upstate New York Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/upstate-new-york/ What to Watch Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:45:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-logo02-1-32x32.png upstate New York Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/upstate-new-york/ 32 32 A Conversation with Mas Bouzidi (CONCESSIONS) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/concessions/ Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:45:19 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=56314

Mas Bouzidi’s Concessions is a love letter to movie theaters wrapped in the melancholy of their disappearance. Shot entirely on 16mm at the Lafayette Theater in upstate New York, the film chronicles the final day at the closing Royal Alamo […]

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]]> OCTOBER COUNTRY https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/documentary/october-country-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/documentary/october-country-film-review/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:18:23 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=2464

(October Country is now available on DVD through Carnivalesque Films. It opened theatrically at the IFC Center on February 12, 2010. Visit the film’s official website to learn more.) Social conservatives in today’s society often express concern over the purported […]

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The tone and style of Ry Russo-Young’s debut feature Orphans might take some getting used to. That’s a compliment. Orphans takes itself seriously in a way that many low-budget mini-DV films made by young directors do not. Compared to the […]

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