1970s Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/1970s/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 19:28:50 +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 1970s Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/1970s/ 32 32 LOW DOWN https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/low-down-film-review/ Wed, 29 Jan 2014 22:16:56 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=22647

Based on a memoir by Amy Jo Albany, Low Down is firmly set in the space of functional addiction; it neither glorifies the act nor demonizes it, while at the same time dramatizing the price it takes on a father and daughter relationship.

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]]> CROPSEY https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/cropsey-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/cropsey-film-review/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:31:44 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=4849

(Cropsey is now available on DVD through Breaking Glass Pictures. It opened theatrically in New York City on Friday, June 4, 2010, at the IFC Center, before expanding to more cities in the following weeks and months. It was also […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/cropsey-film-review/feed/ 2 DVD RELEASES 2010/6/1 https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/june-1-2010/ Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:38:00 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=4550 Let’s make things simple and blunt this week: Tony Manero (Kino) — The first time I saw Pablo Larrain’s Tony Manero (at its 2008 New York Film Festival press screening), I didn’t quite know how to wrap my head around […]

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]]> DVD RELEASES 2009/5/5 https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/dvd-releases-200955/ Tue, 05 May 2009 20:02:03 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=156 Today is one of those ultra-special Tuesdays when it comes to new DVD releases. Break out your wallets and add these titles to your collection: Momma’s Man (Kino International) — Azazel Jacobs’ Momma’s Man was not just one of 2008’s […]

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]]> TRIBECA SNAPSHOTS: CROPSEY & ENTRE NOS – Outer Borough Tales https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/tribeca-snapshots-cropsey-entre-nos-outer-borough-tales/ https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/tribeca-snapshots-cropsey-entre-nos-outer-borough-tales/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:05:12 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=1656 I felt last year that the Tribeca Film Festival was really starting to come into its own. The small sampling of the 2009 selection I have thus far encountered has impressed me even more with its consistency and diversity. Yet […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/tribeca-snapshots-cropsey-entre-nos-outer-borough-tales/feed/ 1 JLG IN USA (THE BELIEVER’S 2009 FILM ISSUE DVD) https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/documentary/jlg-in-usa-dvd-review/ Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:54:10 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=2604 (The Believer’s 2009 Film Issue is on newsstands now. Visit The Believer’s official website to subscribe to the magazine and secure a copy of the JLG in USA DVD.) No matter how many times I gleefully subject my unsuspecting roommate […]

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]]> MAN ON WIRE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/documentary/man-on-wire-film-review/ Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:13:25 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=892

In the American marketplace, foreign documentaries often go unnoticed. Yet James Marsh’s Man on Wire is that rare critical success that has inspired passionate responses from audiences across the country. This is no surprise, as the film is composed of […]

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]]> SURFWISE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/documentary/surfwise-film-review/ Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:40:34 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=2588

(Surfwise is now available on DVD. Buy it at Amazon.) For some reason, my critical teeth are less sharp when it comes to watching documentaries. If a narrative film has great subject matter at its core but is poorly executed, […]

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]]> GANJA & HESS https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/ganja-and-hess-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/ganja-and-hess-film-review/#comments Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:15:05 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=2124

(Ganja & Hess is now available on DVD and Blu-ray in a special remastered edition thanks to Kino International.) How do you make a Christian vampire movie? Perhaps more specifically, how does one make a film that accepts the idea […]

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(Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell is now available on DVD through Plexifilm. Visit the film’s official website to watch a teaser trailer. Buy it at Amazon.) Matt Wolf’s Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell isn’t your typical […]

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