True/False Film Fest Archives - Hammer to Nail

THERE WAS, THERE WAS NOT Trailer: Four Women Survive War in a Lost Country in Moving Debut Documentary

M.J. O'Toole — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 09:30:25 +0000

Life in a lost country comes into focus in one of DOC NYC’s most acclaimed selections, There Was, There Was Not. Emily Mkrtichian makes her directorial debut with this documentary that follows the lives of four women in Artsakh, a […]

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It’s Time for Wind-Up Fest, 2015

Thu, 15 Oct 2015 23:13:36 +0000

Williamstown and North Adams Massachusetts are two little hubs of creative life nestled in the Berkshires. North Adams boasts MASS MoCA a museum that sets the standard for contemporary art and, just up the road, Williams College and the venerable […]

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A Conversation With Nick Bentgen (NORTHERN LIGHT)

Fri, 13 Jun 2014 16:48:16 +0000

(Northern Light world premiered at the 2013 True/False Film Fest. It is being distributed by Icarus Films. It screens theatrically at Nitehawk Cinema on June 14th and 15th, 2014, before getting a full week run at Maysles Cinema starting on […]

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LAST STATION, THE

Robert Greene — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:07:12 +0000

The Last Station is a film about death and dying, yes, but it's also a film about life, the fragility of experience and the expressive potential of cinema.

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SLEEPLESS NIGHTS

Robert Greene — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:18:31 +0000

A movie of uncommon complexity, Sleepless Nights is a harrowing exploration of the slow, ambiguous march of history and memory.

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TRUE/FALSE 2012: FILM FESTIVAL AS PURE BLISS

Michael Tully — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 02:56:06 +0000

Picture the scene. It’s a Friday in early March on a downtown street in the midwestern college town of Columbia, Missouri. Marching bands have assembled and citizens have draped themselves in a wide array of costumes to march and dance […]

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FAKE IT SO REAL

Tom Hall — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:30:02 +0000

If you’re looking for a film to take the piss out of wrestling and laugh at the aspirations of working class dreamers, look elsewhere.

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BERLINALE ‘10 WRAP-UP – Part Three

Pamela Cohn — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:21:27 +0000

Panorama Dokumente at the 60th Berlinale Film Festival Budrus (directed by Julia Bacha) — This film won second place for the Panorama Audience Award. (First place went to Lucy Walker, João Jardim and Karen Harley’s Waste Land, and third place […]

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A Conversation With Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher (OCTOBER COUNTRY)

Michael Tully — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:50:57 +0000

A few weeks back, in my very personal recap of the 2010 Cinema Eye Honors, I made my opinion of Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher’s October Country quite clear. In the subsequent few weeks, I encountered multiple people who told […]

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Filmmaker Reflections – The 2000s: Vol. 5

Michael Tully — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:51:13 +0000

(If you haven’t already, please be sure to check out Filmmaker Reflections – The 2000s: Vol. 1 for a series explanation and to read the first batch of reflections.) Filmmaker Reflections – The 2000s: Vol. 5 The state of American […]

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