Benten Films Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/benten-films/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:31:40 +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 Benten Films Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/benten-films/ 32 32 OPEN FIVE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/comedy/open-five-filmreview/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/comedy/open-five-filmreview/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:23:44 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=6954

Memphis-based filmmaker Kentucker Audley’s second film of 2010 (the other is Holy Land) is an exquisitely crafted, intimate slice-of-life glance into the stagnant world of Jake (played by Jake Rabinbach), a Memphis-based musician whose band and personal relationship seem to be suffering the same static fate.

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/comedy/open-five-filmreview/feed/ 2 DVD RELEASES 2010/2/9 https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/dvd-releases-201029/ Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:15:12 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=1080 Let’s not dilly-dally: The Pleasure of Being Robbed (IFC Films) — Josh Safdie’s debut feature is a giddy blast of cinematic exhilaration. Starring Eleonore Hendricks as a free spirit who lives from moment to scattered moment, The Pleasure of Being […]

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]]> DVD Release Party For The GoodTimesKid Tonight in LA (8/13) https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/dvd-release-party-for-the-goodtimeskid-tonight-in-la-813/ Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:02:48 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=1032 If you live in Los Angeles, be sure not to miss tonight’s screening/release party for Azazel Jacobs’ The GoodTimesKid, which was just released in an incredibly yummy DVD package by Benten Films. Here are the details, in Aza’s own words: […]

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]]> DVD RELEASES 2009/8/11 https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/dvd-releases-2009811/ Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:47:10 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=696 There’s really only one DVD release worth talking about this week, but just for good measure, we’ll give you two. The GoodTimesKid (Benten Films) — The boys at Benten Films absolutely crush it out of the park for the long […]

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]]> Tully’s 2009 Tribeca Film Festival Wrap-Up https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/tully%e2%80%99s-2009-tribeca-film-festival-wrap-up/ Mon, 04 May 2009 09:38:50 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=1858 I have always been skeptical of the Tribeca Film Festival’s… how should we call it… agenda? With such a humongous lineup of proudly advertised “world premieres,” it has always felt like the festival’s priority was more relentlessly focused on premiere […]

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]]> FREE WILL, THE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/drama/the-free-will-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/drama/the-free-will-film-review/#comments Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:55:47 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=2014

(Buy The Free Will at Amazon and watch a scene from the film at the Benten Films website.) Upstart American DVD imprint Benten Films’ first foray into foreign cinema is an unforgettable one. Winner of the Silver Bear at the […]

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