David Lowery, Author at Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/author/david-lowery/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 16:30:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-logo02-1-32x32.png David Lowery, Author at Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/author/david-lowery/ 32 32 BUILDER, THE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/drama/the-builder-film-review/ Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:05:22 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=5846

(The Builder is now available on DVD through Jagjagjuwar. Buy it here.) R. Alverson’s debut feature The Builder was one of the centerpieces of last week’s New York Times article on record labels jumping into the independent film distribution game; […]

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(Harmony and Me is screening at MoMA through Thursday, September 24, 2009. Visit the film’s official website to learn more.) (Editor’s note: This might very well be our first ever flat-out non-review of a review, but it actually speaks quite […]

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]]> 45365 https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/documentary/45365-film-review/ Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:01:20 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=788 (45365 receives its New York premiere on Saturday, July 11, courtesy of Rooftop Films. The film will be released later this year through Seventh Art Releasing. David Lowery’s full review will be forthcoming, but for now, here’s a sampling). I […]

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]]> AFTER LAST SEASON https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/drama/after-last-season-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/drama/after-last-season-film-review/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:16:21 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=26 (After Last Season is currently enjoying a presumably one-week release through Cinemark theaters. Showtimes, locations and the infamous trailer can be found at the official website.) I still don’t know that I buy it. Which is to say that, having […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/drama/after-last-season-film-review/feed/ 1 CREATIVE NONFICTION https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/comedy/creative-nonfiction-film-review/ Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:36:42 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=632 (Creative Nonfiction recently premiered at the 2009 SXSW Film Festival. For more information, and to view the trailer, visit the official website.) What is it about the sexualization of English professors that irks me so? I think of the cliche […]

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]]> CHOP SHOP https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/drama/chop-shop-film-review/ Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:56:24 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=230 (In conjunction with the upcoming theatrical release of Goodbye Solo, MoMA has selected Ramin Bahrani for their “Filmmaker in Focus” program, running Wednesday, March 4th, through Saturday, March 7th. Or if you don’t live in NYC, you can buy Man […]

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]]> FIELD NOTES FROM DIMENSION X https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/comedy/field-notes-from-dimension-x-film-review/ Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:41:35 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=660 (Carson Mell’s previous work, including The Writer and Chonto, is available on YouTube. Field Notes From Dimension X was selected for inclusion on Wholphin No. 7. More information on Mell’s work can be found at his website, www.carsonmell.com.) Neuroses endear […]

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]]> GOLIATH https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/comedy/goliath-film-review/ Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:17:54 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=2980 (Goliath is now available on DVD. Visit the film’s official website to watch the trailer and learn more.) There is a shot in David and Nathan Zellner’s Goliath that lasts for about the same duration as most of the short […]

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]]> SHOOTING MYSELF IN THE FOOT https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/shooting-myself-in-the-foot-ifps-independent-film-week/ Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:33:24 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=1600 I come to you this morning with my critical spectacles removed: I’ve been asked to cover IFP’s Independent Film Week not from the perspective of a journalist but as a filmmaker. Certainly, it’s in this capacity that I’m attending the […]

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]]> FALL, THE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/drama/the-fall-film-review/ Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:42:58 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=2318 (The Fall is now available on DVD. Buy it at Amazon and visit the film’s official website to watch a trailer.) How to wax ecstatic about Tarsem Singh’s The Fall without merely praising the broad strokes of its imagery? Here […]

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