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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 … More

Ansel Elgort, Baby Driver, bank heists, car chases, cinematic violence, Edgar Wright, Eiza González, Jamie Foxx, Jon Hamm, Kevin Spacey, Lily James, SXSW, SXSW2017

SXSW2017–Part 8 @hammertonail (5 More Reviews + 1 More Interview)

Finishing up my coverage of the 2017 SXSW Film Festival at Hammer to Nail (minus one interview, which HtN will run when the film premieres … More

Annie Goldson, Christopher Radcliff, Eon McLeary, Erin Lee Carr, Hammer to Nail, HBO, I Am Another You, Jairus McLeary, Kim Dotcom, Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web, Lauren Wolkstein, Miles McLeary, Mommy Dead and Dearest, Nanfu Wang, SXSW, SXSW2017, The Strange Ones, The Work

“Free Fire” Offers a Delightful Bloodbath for Sociopaths

Free Fire (Ben Wheatley, 2017) A sublimely trippy action movie (of sorts, given that it mostly takes place in one location), … More

Artie Hammer, Ben Wheatley, Brie Larson, Cillian Murphy, Free Fire, Sharlto Copley, SXSW, SXSW2017

SXSW2017–Part 7 @hammertonail (3 More Reviews + 4 More Interviews)

Continuing my coverage of the 2017 SXSW Film Festival at Hammer to Nail, here are seven more pieces: 3 reviews, plus 4 interviews to accompany them … More

Adam Keleman, Brian Knappenberger, California Dreams, Caroline Dhavernas, Cory Zacharia, Easy Living, film festivals, Hammer to Nail, Mike Ott, Nobody Speak, Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press, SXSW, SXSW2017, Trials of the Free Press

SXSW2017–Part 6 @hammertonail (4 More Reviews and 2 More Interviews)

Continuing my coverage of the 2017 SXSW Film Festival at Hammer to Nail, here are six more pieces: 4 reviews, plus 2 interviews to accompany 2 of … More

Dara Ju, Dealt, Hammer to Nail, Luke Korem, Maineland, Miao Wang, Spettacolo, SXSW, SXSW2017

SXSW2017–Part 5 @hammertonail (2 More Reviews and 2 More Interviews)

Continuing my coverage of the 2017 SXSW Film Festival at Hammer to Nail, here are four more pieces: 2 reviews, with their accompanying 2 interviews. … More

Aaron Katz, Gemini, Hammer to Nail, Jennifer Brea, John Cho, Lola Kirke, SXSW, SXSW2017, Unrest

SXSW2017–Part 4 @hammertonail (3 More Reviews and 2 More Interviews) + SXSW2017 Overview @filmfesttoday

Continuing my coverage of the 2017 SXSW Film Festival at Hammer to Nail, here are five more pieces: 3 reviews (for which one has no … More

Ana Asensio, Film Festival Today, Flesh and Blood, Hammer to Nail, Lysa Heslov, Mark Webber, Most Beautiful Island, Served Like a Girl, SXSW, SXSW2017

SXSW2017–Part 3 @hammertonail (3 More Reviews and 3 More Interviews) + “Wilson” @filmfesttoday

Continuing my coverage of the 2017 SXSW Film Festival at Hammer to Nail, here are six more pieces: 3 reviews and 3 interviews. Still others have already … More

Christina Clusiau, Film Festival Today, Hammer to Nail, Michael O'Shea, Rat Film, Shaul Schwarz, Sung Rae Cho, SXSW, SXSW2017, The Transfiguration, Theo Anthony, Transfiguration, Trophy, Wilson

SXSW2017–Part 2 @hammertonail: 2 More Reviews and 2 More Interviews

Continuing my coverage of the 2017 SXSW Film Festival at Hammer to Nail, here are four more pieces: 2 reviews and 2 interviews. … More

Barbecue, Blood Is at the Doorstep, Dontre Hamilton, Erik Ljung, Hammer to Nail, Matthew Salleh, Rose Tucker, SXSW, SXSW2017

“Beauty and the Beast” @filmfesttoday + “Catfight” and SXSW2017–Part 1 @hammertonail

Now that I am writing consistently for both Hammer to Nail (for the small-budget indie stuff and documentaries) and Film Festival Today … More

Ashleigh Cummings, Beauty and the Beast, Catfight, Film Festival Today, Fits and Starts, Hammer to Nail, Hounds of Love, Laura Terruso, Ovidie, Pornocracy, SXSW, SXSW2017

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