7 Chinese Brothers Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/7-chinese-brothers/ What to Watch Fri, 23 Aug 2024 21:29:33 +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 7 Chinese Brothers Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/7-chinese-brothers/ 32 32 BETWEEN THE TEMPLES https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/between-the-temples/ Fri, 23 Aug 2024 21:29:33 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=51497

(Check out Chris Reed’s Between the Temples movie review, in theaters August 23. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) A lyrical ode to love in all its mystifying wonder, director Nathan Silver’s Between the Temples […]

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]]> A Conversation with Bob Byington, Kaley Wheless & David Krumholtz (FRANCES FERGUSON) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/frances-ferguson-bb/ Mon, 15 Apr 2019 18:39:44 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=31004

On Monday, March 11, 2019, at SXSW, I interviewed director Bob Byington to discuss his newest feature, Frances Ferguson (which I also reviewed). Joining us for the conversation were lead actress Kaley Wheless and supporting player David Krumholtz. The movie […]

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]]> FRANCES FERGUSON https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/frances-ferguson/ Mon, 25 Mar 2019 17:40:47 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30928

The void has never seemed so lighthearted, nor the abyss so appealing.

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]]> Here Comes the Bend Film Festival! https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/bend-filmfest-preview/ Wed, 11 Oct 2017 20:27:05 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28576 The 14th Annual Bend Film Festival (in Bend, OR) kicks off Thursday, October 12 and I will be there as a juror for the Narrative Films section. Even before Erik Jambor took over as festival programmer, the Bend Film Festival […]

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]]> INFINITY BABY https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/infinity-baby-review/ Wed, 11 Oct 2017 17:02:48 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28177

For the uninitiated, Byington’s films are best describes as Twilight Zone Todd Solondz with jokes.

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]]> A Conversation with Alex Ross Perry (GOLDEN EXITS) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/alex-ross-perry-interview/ Fri, 19 May 2017 20:45:11 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28138 I met with writer/director Alex Ross Perry, on Saturday, May 6, 2017, at the Maryland Film Festival, to discuss his latest feature, Golden Exits (reviewed here), which premiered at Sundance. A profile of existential angst among a cross-section of Brooklynites […]

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]]> GOLDEN EXITS https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/golden-exits-review/ Wed, 03 May 2017 15:54:49 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28062

If all of this sounds like it adds up to nothing more than talky misery, fear not, for the languor of the plot masks dynamic (if slight) change within each participant.

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]]> From Thriller to Comedy: A Double Shot of Brice in “Creep” & “The Overnight” https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/from-thriller-to-comedy-a-double-shot-of-brice-in-creep-the-overnight/ Fri, 15 Jan 2016 20:15:53 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=25509

Over the past year, in rapid succession, filmmaker Patrick Brice has released two short features, neither alike, each delightful in its own unique way. The first – his debut – was Creep (released in 2015 but shown the year before […]

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]]> CHRISTMAS, AGAIN https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/christmas-again-movie-review/ Wed, 23 Dec 2015 19:48:04 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=25392

Christmas, Again Offers the Delightful Gift of Surprise...

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]]> 7 CHINESE BROTHERS https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/7-chinese-brothers-movie-review/ Mon, 26 Oct 2015 18:13:39 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=25171

Bob Byingtons "7 Chinese Brothers" made it's debut at this years SXSW film festival and was released in late August. However with so many friends of HTN involved in the making of it, we couldn't find anyone with hands free of conflict to give it a proper review. Luckily our new guy Christopher Llewellyn Reed swooped in to give this gem the once over.

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