greencine.com - 10/6/2008
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By Brian Darr
" Lance Hammer began his filmmaking career working with the art department, designing the architecture of Gotham buildings used in Joel Schumacher 's Batman films. His feature film debut as a writer and director might be seen as an aesthetic laying down of a gauntlet: ...
indiewire.com - 10/1/2008
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by Anthony Kaufman (September 29, 2008) [EDITOR'S NOTE:
Anthony Kaufman reviewed "Ballast" at this year's Sundance Film...
Festival, the film opens in limited release this week.] The cool, wet misty plains of the Mississippi Delta offer little ...
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Looking for Stability in a Soggy Mississippi: Lance ...
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Interview. Lance Hammer.
GreenCine Daily —
... Brian Darr introduces his interview with Hammer - they talk about nonprofessional actors, documentaries and some of Hammer's own favorite filmmakers. Ballast is currently playing at New York's ...
Marin and Beyond
Hell On Frisco Bay —
... website with the frequency proscribed by its title, you may not have noticed that the site published my interview with Lance Hammer, the director behind one of 2008's most assured and affecting debuts, ...
On the Marquee Tonight
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... , plays January 14-15. See my interview with the director, Lance Hammer. But more importantly, see this film on the big screen if you haven't had a chance to yet. ...
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" Lance Hammer began his filmmaking career working with the art department, designing the architecture of Gotham buildings used in Joel Schumacher 's Batman films. His feature film debut as a writer and director might be seen as an aesthetic ...
In Defense of Ballast
blog.spout.com 10/24/2008 — Every year some over-hyped award-laden independent film faces a critical backlash, dissenting writers who cry it ain’t all that . This year it’s Ballast . To quote Armond White , from the NY Press:
“Director-writer Lance Hammer ...
Does Ballast Really Deserve a Backlash?
blog.spout.com 10/23/2008 — Funny how, in the indie film world, falls from grace tend to begin before you’ve even hit the top. Yesterday, Lance Hammer’s Ballast was nominated for four Gotham Independent Film Awards — the most of any single film — ...
"African-American indie film fantasy"
hollywood-elsewhere.com 10/21/2008 — Just when I think I've had it with Armond White, he writes something that pulls me back in. Yesterday morning I read his review ofLance Hammer's Ballast following the announcement of the Gotham Independent Film Awards nominations, four of which...
New York Press - ARMOND WHITE - Killer of Dreams
nypress.com 10/16/2008 — KILLER OF DREAMS An African-American indie film fantasy made for white liberals By Armond White Ballast Directed by Lance Hammer at Film Forum, Running Time: 96 min. I m so sick of this shit! sobs Ballast s woebegone, downtrodden black single ...
'Ballast' Leads in the Gotham Indie Awards Nominations
cinematical.com 10/20/2008 — It's getting to be that magical time of year known as Awards Season, when we pause from our daily lives and tell famous people how awesome they are. As usual, the first shot across the bow comes from the Gotham Independent Film Awards , which ...
Ballast Screenings
ballastfilm.com 10/21/2008 — Q with filmmaker Lance Hammer Friday Nov 7, Saturday Nov 8, and Sunday Nov 9. Screening times TBD.
Ballast Home
ballastfilm.com 9/19/2008 — Sundance Laurels BALLAST image synopsis trailer downloads reviews festivals crew contact links
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