David Bordwell Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/david-bordwell/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 19:36:03 +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 David Bordwell Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/david-bordwell/ 32 32 THE CURBSIDE CRITERION: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/grand-budapest-hotel-blu/ Tue, 05 May 2020 21:41:37 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=32722

(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 new addition to […]

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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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]]> A Conversation with Richard Peña https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-richard-pena/ Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:00:40 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=18616 This year, the New York Film Festival celebrates its 50th anniversary, and its 25th with Richard Peña at the helm. Hired in 1988 to replace Richard Roud, the NYFF’s founding director, Peña has served as both the festival’s Selection Committee […]

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]]> Qualities Of Better Film #29 of 32: LEAVING SOME THINGS UNEXPLAINED https://www.hammertonail.com/better-films/qualities-of-better-film-29-of-32-leaving-some-things-unexplained/ Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:33:15 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=1428 When did American movies start trying to clarify absolutely everything? What is our national obsession with trying to provide a psychological explanation for all characters’ behavior? If you ask me, I think we have gone overboard. Way overboard. Time to […]

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