Filmmaker Magazine Pick Of The Week Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/category/filmmaker-magazine-pick-of-the-week/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:29:40 +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 Filmmaker Magazine Pick Of The Week Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/category/filmmaker-magazine-pick-of-the-week/ 32 32 A CONVERSATION WITH STEVE PINK (THE WHEEL) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/steve-pink/ https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/steve-pink/#comments Fri, 01 Oct 2021 22:26:55 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=35570

Director Steve Pink is perhaps best known for Hot Tub Time Machine (and its sequel), but that is by no means all that he can do (though it’s a lot of fun). His latest feature, The Wheel (which I reviewed), […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/steve-pink/feed/ 2 FILMMAKER MAGAZINE PICK OF THE WEEK: ATTENBERG https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/filmmaker-magazine-pick-of-the-week-attenberg/ Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:30:00 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=15609 “The world would be a much less grating place if certain cinematic sub-genres were to be banned from the table immediately. Reading a description of Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Attenberg, one might worry that she has committed the double-sin of embracing […]

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]]> FILMMAKER MAGAZINE PICK OF THE WEEK: THIS IS NOT A FILM https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/filmmaker-magazine-pick-of-the-week-this-is-not-a-film/ Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:30:10 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=15535 Though we are only two months into this new year of movie viewing, I feel confident in stating right now that if Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb’s doesn’t end up as my number one film of 2012, it will be […]

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]]> FILMMAKER MAGAZINE PICK OF THE WEEK: TAKE SHELTER https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/filmmaker-magazine-pick-of-the-week-take-shelter/ Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:23:35 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=13163 This week’s pick is, to my humble, subjective eyes, the best American film of the year. Not only is Jeff Nichols’ Take Shelter a truly staggering production achievement for a film made with such a small production budget, but removing […]

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]]> FILMMAKER MAGAZINE PICK OF THE WEEK: SLACKER https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/filmmaker-magazine-pick-of-the-week-slacker/ Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:30:49 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=12571 On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Richard Linklater’s groundbreaking independent feature Slacker, the Austin Film Society unveiled their feature-length tribute, Slacker 2011, this week—which was a timely enough reason for us to choose the original Slacker as the […]

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]]> FILMMAKER MAGAZINE PICK OF THE WEEK: SECRET SUNSHINE https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/filmmaker-magazine-pick-of-the-week-secret-sunshine/ Thu, 25 Aug 2011 07:05:37 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=12439 This week’s “Filmmaker Magazine Pick Of The Week” is in honor of the long-awaited home video appearance of Lee Chang-dong’s truly excellent Secret Sunshine. Read Tom Hall’s review RIGHT HERE, for he really drills what makes this film so special […]

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]]> FILMMAKER MAGAZINE PICK OF THE WEEK: HELL AND BACK AGAIN https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/filmmaker-magazine-pick-of-the-week-hell-and-back-again/ https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/filmmaker-magazine-pick-of-the-week-hell-and-back-again/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 13:59:48 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=12383 This week’s “Filmmaker Magazine Pick Of The Week” is Danfung Dennis’ Hell And Back Again. The opening paragraph of Paul Sbrizzi’s review sets the tone right away: In recent years American war docs have largely moved away from exposés on […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/filmmaker-magazine-pick-of-the-week-hell-and-back-again/feed/ 2 FILMMAKER MAGAZINE PICK OF THE WEEK: BAD POSTURE https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/filmmaker-magazine-pick-of-the-week-bad-posture/ https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/filmmaker-magazine-pick-of-the-week-bad-posture/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:54:15 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=12276 This week’s “Filmmaker Magazine Pick Of The Week” is Malcolm Murray’s Bad Posture, a striking drama that is regional independent filmmaking at its very finest. Read Brandon Harris’ review RIGHT HERE (it will be going live on Hammer to Nail […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/filmmaker-magazine-pick-of-the-week-bad-posture/feed/ 2 FILMMAKER MAGAZINE PICK OF THE WEEK: SLEEP FURIOUSLY https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/filmmaker-magazine-pick-of-the-week-sleep-furiously/ Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:00:22 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=12099 This week’s “Filmmaker Magazine Pick Of The Week” is Gideon Koppel’s gorgeous and moving sleep furiously. In addition to opening at NYC’s Cinema Village for a limited theatrical run, the upstart website Fandor will be making the film available for […]

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]]> FILMMAKER MAGAZINE PICK OF THE WEEK: CONVENTO https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/filmmaker-magazine-pick-of-the-week-convento/ Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:30:26 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=11795 This week’s “Filmmaker Magazine Pick Of The Week” is Jarred Alterman’s Convento. By focusing on one family who lives in a restored monastery in Portugal, Alterman’s 52 minute documentary manages to celebrate the power of family, art, and life in […]

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