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SURROGATE VALENTINE

Nelson Kim — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 22:00:03 +0000

Surrogate Valentine is an Asian American love story that's first and foremost a love story—by turns, a sweet, funny, and melancholy one, in which most of the important things are left unsaid, but are very definitely felt.

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HOME VIDEO PICKS

Michael Tully — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:02:21 +0000

Recommended To Varying Degrees White on Rice (Indieblitz Releasing) — What if, by some glorious mistake, Savage Steve Holland (Better Off Dead, One Crazy Summer) had been hired to direct the American remake of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Tokyo Sonata? The result […]

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CHILDREN OF INVENTION

Michael Tully — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:56:13 +0000

(Children of Invention opens in New York City on Friday, March 12, 2010, in Los Angeles at the Downtown Independent. Even more noteworthy is its release on the same day in New York City at BIG Cinemas Manhattan, as it […]

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VIDEO ON DEMAND – July 2010

Michael Tully — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:27:51 +0000

There are a handful of new VOD offerings for the taking this month, and many carry-overs from last month. Either way, there’s certainly enough material to keep you entertained and occupied for the next few weeks. KEY: — A three-star […]

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VIDEO ON DEMAND – June 2010

Michael Tully — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:11:07 +0000

From the positive feedback based our first ever Hammer to Nail monthly VOD report in May, it sounds like this was something that was indeed long overdue. Many thanks to those filmmakers and distributors who rose to the challenge and […]

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RELEASING “RICE” – Reflections on the In-Progress Self Distribution of White on Rice, Part Two

The Editorial Staff — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:11:54 +0000

(White on Rice runs from March 12th-18th exclusively at BIG Cinemas Manhattan (formerly the Imaginasian; 259 E. 59th St.) alongside Children of Invention. It also opens in Atlanta, Georgia at the Cinefest Theater from March 15th-21st. For more info, visit […]

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RELEASING “RICE” – Reflections on the In-Progress Self Distribution of White on Rice, Part One

The Editorial Staff — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:15:00 +0000

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THE 2009 HAMMER TO NAIL AWARDS

Michael Tully — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:30:46 +0000

Welcome to the second annual Hammer to Nail Awards! The ever-increasing torrent of end-of-the-year lists and trophies can become an overwhelming blur, which is just one of the reasons why we here at HTN have made a commitment to do […]

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Filmmaker Reflections – The 2000s: Vol. 1

Michael Tully — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:55:32 +0000

This year, the normally one-fisted punch of “Best of” lists has come from both sets of knuckles, which can be both exhilarating and exhausting. While we finalize our own Best of ‘09 and Best of The ’00s posts, we wanted […]

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A Conversation with Dave Boyle (WHITE ON RICE)

Nelson Kim — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:01:48 +0000

I caught up with Dave Boyle, the writer and director of the terrific new comedy White on Rice, via telephone last week. Boyle is in the midst of a months-long festival tour for WOR; the movie screens in New York […]

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