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By: A Conversation With Antonio Campos (SIMON KILLER) – Hammer to Nail

A Conversation With Antonio Campos (SIMON KILLER) – Hammer to Nail — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:05:49 +0000

[…] Antonio Campos’ first film, Afterschool, broke actor Ezra Miller and confounded critics upon its release with an unlikely combination of staunch European formalism, minimal dialogue and tech-sploitation. His second feature, Simon Killer, has proven no less contentious, inciting cries of misogyny and worse from audiences and critics in the mode of American Psycho—though Simon Killer is unalloyed as that film was by a tacit acknowledgment of its own absurdity. On top of his directorial output, Campos also produces with his company Borderline Films, presiding over one of 2012’s biggest indie hits, Martha Marcy May Marlene. […]

By: THE 2011 HAMMER TO NAIL AWARDS – Hammer to Nail

THE 2011 HAMMER TO NAIL AWARDS – Hammer to Nail — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:09:20 +0000

[…] depth of the character but also to that of the film which carries her name–or names, rather. (MN) Read The Full HTN Review as well as A Conversation With Sean […]

By: Jhg223

Jhg223 — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:31:00 +0000

Can’t say I’d rather which the Transformers (per George), but this was a pretty dull exercise in mood. Not much more can be expected from a kid whose entire life experience appears to be movies, TV and film school, but do we really have to herald more vacuous moviemaking as the Second Coming? Or is it just that the standards are so low, that anything which holds attention for 30 or 40 minutes is a masterwork of the age, in the indie world?

By: George

George — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:09:00 +0000

what a piece of hyped up psycho drama- while the film world screams for better films and this is what the independent side comes up with ? I’d rather have to see all three Transformers back to back than sit through another viewing of this droll, simply concocted boring fable- the fable being: if this is winning Sundance, we’re losing