Hammer to Nail ran three new pieces of mine in the past two weeks: 2 reviews plus 1 interview, from AFI DOCS 2018, with director Kimberly Reed (about her Dark Money). Here are the links::
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Tag: AFI DOCS
4 Reviews – of “Moko Jumbie,” “United We Fan,” “Witkin and Witkin” and “Yours in Sisterhood” – plus 1 Interview – for “This Is Home” – @hammertonail
Hammer to Nail ran five pieces of mine last week: 3 additional reviews from the 2018 AFI DOCS festival, 1 more interview from the 2018 Maryland Film Festival, plus 1 review of a film playing around the film at other festivals. Here are the links::
- Review of Moko Jumbie
- AFI DOCS review of United We Fan
- AFI DOCS review of Witkin and Witkin
- AFI DOCS review of Yours in Sisterhood
- Maryland Film Festival interview with Alexandra Shiva, of This Is Home
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AFI DOCS 2018 Coverage @filmfesttoday, @fogoftruth and @hammertonail
The 2018 AFI DOCS festival ran June 13-17, and here is my coverage, so far:
- Film Festival Today overview
- Fog of Truth podcast interviews (with directors of Charm City, The Cold Blue, For the Birds and United We Fan)
- Hammer to Nail review of The Cold Blue
- Hammer to Nail review of Dark Money
- Hammer to Nail review of For the Birds
- Hammer to Nail review of Love, Gilda
- Hammer to Nail review of Minding the Gap
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New Bonus Episode of @fogoftruth on AFI DOCS 2018
Our second (and final) pre-Season 3 bonus episode is now up, and you can listen to it on iTunes, SoundCloud and/or Stitcher, as well as on our Episodes page. The topic is the upcoming AFI DOCS festival, which runs June 13-17 (i.e., next week) in Washington, DC. We review Charm City, The Cold Blue, For the Birds and United We Fan, and discuss the festival, in general.
2 Reviews + 2 Interviews – for “An Inconvenient Sequel” and “Menashe” @hammertonail & Review of “Atomic Blonde” @filmfesttoday
Last week, Hammer to Nail published four more articles of mine: a review of An Inconvenient Sequel, just released, but which I had previously seen at the recent AFI DOCS; an interview with its co-directors, Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk; a review of Menashe, also just released, which I had seen at the Washington Jewish Film Festival; and an interview with its director, Joshua Z. Weinstein, and star, Menashe Lustig (with both of whom I spoke by phone, hence no photo of the interview, above). In addition, Film Festival Today published my review of Atomic Blonde. Here are links to all five pieces:
- Review of An Inconvenient Sequel
- Interview with directors of An Inconvenient Sequel
- Review of Menashe
- Interview with director and star of Menashe
- Review of Atomic Blonde
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More AFI DOCS Pieces – Interview (“Strad Style”) + Review (“ACORN and the Firestorm) – and Criterion Blu-ray (“Cameraperson”) @hammertonail & Review of “Dunkirk” @filmfesttoday
Last week, Hammer to Nail published three more articles of mine: another review from the recent AFI DOCS festival, this time of ACORN and the Firestorm; an interview (also from AFI DOCS) with Stefan Avalos, director of Strad Style; and a review of Criterion’s new Blu-ray release of Cameraperson. In addition, Film Festival Today published my review of Dunkirk (I seem to be one of the rare film critics who did not adore the movie, though I liked parts of it). Here are links to all four pieces:
- AFI DOCS review of ACORN and the Firestorm
- AFI DOCS interview with Stefan Avalos, of Strad Style
- Review of Criterion’s Cameraperson Blu-ray
- Review of Dunkirk
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Still More AFI DOCS (1 Review + 1 Interview) @hammertonail & 2 Current Reviews @filmfesttoday
This week, Hammer to Nail published two more of my pieces from the recent AFI DOCS festival: a review of the Indian documentary An Insignificant Man and an interview with one its two co-drectors, Vinay Shukla. Also this week, Film Festival Today published my reviews of The Big Sick and Spider-Man: Homecoming. Here are links to all four articles:
- An Insignificant Man AFI DOCS review
- An Insignificant Man AFI DOCS interview with Vinay Shukla
- The Big Sick review
- Spider-Man: Homecoming review
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Finally … Three Nails for One Last AFI DOCS Hammer (Part 3)
Since my second post about the recent AFI DOCS festival, Hammer to Nail has published three more pieces of mine from the fest: 1 review, 1 interview and the final post-festival wrap-up, where I discuss the best of the screenings. Here are links to all of those:
- Interview with director Craig Atkinson about Do Not Resist
- Review of Under the Sun
- Wrap-up of entire festival
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7 Nails for One Hammer: Films at AFI DOCS (Part 1) + “Misconception” and Criterion’s Blu-Ray of “Clouds of Sils Maria”
Over the past two weeks, Hammer to Nail published five reviews I wrote about films at the recent AFI DOCS festival, plus a review of Misconception, which was released in select theaters on June 24, and a review of the recent Criterion Collection release of Clouds of Sils Maria on Blu-ray. Here are links to those seven pieces:
- Clouds of Sils Maria Blu-ray review
- Misconception
- Almost Sunrise
- Audrie & Daisy
- Chicken People
- Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World
- Zero Days
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