Evan Louison, Author at Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/author/evan-louison/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 19:41:09 +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 Evan Louison, Author at Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/author/evan-louison/ 32 32 FREE IN DEED https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/free-in-deed-movie-review/ Thu, 21 Apr 2016 02:41:16 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=26204

Mahaffy’s picture depicts the callous indifference, the degree of disregard with which those in positions of caregiving and public health (read: Whites) treat the most unfortunate, be it the Social Worker who barges right into Melva’s apartment in the opening scene...

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]]> TIME IS LUCK (or, “a catechism of non-attachment”) https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/time-is-luck-or-a-catechism-of-non-attachment/ Thu, 04 Feb 2016 22:06:24 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=25685 (For those lucky enough to live in or near New York the amazing BAMcinématek is offering up Heat & Vice: The Films of Michael Mann from February 5-16. Our Evan Louison drops some serious insight on a filmmaker who is clearly one […]

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]]> Times Change Inside BAMCinematek’s 1980s Time Capsule https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/times-change-inside-bamcinemateks-1980s-time-capsule/ Mon, 10 Aug 2015 04:49:33 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=24913 (BamCinematek has really been bringing some amazing retrospectives to Brooklyn of late. From their John Carpener retrospective to their look at cinematic memory with “The Vertigo Effect” those of us who don’t live on the east coast are getting mighty jealous of those […]

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]]> THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/the-stanford-prison-experiment-movie-review/ Tue, 09 Jun 2015 04:24:04 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=24667

In Kyle Patrick Alvarez' third feature, "The Stanford Prison Experiment" he creates an intense film out of an incredibly intense story. Lead by an stellar ensemble cast featuring the amazing Ezra Miller Alvarez keep growing as a quality independent filmmaker to keep an eye on.

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]]> The Vertigo Effect at BAM: A Review https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/the-vertigo-effect-at-bam-a-review/ Fri, 17 Apr 2015 19:05:49 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=24404 (The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) puts together some of the most intriguing and fun cinematic retrospectives in the world and this month’s “The Vertigo Effect” is no different. Featuring films that realte to Hitchcock’s brilliant themes of memory, obsession […]

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]]> Manoel de Oliveira Rising https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/manoel-de-oliveira-rising/ Wed, 08 Apr 2015 22:26:22 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=24324 (On April 2, 2015 the world lost one of the great unsung Masters of Cinema, Manoel de Oliveira at the ripe old age of 106. With 62 directorial credits to his name as of 2014, de Oliveira holds the record […]

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]]> Listen to Me Marlon https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/listen-to-me-marlon-film-review/ Fri, 27 Mar 2015 18:51:24 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=24242

Listen to Me Marlon is a fantastic, creative and original insight into one of the greatest actors of all time, Marlon Brando

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]]> Darkness Exposed (part two) https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/darkness-exposed-part-two/ Wed, 18 Feb 2015 23:11:52 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=24010 (The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is running a retrospective of John Carpenter films February 5-22, 2015. The lineup is enough to make a tear fall from your eye. Can’t make it? Don’t worry. Hammer to Nail has you covered […]

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]]> Darkness Exposed (part one) https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/darkness-exposed-part-one/ Tue, 17 Feb 2015 19:40:24 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=23997 (The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is running a retrospective of John Carpenter films February 5-22, 2015. The lineup is enough to make a tear fall from your eye. Can’t make it? Don’t worry. Hammer to Nail has you covered […]

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]]> SUNSHINE NOIR by Evan Louison https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/bamcinematek-sunshine-noir-evan-louison/ Fri, 12 Dec 2014 16:31:54 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=23745 (BAMcinematek‘s Sunshine Noir series ran from November 26-December 9, 2014.) Every time you land in Los Angeles, you can feel the ghosts coming on, as early on as navigating your way through the airport. The ghosts are thick in the […]

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