Do The Right Thing Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/do-the-right-thing/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:10:02 +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 Do The Right Thing Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/do-the-right-thing/ 32 32 TRIBECA 22: CRITICS NOTEBOOK https://www.hammertonail.com/best-of/tribeca-22/ Wed, 22 Jun 2022 18:58:18 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=37350

The 2022 Tribeca Film Festival had no shortage of movie stars, red carpets, cocktail parties and good films. Unlike TIFF and Sundance that takeover the whole town, the Tribeca festival can feel a bit scattered in a city as sprawling as […]

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]]> A Conversation with Tony Oswald (GREAT LIGHT) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/tony-oswald-interview/ Wed, 23 Jan 2019 17:48:12 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30649 (You can watch Tony Oswald’s fantastic short film Great Light at the end of this interview. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not pay just $1.00 per month to help keep us going?) Hammer to Nail: So, we met in person […]

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]]> ON THE FRINGE, PART SIX: GAS, FOOD LODGING (1992) https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/drama/on-the-fringe-6/ Wed, 11 Apr 2018 18:20:22 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29409 Allison Anders’ sophomore feature Gas, Food Lodging is an aspirational film about fantasy. It is in many ways an antithesis of the kind of movies I’ve been chronicling and will continue to discuss with my “On the Fringe” series. Gas, Food Lodging is in fact an […]

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]]> SHORT FILM CONTEST WINNER/RUNNERS-UP: SUMMER ‘14 https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/short-film-contest-winner-runners-up-summer-14/ Thu, 17 Jul 2014 16:36:54 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=23429 Another impressive batch of 50-plus submissions, another heated session of screening/judging, and another verdict has arrived! Whaddya know, folks, this makes the second contest in a row where the numbers shook out into a dead-smack tie for runner-up. So be […]

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]]> Unintentional Diptych #3: THE RULES OF THE GAME (1939) / DO THE RIGHT THING (1989) https://www.hammertonail.com/slideshow/unintentional-diptych-3-the-rules-of-the-game-do-the-right-thing/ https://www.hammertonail.com/slideshow/unintentional-diptych-3-the-rules-of-the-game-do-the-right-thing/#comments Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:33:27 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=8943 (Unintentional Diptychs is an ongoing series in which we suggest a double-bill featuring films that might not immediately seem to have a direct kinship. Suggestions are welcome and may be submitted via email—mikenordineATgmail—or Twitter.) Unintentional Diptych #3: The Rules of the Game […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/slideshow/unintentional-diptych-3-the-rules-of-the-game-do-the-right-thing/feed/ 1 NETFLIX HIDDEN GEMS: Issue #7 https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/netflix-hidden-gems-7/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:08:26 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=958 After last month’s open call in which we suggested readers submit their own Netflix Hidden Gems titles, we were quite pleased to receive this fine list from the filmmaking duo Playa516. If you too have a stack of Netflixable titles […]

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]]> “Carte Blanche: Marcus Hu and Jon Gerrans” at MoMA (7/1-6/09) https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/carte-blanche-marcus-hu-and-jon-gerrans-at-moma-71-609/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:12:39 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=2882 While this week marks the 20th birthday of Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing—a worthy cause for celebration, indeed—MoMA has decided to hold a 20th anniversary party of their very own. It just so happens that 1989 was responsible for […]

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