REPO MAN (1984) [the latest edition in an ongoing Curbside Criterion saga] or From REPO MAN to DEAD SOULS: A Lifetime in the Cinema of Alex Cox “Lattice of coincidence… all part of the cosmic unconsciousness…” In the pantheon of […]

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(Here at Hammer to Nail, we are all about true independent cinema. But we also have to tip our hat to the great films that continue to inspire filmmakers and cinephiles alike. This week, Jonathan Marlow takes a journey to […]

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DOC NYC, known as “America’s largest documentary festival,” is back for its 14th iteration, running November 8-26. The 2023 festival presents more than 105 feature-length documentaries… among over 200 short films and dozens of events, with filmmakers expected in person […]

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(Orson Welles’ Too Much Johnson is now available online with voice-over commentary and musical accompaniment via the George Eastman Museum. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) […]

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As we learn – if we didn't already know – watching They'll Love Me When I'm Dead, Welles was a deeply problematic human being, but there's no doubt that he was an incomparable filmmaker.

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Shadows in the night, chiaroscuro pools of mystery, preying on the innocent. Footsteps resonate, then disappear, made even more frightening by what we imagine caused their sudden muffling. Someone – or something – is stalking our waking nightmares

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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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(Buy Chan is Missing at Amazon, and visit the official website of the Asian American International Film Festival for screening details.) By the time he made Chan is Missing, Hong Kong native Wayne Wang had graduated from the California College […]

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