Film Noir Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/film-noir/ What to Watch Wed, 26 Jun 2024 18:24:57 +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 Film Noir Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/film-noir/ 32 32 THE CURBSIDE CRITERION: BOUND https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/criterion-bound/ Wed, 26 Jun 2024 18:24:57 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=51114

(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, Brad Cook gets tied up with […]

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]]> RESTORATION CINEMA: THE LONG GOODBYE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/the-long-goodbye/ Wed, 12 Jan 2022 21:24:59 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=36025

(Cinephiles across the globe have been blessed with weekly releases of classic films that have been given the 4K treatment. Hammer to Nail is full of cinephiles and thus, we bring you Restoration Cinema, a new area where our staff can […]

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]]> THE MOLE AGENT https://www.hammertonail.com/latest-reviews/the-mole-agent/ Sat, 01 Feb 2020 19:16:22 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=32237

It’s refreshing and reassuring to see a documentary where nobody is the villain. Alberdi’s humanist tale is covertly moving, and will leave your soul more stirred than grandma’s Borscht.

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]]> “IDA LUPINO 100” at Film Forum https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/ida-lupino-film-forum/ Mon, 12 Nov 2018 19:12:01 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30392 (Film Forum’s retrospective Ida Lupino 100 runs through November 22. Go here for details.) Maybe it’s the movie stars whose names go above the title, but any student of the film industry quickly learns that the real power and the […]

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]]> THE CURBSIDE CRITERION: IN A LONELY PLACE https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/the-curbside-criterion-in-a-lonely-place/ Thu, 12 May 2016 14:13:17 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=26299

(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. Our “The Curbside Criterion” column is […]

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]]> 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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]]> IN A LONELY PLACE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/drama/in-a-lonely-place-film-review/ Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:24:32 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=2142

(In A Lonely Place screens at Film Forum from August 21-29, 2009. Or if you aren’t in NYC, you can buy the DVD at Amazon.) As its Nicholas Ray retrospective draws to a close, Film Forum is bringing back Ray’s […]

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]]> THREE MONKEYS https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/drama/three-monkeys-film-review/ Fri, 01 May 2009 14:08:49 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=2374

(Three Monkeys is now available on DVD through Zeitgeist Films. Visit the film’s official page at the Zeitgeist website to watch a trailer and learn more.) The idea of Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan following up his masterly breakup drama Climates […]

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]]> HONEYMOON KILLERS, THE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/drama/the-honeymoon-killers-film-review/ Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:55:48 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=1892 The Honeymoon Killers (1969) is more Cain than even James Cain himself. Martha Beck and Ray Fernandez, the film’s central lovers/killers, could easily take the place of any of Cain’s partners-in-crime. They’re just as cold-blooded and ruthless as duplicitous wife […]

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