BBC Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/bbc/ What to Watch Mon, 08 Jul 2024 17:58:21 +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 BBC Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/bbc/ 32 32 EMILY https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/emily/ Fri, 23 Sep 2022 19:09:30 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=38024

(The 2022 Toronto Film Festival or, TIFF ran September 8-18 in Toronto, Canada. HtN has tons of coverage coming your way so, stay tuned! Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of Emily. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd […]

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]]> THE TRIP TO GREECE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/the-trip-to-greece/ Fri, 22 May 2020 19:03:14 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=32931

(Michael Winterbottom’s delightful “The Trip to…” series continues with The Trip to Greece, available now via IFC Films. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) In 2010, […]

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]]> A Conversation with Ramona Diaz (MOTHERLAND) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/ramona-diaz-interview/ Wed, 24 May 2017 21:44:00 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28157

I met with documentary director Ramona Diaz on Friday, May 5, 2017, at the Maryland Film Festival, to discuss her most recent film, Motherland (reviewed here), which premiered at Sundance. It tells the story of the “world’s busiest maternity ward“: […]

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]]> I, DANIEL BLAKE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/i-daniel-blake-review/ Fri, 23 Dec 2016 19:00:44 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=27348

Still, as an exposé of the systematic degradation of the human spirit, it is a powerful condemnation of the perils of a capitalism that jettisons the weak. Take heed, for we are all potential Daniel Blakes.

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]]> NETFLIX HIDDEN GEMS: Issue #10 https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/netflix-hidden-gems-10/ https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/netflix-hidden-gems-10/#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:01:18 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=5775 During these dog days of summer, why not remind yourself that life can be funny in addition to making you sweat and feel gross and drained all the time? These Netflixable treats should do the trick for ya. ***ISSUE #10: […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/netflix-hidden-gems-10/feed/ 2 NORWEGIAN DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL 2010 https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/2010-redmon-sabin/ Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:01:28 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=4888 (NOTE: This post was written by both David Redmon and Ashley Sabin of Carnivalesque Films* and is posted belatedly because of yours truly, Mr. HTN Editor. But it is still very worthwhile!) Volda, Norway – The Norwegian Documentary Film Festival […]

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]]> RED RIDING https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/red-riding-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/red-riding-film-review/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:59:08 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=2226

Here are some things I do like: serial killers (especially ones that prey on prostitutes, behavior I do not condone but enjoy seeing investigated by hard-nosed police detectives); the filthy, funny-sad realism of Mike Leigh, Ken Loach, Lynne Ramsay; and the British Broadcasting Corporation.

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