Nelson Kim, Author at Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/author/nelson-kim/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:32:09 +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 Nelson Kim, Author at Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/author/nelson-kim/ 32 32 A CONVERSATION WITH ARIE & CHUKO ESIRI (EYIMOFE/THIS IS MY DESIRE) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/arie-chuko-esiri/ Wed, 27 Apr 2022 20:37:16 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=36966

Eyimofe (This Is My Desire), the debut feature by the Nigerian twin brothers Arie and Chuko Esiri, premiered at the 2020 Berlin International Film Festival in February 2020, mere weeks before the world shut down. Just over two years later […]

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]]> Nelson Kim’s 2019 New York Film Festival Report https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/2019-nyff-wrap/ https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/2019-nyff-wrap/#comments Mon, 28 Oct 2019 18:38:28 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=31665

The 2019 New York Film Festival began with a bang — the world premiere of Martin Scorsese’s feverishly anticipated The Irishman. And The Irishman itself ended with a whimper, or something close to it: This long (three and a half […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/2019-nyff-wrap/feed/ 3 Nelson Kim’s New Directors/New Films 2019 Report https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/nelson-kims-ndnf-19/ Wed, 01 May 2019 17:05:09 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=31047 The 48th annual edition of New Directors/New Films, jointly presented by the Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, came to a close on April 7. Showcasing the work of first- and second-time directors from around […]

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]]> “IDA LUPINO 100” at Film Forum https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/ida-lupino-film-forum/ Mon, 12 Nov 2018 19:12:01 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30392 (Film Forum’s retrospective Ida Lupino 100 runs through November 22. Go here for details.) Maybe it’s the movie stars whose names go above the title, but any student of the film industry quickly learns that the real power and the […]

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]]> A Conversation with Adam Bhala Lough (ALT-RIGHT: AGE OF RAGE) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/adam-bhala-lough/ Tue, 30 Oct 2018 18:08:36 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30330 Call it luck, or call it the finely honed instincts of an artist in tune with his times: Adam Bhala Lough might be the most prescient documentary filmmaker at work in the U.S. right now. After launching his career with […]

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]]> New York Film Festival 2018 Report: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/other-side-of-the-wind/ Mon, 15 Oct 2018 14:34:01 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30250 (The Other Side of the Wind screened at the New York Film Festival on September 29 and October 10, 2018. The film will premiere on Netflix on November 2, accompanied by limited theatrical screenings.) This review contains spoilers. The 2018 […]

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]]> 2018 MEMPHIS FILM PRIZE REPORT https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/2018-memphis-film-prize-report/ Mon, 13 Aug 2018 19:11:51 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29988 Earlier this month, I fled muggy Brooklyn for even muggier Memphis to serve as a judge for the Memphis Film Prize, an annual short-film competition. The Memphis Film Prize is an offshoot of the Louisiana Film Prize, which was started […]

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]]> New York Film Festival 2017 Report: ZAMA and MUDBOUND https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/new-york-film-festival-2017-report/ Mon, 06 Nov 2017 21:54:47 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28631 (Mudbound will be released on November 17, on Netflix and in select theaters. Strand Releasing plans to release Zama in U.S. theaters in early 2018.) Two noteworthy historical films made their local debuts at this year’s recently concluded New York […]

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]]> Nelson Kim’s New Directors/New Films 2017 Highlights https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/nelson-kims-ndnf-2017-highlights/ https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/nelson-kims-ndnf-2017-highlights/#comments Fri, 17 Mar 2017 20:19:10 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=27706 New Directors/New Films, co-presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art, is now in its 46th year of showcasing the work of emerging filmmakers from around the world. As always, there’s an admirably broad […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/nelson-kims-ndnf-2017-highlights/feed/ 1 Nelson Kim and John Magary’s 2016 New York Film Festival Wrap-Up (Part 2 of 2) https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/2016-new-york-film-festival-wrap-up-2/ Thu, 27 Oct 2016 17:57:12 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=27139 This is the second of a two-part dialogue about this year’s New York Film Festival. To read the first part, click here. John Magary: When it comes to certain obviously talented, thematically consistent international-star directors — Hong Sang-soo, as you […]

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