Up the Yangtze Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/up-the-yangtze/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:37:54 +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 Up the Yangtze Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/up-the-yangtze/ 32 32 LAST TRAIN HOME https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/documentary/last-train-home-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/documentary/last-train-home-film-review/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:31:13 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=5962

If you want to fully grasp the impact of globalization on scales both large and small, look no further than Lixin Fan’s Last Train Home. An indirect companion piece to Yung Chang’s toweringly great Up the Yangtze (which was also produced by the Montreal production company EyeSteelFilm), Last Train Home is a visually breathtaking, emotionally devastating achievement that humanizes the massively complex issue of globalization by focusing on one Chinese family as they struggle to make ends meet.

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/documentary/last-train-home-film-review/feed/ 2 NEW DIRECTORS/NEW FILMS 2010 – HTN’s Recommendations https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/new-directorsnew-films-2010-htns-recommendations/ Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:07:59 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=80 From today through April 4, New Yorkers will be treated to the latest edition of New Directors/New Films. This indispensable program celebrating noteworthy work by younger filmmakers across the globe is put together by the Film Society of Lincoln Center […]

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]]> SUNDANCE 2010: Tully’s Wrap-Up https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/sundance-2010-michael-tully-wrap-up/ https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/sundance-2010-michael-tully-wrap-up/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:58:57 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=1776 From the moment one set foot in Park City for the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, it became quite clear that the powers-that-be were using the departure of longtime festival director Geoffrey Gilmore as a subconscious marketing tool. Though the ad […]

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(Antoine screens on Monday 4/27, Tuesday 4/28, and Friday 5/1 at the Tribeca Film Festival. Visit the film’s official website for more information.) In the dark, five-year-old Antoine Houang fumbles around to draw the blinds to let the morning light […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/documentary/antoine-film-review/feed/ 2 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 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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]]> UP THE YANGTZE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/up-the-yangtze-film-review/ Thu, 08 May 2008 23:29:48 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=2800 Some documentaries feel like they were more influenced by traditional narrative cinema than other works of non-fiction. Yung Chang’s devastating Up the Yangtze belongs to this specialized camp. In addition to being a powerful document of the literal drowning of […]

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