Here is what I had published at Hammer to Nail last week from the recent AFI DOCS film festival: 3…
“The Beguiled” Entrances, Though from a Distance
The Beguiled (Sofia Coppola, 2017) With a feature-filmmaking career that began in 1999, with The Virgin Suicides, and has continued since then…
The Bouncy “Baby Driver” Speeds Marvelously Along, Occasionally Slowed by Soggy Sentiment
Baby Driver (Edgar Wright, 2017)* If only the entire movie were as good as its first act, Baby Driver would…
AFI DOCS (1 Interview/2 Reviews) & 1 General Interview/2 Reviews @hammertonail + 2 Reviews @filmfesttoday
In the past two weeks, here is what I’ve had published at Hammer to Nail: 1 phone interview (with Jeff…
@BaltimoreSun’s @RoughlySpeaking Podcast on Female Action Stars + Reviews of “The Mummy” and “My Cousin Rachel” @filmfesttoday
On Thursday, June 8, 2017, Linda DeLibero – Director, Film and Media Studies, Johns Hopkins University – and Christopher Llewellyn Reed (that’s…
Minimalist “It Comes at Night” Showcases Directorial Brilliance Amidst Flawed Script
It Comes at Night (Trey Edward Shults, 2017) There is much to recommend in director Trey Edward Shults’ sophomore effort…
Reviews “Freedom to Marry” @hammertonail + “Wonder Woman” @filmfesttoday
I ran two reviews last week, one of a great new documentary, The Freedom to Marry, about the fight to legalize…
Post-Fest Coverage of 2017 @MdFilmFestival @hammertonail (5 Interviews), Part 2 + Reviews of “Risk” and “Spirit Game: Pride of a Nation,” and of “Baywatch” @filmfesttoday
The second part of my coverage of the 2017 Maryland Film Festival, consisting of five interviews with filmmakers, has run over the past…
3 Posts @filmfestoday: “Alien: Covenant,” @WJFF (DC Jewish Film Fest) and “The Wall”
In the past week, Film Festival Today published two reviews, of Alien: Covenant and The Wall, plus one curtain-raiser about the now currently running 27th…
Post-Fest Coverage of 2017 @MdFilmFestival @filmfestoday (Overall Impressions) and @hammertonail (4 Reviews), Part 1
The Maryland Film Festival (MdFF), founded in 1999 by Festival Director Jed Dietz, just ran its 2017 iteration May 3-7,…
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