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A Conversation with David Hinton & Thelma Schoonmaker (MADE IN ENGLAND: THE FILMS OF POWELL AND PRESSBURGER)

Jack Schenker — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 20:38:46 +0000

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger was written and directed by David Hinton and executive produced by Thelma Schoonmaker. The film is essentially 2 hrs + of Martin Scorsese expressing his deep love and admiration for the […]

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THE CURBSIDE CRITERION: BLOW OUT

Brad Cook — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 20:01:37 +0000

(Here at Hammer to Nail, we are all about true independent cinema. But we also have to tip our hat to the great films of yesteryear that continue to inspire filmmakers and cinephiles alike. This week, Brad Cook looks and […]

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BLACK BOX

Christopher Reed — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 17:05:10 +0000

(Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of Black Box which opened this week in New York, and next week in Los Angeles. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) When, at the start of Yann Gozlan’s […]

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A Conversation with Michael Tully (DON’T LEAVE HOME)

Christopher Reed — Fri, 20 Apr 2018 19:35:11 +0000

I met with filmmaker Michael Tully (the former editor of this site), on Friday, March 16, at SXSW 2018, to discuss his latest movie, Don’t Leave Home (reviewed by Don Simpson), which premiered at the festival. The film, a disturbing […]

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ON THE FRINGE, PART THREE: ALICE DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE (1974)

Wed, 21 Mar 2018 22:18:20 +0000

Something was happening in the American cinema starting in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Among other progressions in societal mores, technology and legalities, this decade+ could arguably be considered a Golden Age of courageous truth-telling films that mine […]

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The Vertigo Effect at BAM: A Review

Evan Louison — Fri, 17 Apr 2015 19:05:49 +0000

(The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) puts together some of the most intriguing and fun cinematic retrospectives in the world and this month’s “The Vertigo Effect” is no different. Featuring films that realte to Hitchcock’s brilliant themes of memory, obsession […]

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MESSENGER, THE

Mike S. Ryan — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:08:26 +0000

(The Messenger was picked up for distribution by Oscilloscope Pictures. It opens on 11/13/09, in New York City and Washington D.C., followed by a much wider release on 11/20/09. Go here to learn more. Note: This review was first posted […]

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NETFLIX HIDDEN GEMS: Issue #3

Michael Tully — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:46:52 +0000

Another month is gone. Another month is here. Time to re-up y’all’s queues: ***ISSUE #3: OCTOBER ‘09*** Forbidden Lie$ (2007) — Australian filmmaker Anna Broinowski and her subject Norma Khouri take us on a head-spinning romp of fact and fiction in […]

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