Computer Chess Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/computer-chess/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 19:57:17 +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 Computer Chess Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/computer-chess/ 32 32 Critical Thinking https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/critical-thinking/ Mon, 23 Mar 2020 18:28:54 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=32467

(The 2020 SXSW Film Festival was sadly cancelled. Yet Hammer to Nail is still reviewing films that were slated to premiere at the fest! We present, #LostFilmsofSXSW. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per […]

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]]> Mike S. Ryan’s (Very Biased) Favorite Low-Budget Indies Of The Decade https://www.hammertonail.com/features/mike-s-ryans-best-of-decade/ https://www.hammertonail.com/features/mike-s-ryans-best-of-decade/#comments Thu, 27 Feb 2020 20:02:12 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=32368

Mike S. Ryan’s very biased 25 fave low budget American Indies of the ‘10 Decade. 1. Moonlight-Barry Jenkins 2. Meek’s Cutoff/Certain Woman– Kelly Reichardt 3. The Rider-Chloe Zhao 4. The Fits– Anna Rose Holmer 5. It Felt Like Love– Eliza […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/features/mike-s-ryans-best-of-decade/feed/ 1 A Conversation with Tommy Pallotta and Femke Wolting (MORE HUMAN THAN HUMAN) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/more-human-than-human-interview/ Wed, 04 Apr 2018 00:20:07 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29347 I met with directors and real-life partners Tommy Pallotta and Femke Wolting, of the new documentary feature More Human Than Human (which I also reviewed), on Sunday, March 11, at the 2018 SXSW Film Festival, with my Fog of Truth […]

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]]> MORE HUMAN THAN HUMAN https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/more-human-review/ Thu, 15 Mar 2018 20:13:54 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29184

Scared yet? The directors play off this unease in their visuals, as well, composing the filmed interviews with refreshingly odd mise-en-scène.

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]]> IN PURSUIT OF SILENCE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/in-pursuit-of-silence/ Fri, 25 Mar 2016 01:41:17 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=26074

IN PURSUIT OF SILENCE…….technology’s danger as distracting noise explored in this meditative and refreshing lyrical essay style doc by Patrick Shen.

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]]> A Conversation With Carleton Ranney (JACKRABBIT) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-carleton-ranney-jackrabbit/ https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-carleton-ranney-jackrabbit/#comments Fri, 01 May 2015 03:59:23 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=24475 (Jackrabbit world premiered in the Viewpoints section at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival. It also screens at the Montclair Film Festival.) Jackrabbit, the impressive feature film debut of filmmaker Carleton Ranney, has sci-fi roots but its own idiosyncratic form. The […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-carleton-ranney-jackrabbit/feed/ 1 Creative Control https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/creative-control-film-review/ Thu, 16 Apr 2015 20:53:23 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=24381

Benjamin Dickinson's film is a visually astute portrait of our present day tech-infatuated reality masquerading as a hip sci-fi satire.

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]]> SXSW ’15: TULLY’S WRAP-UP https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/sxsw-film-festival-15-michael-tully-wrap-up/ Wed, 25 Mar 2015 15:17:05 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=24209 Including two titles I’d seen before the 2015 SXSW Film Festival kicked off (read my reviews of Western and Entertainment if you haven’t already), I managed to catch 22 features this year. Which is to say, not a pathetic number […]

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]]> COMPUTER CHESS https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/computer-chess-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/computer-chess-film-review/#comments Wed, 17 Jul 2013 13:00:23 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=19640

Computer Chess is an extremely entertaining low-tech cinematic breakdown of our modern high-tech world.

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/computer-chess-film-review/feed/ 4 BAMcinemaFest 2013 — An Overview https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/bamcinemafest-2013-an-overview/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:30:03 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=20952 Are you ready, New York City movie lovers, for the finest American independent film festival showcase your monstrous city has to offer? If so, then good, because BAMcinemaFest is back. This year’s edition runs from Wednesday, June 19th, through Friday, […]

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