Friday (Tuesday) Flashback: Alec Baldwin + ‘PEACE OFFICER’

PEACE OFFICER is a timely and important documentary examining how policing has changed over the past thirty years. Given the protests happening today throughout the country and the world, we decided to revisit this deep dive into how we got here—not regarding race relations per se, but about how police training has evolved into its […]

Friday Flashback: Maggie Gyllenhaal

Over the past eight weeks, our Friday Flashback series has primarily revisited conversations from our popular SummerDocs series, with the discussions available for free on our YouTube channel. Moving forward, each Friday we will offer all HamptonsFilm members access to a previously unreleased A Conversation With… video from a past festival.  Join today for access […]

Friday Flashback: ‘KEEP ON KEEPIN’ ON’

“The kind of film that should push those who have achieved master status to pass it on to another generation, and encourage those in need of guidance to find the men or women they want to be and ask them how they got there.” — RogerEbert.com In July of 2014, first-time director Alan Hicks made […]

Friday Flashback: ‘TAKE EVERY WAVE: THE LIFE OF LAIRD HAMILTON’

“Hamilton’s story is so filled with dramatic incident and personal and psychological complexity, not to mention spectacular visuals of waves upward of 100 feet tall, that it compels attention whether surfing means anything to you or not.” — Los Angeles Times Our 2017 SummerDocs series included Rory Kennedy‘s documentary TAKE EVERY WAVE: THE LIFE OF […]

Friday Flashback: ‘CIRCUS OF BOOKS’

“CIRCUS OF BOOKS is an affectionate look at one of the most unusual mom and pop businesses in America, directed by the person who knew Mom and Pop best.” — Variety Our 2019 SummerDocs series included the charming documentary CIRCUS OF BOOKS, about the gay porn shop that served as the epicenter for LGBT life […]