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HAMMER TO NAIL’S BEST FILMS OF 2023- Part 2

The Editorial Staff — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 21:45:51 +0000

2023 has been the year everything got back to normal. Hahahha….oh man, had you there! As many people paying the slightest bit of attention know, “things” may never be “back to normal” again. But, let’s steer away from the big […]

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THE CURBSIDE CRITERION: BARCELONA

Tue, 31 May 2016 14:04:17 +0000

(We here at Hammer to Nail are all about true independent cinema. But we also have to tip our hat to the great films of yesteryear that continue to inspire filmmakers and cinephiles alike. This week “The Curbside Criterion” continues […]

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Mike S. Ryan’s Sundance 2016 Wrap-Up

Mike S. Ryan — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 22:31:06 +0000

Sundance 2016, the post collapse world has begun with a new set of questions. Sundance 2008 was the last of the “Sundance go- go years.” Hamlet 2 was the top purchase that year for $12 million but there were also […]

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Indie Memphis Wrap-Up, Part One….

Don R. Lewis — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 19:34:57 +0000

Greetings all, editor Don R. Lewis here with a special Indie Memphis Wrap-Up Report. I never know how to start these things. Anyway. The 18th Indie Memphis Film Festival came to a halt yesterday and I sadly came home late Mnday night after […]

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DAMSELS IN DISTRESS

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 13:31:15 +0000

By the end of Damsels and the final dance number, I had tears of joy streaming down my face. Whit Stillman had done it again. I wasn’t quite sure what he had done but he’d done it all the same.

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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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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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DVD RELEASES 2009/8/25

Michael Tully — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:56:01 +0000

Two exceptional weeks in a row for new home video releases? We are not going to complain about that. This week is so good, in fact, that we’ve already written about most of these films more thoroughly (click on the […]

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LAST DAYS OF DISCO, THE

Lena Dunham — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:45:36 +0000

If Metropolitan remains chaste, fully-clothed, and Barcelona strips down to its swimming trunks, then Disco, the most bawdy member of Stillman's troika, straight-up takes off its pants.

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METROPOLITAN

Michael Tully — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:09:58 +0000

(The Criterion Collection edition of Metropolitan is now available on Blu-ray and DVD, or you can watch the whole thing below, for free, right now.) It feels a tad ironic that in this rapidly evolving world of film distribution, Whit […]

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