Casablanca Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/casablanca/ What to Watch Thu, 17 Oct 2024 22:00:11 +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 Casablanca Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/casablanca/ 32 32 A LOVE SONG https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/a-love-song/ Wed, 26 Jan 2022 19:32:10 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=36110

(The 2022 Sundance Film Festival runs January 20-30 all virtually. Check out Melanie Addington’s movie review of A Love Song. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not pay just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) We all […]

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]]> THE CURBSIDE CRITERION: INGRID BERGMAN: IN HER OWN WORDS https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/ingrid-bergman-doc-review/ Tue, 30 Aug 2016 14:56:17 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=26967

(We here at Hammer to Nail 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, our “The Curbside Criterion” […]

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]]> WOMEN HE’S UNDRESSED https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/women-hes-undressed-review/ Mon, 08 Aug 2016 17:44:29 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=26855

The story told here is as much about the age-old societal pressure to conform as it is about the life of one exceptional small-town-boy-made-good. As in the best of tales, out of great specificity emerge universal truths.

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]]> TRIBECA ’15: SUSANNA LOCASCIO’S WRAP-UP https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/tribeca-15-susanna-locascios-wrap-up/ Tue, 02 Jun 2015 18:00:16 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=24641 It seems the center of gravity of the Tribeca Film Festival has shifted again. I think I harp on the geography because it’s such a rangy festival. It spans neighborhoods, and also a variety of films and experiences, from free […]

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]]> The First Annual Nitrate Picture Show: A Review https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/the-first-annual-nitrate-picture-show-a-review/ Thu, 07 May 2015 19:07:00 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=24511 I had an elderly Russian cinematography professor in college who, whenever confronted with a situation in which nothing could be done, would throw up his hands and proclaim us at the mercy of “our friends from Rochester,” as if the […]

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]]> RULES OF THE GAME, THE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/the-rules-of-the-game-film-review/ Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:30:26 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=13650

The Rules of the Game uses elements of comedy to enhance its tragedy in such a way that, by the time you've noticed, weeping seems even more pointless than laughing.

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]]> MILLION DOLLAR BABY And The Lost Art of the Metaphor by Noah Buschel https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/noah-buschel-on-million-dollar-baby/ https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/noah-buschel-on-million-dollar-baby/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:21:58 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=5034 I know a lot of people don’t think much of Million Dollar Baby. The screenwriter was a long time Scientologist and bequeathed on us the atrocity called Crash. There’s a grouchy priest who says wise, grouchy things. And shit, if […]

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