Moments: a conversation with Robert Downey Sr. (a prince) — Jonathan Marlow On the occasion of Truth and Soul, Inc., a 2014 retrospective in Los Angeles, Jonathan Marlow telephoned the extraordinary filmmaker Robert Downey Sr. in order to ramble on […]

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(Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest Licorice Pizza is in limited theaters now. Here. Sammy Levine gets personal in his movie review of Licorice Pizza. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not pay just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us […]

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I met with writer/director Stacy Cochran to discuss her new film, Write When You Get Work (which I also reviewed), on Tuesday, March 13, at the 2018 SXSW Film Festival. The movie – her first in 18 years – is a delightful […]

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The use of irony in period pieces, especially in films detailing historical stretches remembered for their farcical cultural trends (read: clear malt beverages), is a delicate balancing act. You can use period detail to enrich the context of the narrative […]

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