cinematography Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/cinematography/ What to Watch Fri, 20 Feb 2026 19:45:53 +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 cinematography Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/cinematography/ 32 32 Oscars 2026 Nominees at Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/features/htn-oscars-2026/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 18:39:54 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=55096

On January 22, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (or AMPAS) announced its nominees for the 2026 Oscars last week. Below, you will find the complete list, with the titles that Hammer to Nail covered in some way […]

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]]> A Conversation with Max Walker-Silverman (REBUILDING) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/walker-silverman-rebuilding/ Mon, 24 Nov 2025 15:44:43 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=54505

Max Walker-Silverman returns with Rebuilding, a tender follow-up to his 2022 debut A Love Song that explores displacement, community, and resilience in the aftermath of a wildfire. Starring Josh O’Connor as Dusty, a Colorado rancher struggling to reconcile his identity […]

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]]> A Conversation with Kleber Mendonça Filho (THE SECRET AGENT) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/mendonca-filho/ Tue, 04 Nov 2025 15:37:20 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=54353

Winner of the Best Director and Best Actor awards at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, The Secret Agent, from Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho (Bacurau), takes place in 1977 during Brazil’s military dictatorship. It was a time of violence and […]

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]]> A Conversation with Eli Craig & Adam Cesare (CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/cesare-craig/ Thu, 26 Jun 2025 22:54:08 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=53440

Clown in a Cornfield brings Adam Cesare’s beloved YA horror novel to terrifying life under the direction of Eli Craig, known for the cult classic Tucker and Dale vs. Evil. The film follows Quinn (Katie Douglas)  and her father as […]

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]]> A Conversation with Alain Guiraudie (MISERICORDIA) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/alain-guiraudie/ Mon, 07 Apr 2025 18:03:11 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=52949

The less you know, the better. A young man travels from Toulouse to his (fictional) hometown of Saint-Martial to attend the funeral of his former boss, a fondly appreciated baker in the neighbourhood. His widow invites the estranged man to […]

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]]> WHO BY FIRE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/who-by-fire/ Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:11:00 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=52847

(Check out MJ. O’Toole’s movie review of Who By Fire, now playing at NY’s Film at Lincoln Center LA’s Laemmle Theaters. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) French-Canadian director Philippe Lesage knows how uneasy it is to […]

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]]> A Conversation with Amel Guellaty (WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/amel-guellaty/ Thu, 13 Feb 2025 19:36:16 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=52585

Tunisian director Amel Guellaty just premiered her feature-film debut, Where the Wind Comes From, at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival (where I reviewed it). The movie offers striking visuals and a compelling story of friendship in a road-trip structure, showing […]

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]]> Barry Sonnenfeld’s Cinematography Master Class at 2009 HIFF https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/barry-sonnenfeld%e2%80%99s-cinematography-master-class-at-2009-hiff/ Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:40:21 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=2934 Barry Sonnenfeld hates panning. Throughout his hour-long Kodak-sponsored Cinematography Master Class at the 2009 Hamptons International Film Festival (moderated by the Museum of Moving Image’s Chief Curator David Schwartz), Sonnenfeld pummeled that particular technique-of-the-trade into submission. “That’s why movies are […]

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