The Spirit of the Beehive Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/the-spirit-of-the-beehive/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 19:59:03 +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 Spirit of the Beehive Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/the-spirit-of-the-beehive/ 32 32 ON THE FRINGE, PART NINE: BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD (2012) https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/drama/on-the-fringe-9/ Wed, 02 May 2018 16:52:33 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29533 Beasts of the Southern Wild is a film about the end of the world. Or, more to the point, the end of the universe. More remarkably still, it is also a celebration. A celebration of survival, of freedom and – why not? […]

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]]> A Conversation with Michael Tully (DON’T LEAVE HOME) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/michael-tully/ Fri, 20 Apr 2018 19:35:11 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29468 I met with filmmaker Michael Tully (the former editor of this site), on Friday, March 16, at SXSW 2018, to discuss his latest movie, Don’t Leave Home (reviewed by Don Simpson), which premiered at the festival. The film, a disturbing […]

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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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]]> DAYVEON https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/dayveon-review/ Wed, 13 Sep 2017 18:46:03 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28496

Devin Blackmon, as Dayveon, making his first appearance on camera, brings reservoirs of pain, anger and vulnerability to his role.

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]]> A Conversation with Amman Abbasi (DAYVEON) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/amman-abbasi-interview/ Tue, 18 Apr 2017 18:18:34 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=27993 (The 2017 RiverRun Film Festival ran March 30-April 9 in beautiful Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Our Lauren Wissot was on hand and brings us this interview with Amman Abbasi on his much buzzed about film Dayveon.) The 19th RiverRun International Film Festival (March […]

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