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HtN’s Top Picks for Sundance 2022

The Editorial Staff — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 00:00:27 +0000

Greetings readers, Hammer to Nail editor Don R. Lewis here welcoming you to our annual “curtain raiser” for the Sundance Film Festival. In talking to my staff, I realized that i’m pretty sure no other film site covers more films […]

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SUNDANCE ’14: TULLY’S WRAP-UP

Michael Tully — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 18:44:17 +0000

As a director who presented a new feature at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, I have found all of the press coming out of Park City lamenting the “meager deals” and somehow linking that to the “lackluster quality” of the […]

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TRIBECA ’13: SUSANNA LOCASCIO’S WRAP-UP

Wed, 01 May 2013 18:18:05 +0000

I don’t know the origins of this, but common knowledge says that it takes ten years to become a New Yorker. If that’s the case, the Tribeca Film Festival cruised past that mark last year. Like most of us, it […]

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A Conversation With Lance Edmands (BLUEBIRD)

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:19:11 +0000

(Bluebird world premiered in the Narrative Competition at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival.) Besides launching the career of triple threat Lena Dunham, her breakout film Tiny Furniture helped put her talented team of collaborators on the map as well. That crew […]

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SECRET SUNSHINE

Tom Hall — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:30:03 +0000

Even in its darkest moments, Secret Sunshine transforms its tragedy with laughs while the comic situations always carry an unshakably tragic subtext, all of which serves to enrich Lee’s elegant visual style by way of story and performance.

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BAMcinemaFEST 2010 – An Overview (Updated Daily!!!)

Michael Tully — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:18:37 +0000

After a resoundingly successful first year, BAMcinemaFEST is back to reaffirm its status as one of the premiere showcases in New York City for the freshest and brightest cinema of the current calendar year. While the BAMcinemaFEST program is most […]

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SXSW 2010 – A Preview

Michael Tully — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:07:33 +0000

Whenever March 1st arrives, I can’t help but have the following thought: not only am I lucky to be alive, I am so-so very-very lucky-lucky to be me-me-me. For at no other time of year do my most cherished personal […]

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ATTN FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAMMERS: 2010 Edition, Vol. 1

Michael Tully — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:27:30 +0000

I thought it might be nice at this early stage in 2010 to let the world know about some brand new films that I have been lucky enough to see and that I found to be rewarding and worthwhile on […]

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