On DVD Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/category/on-dvd/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:11:32 +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 On DVD Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/category/on-dvd/ 32 32 THE CURBSIDE CRITERION: MOONSTRUCK https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/criterion-moonstruck/ Mon, 04 Jan 2021 20:01:14 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=33966

(We here at Hammer to Nail are all about true independent cinema. But we also have to tip our hat to the great films of yesteryear that continue to inspire filmmakers and cinephiles alike. This week Brad Cook takes a […]

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]]> SPEED OF LIFE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/speed-of-life/ Tue, 14 Jan 2020 17:10:14 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=31915

...Liz Manashil manages to deliver a very effective story within her significant limitations. It speaks to her talents that she can make something so resonant whilst being forced to dance around the emotional core of the film.

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]]> OPHELIA https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/ophelia/ Thu, 19 Sep 2019 17:05:53 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=31456

But, as you may have heard, something is rotten in Denmark...

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]]> KING OF BEASTS https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/king-of-beasts/ Mon, 04 Mar 2019 18:17:44 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30835

This is theater. This is Chuck E. Cheese for blood-thirsty right-wing nut jobs with too much expendable income.

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]]> THE CURBSIDE CRITERION: https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/heat-of-the-night-criterion/ Tue, 12 Feb 2019 21:52:40 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30743

The bonus features on this disc are a mix of pieces ported over from a previous MGM DVD release and some new stuff.

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]]> DIRTBAG: THE LEGEND OF FRED BECKEY https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/dirtbag-doc-review/ Thu, 10 Jan 2019 22:42:13 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30620

Part of what makes Dirtbag such an appealing profile is the director's willingness to allow Beckey to come through in all his deeply flawed humanity.

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]]> A TRIP TO THE MOON https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/trip-to-the-moon-blu/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 23:27:01 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29294

The centerpiece of the bonus materials is The Extraordinary Voyage, a 75-minute documentary that traces Méliès’ career through his later years, when his weakness as a storyteller led to a decline in his box office revenues.

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]]> KEDI https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/kedi-review/ Wed, 06 Dec 2017 21:53:35 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28770

Treat yourself to a delightful experience of less than 80 minutes by immediately watching this film in whatever manner suits you best (I'm going to buy it on Blu-ray).

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]]> A Conversation with Camille Thoman (NEVER HERE) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/camille-thoman-interview/ Thu, 26 Oct 2017 16:50:54 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28610 “I want to entertain and titillate, but also ask questions of the viewer“– Camille Thoman on Never Here Premiering at this year’s LA Film Festival, Never Here marks the narrative debut of writer-director (and performance artist and editor and doc-maker) […]

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]]> THE CURBSIDE CRITERION: IN A LONELY PLACE https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/the-curbside-criterion-in-a-lonely-place/ Thu, 12 May 2016 14:13:17 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=26299

(We here at Hammer to Nail are all about true independent cinema. But we also have to tip our hat to the great films of yesteryear that continue to inspire filmmakers and cinephiles alike. Our “The Curbside Criterion” column is […]

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