margaret-brown/ Wed, 02 Nov 2022 20:39:15 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=38287

In 1860, 52 years after the U.S. banned the international trafficking of enslaved Africans to our shores, one Timothy Meaher, an Alabama businessman, thought it would be a lark to circumvent the law and show what he could get away […]

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]]> DESCENDANT https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/descendant/ Sat, 15 Oct 2022 19:36:45 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=38177

(The 2022 Middleburg Film Festival runs October 13-16 in lovely Middleburg, VA. Lead critic Chris Reed is in attendance and submits this movie review of Descendant. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Back in 2008, documentarian […]

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]]> A Conversation With Margaret Brown (THE GREAT INVISIBLE) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-margaret-brown-the-great-invisible/ Tue, 28 Oct 2014 23:18:36 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=23661 (The Great Invisible is being distributed by RADiUS-TWC and opens theatrically on October 29, 2014. It world premiered at the 2014 SXSW Film Festival, where it won the Documentary Grand Jury Prize. Visit the film’s website to learn more.) Margaret […]

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]]> THE ORDER OF MYTHS at Bell House (4/28) https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/the-order-of-myths-at-bell-house-428/ Wed, 27 May 2009 07:25:24 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=1586 Brooklyn Based is a neat new collective that provides, in their own words, “Three emails a week that will turn you onto the best food, art, shops, services, and people in the County of Kings.” BB contributor Rachael Rakes is […]

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]]> A Report From the 2009 Cinema Eye Honors https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/a-report-from-the-2009-cinema-eye-honors/ https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/a-report-from-the-2009-cinema-eye-honors/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:41:39 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=320 (The following report was submitted by Steve Holmgren and Liz Byer. As we were unable to attend this year’s festivities, we were happy to receive it, and now, to post it.) Independent filmmaking is a notoriously thankless proposition, and this […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/a-report-from-the-2009-cinema-eye-honors/feed/ 2 GOODBYE SOLO https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/comedy/goodbye-solo-film-review/ Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:19:40 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=2984

(Goodbye Solo is now available on home video. Buy the DVD at Amazon. Visit the film’s official website to learn more.) Ramin Bahrani’s first two features, Man Push Cart and Chop Shop, were Neo-Realist inspired dramas that established Bahrani’s overarching […]

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]]> 2009 SPIRIT AWARDS PREVIEW https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/2009-spirit-awards-preview/ Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:22:18 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=2896 Well, folks, the time has come yet again for the annual one-two punch of the Spirit Awards and the Oscars, a weekend that is no doubt certain to restore one’s faith in humankind and remind everyone what truly matters in […]

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