Will Patton Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/will-patton/ What to Watch Thu, 17 Apr 2025 17:42:30 +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 Will Patton Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/will-patton/ 32 32 JANET PLANET https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/janet-planet/ Fri, 28 Jun 2024 01:08:10 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=51140

(Check out Chris Reed’s Janet Planet movie review, in theaters June 28 via A24. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker (The Flick) enters the film world with her debut feature, Janet […]

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]]> MINARI https://www.hammertonail.com/latest-reviews/minari/ Mon, 03 Feb 2020 02:30:56 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=32250

The sensitivity with which Chung tells his story is a great example of how to share your own story while making it universal and accessible to a wide audience.

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]]> Short Film Contest Winner/Runner-Up: Spring ’18 https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/spring-18-shorts-winners/ Wed, 25 Jul 2018 17:43:49 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29919 This one, was a battle. Well, not really. But, sort of. I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned the “Behind the Scenes” machinations on how our short film contest works but, it typically goes like… I choose 2 jurors and try […]

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]]> ON THE FRINGE, PART EIGHT: WENDY AND LUCY (2008) https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/on-the-fringe-8/ Wed, 25 Apr 2018 16:03:47 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29496 There is an astonishing, heart-rending scene toward the middle of Kelly Reichardt’s pitch-perfect, Wendy and Lucy, an ascetic touching-without-being-cloying chronicle of a nomadic young girl (Michelle Williams), her dog Lucy and her broken-down car stuck outside of Portland, Oregon on her star-cross’d way […]

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]]> Here Comes the Bend Film Festival! https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/bend-filmfest-preview/ Wed, 11 Oct 2017 20:27:05 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28576 The 14th Annual Bend Film Festival (in Bend, OR) kicks off Thursday, October 12 and I will be there as a juror for the Narrative Films section. Even before Erik Jambor took over as festival programmer, the Bend Film Festival […]

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]]> THE SCENT OF RAIN AND LIGHTNING https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/scent-of-rain-and-lightning-review/ Wed, 11 Oct 2017 17:16:45 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28223

Unlike most Westerns, there are no token bad guys dressed in black, or saviors clad in white; everyone is as grey as a menacing storm cloud.

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]]> MEEK’S CUTOFF https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/meeks-cutoff-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/meeks-cutoff-film-review/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:13:33 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=9529

Though term papers could—and hopefully will—be written about how Reichardt revises and revitalizes the traditional Western in her most ambitious production yet, I worry that this type of treatment will keep Meek’s Cutoff relegated to cinephile circles, when this is a perfect example of a vital American independent film that should be used to help broaden less adventurous viewers’ horizons.

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/meeks-cutoff-film-review/feed/ 1 NETFLIX HIDDEN GEMS: Issue #7 https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/netflix-hidden-gems-7/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:08:26 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=958 After last month’s open call in which we suggested readers submit their own Netflix Hidden Gems titles, we were quite pleased to receive this fine list from the filmmaking duo Playa516. If you too have a stack of Netflixable titles […]

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