Force Majeure Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/force-majeure/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:05:06 +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 Force Majeure Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/force-majeure/ 32 32 TRIANGLE OF SADNESS Trailer: Ruben Östlund Brings His New Satire To Sea in Palme d’Or Winner https://www.hammertonail.com/trailer/triangle-of-sadness-2/ Tue, 09 Aug 2022 16:12:56 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=37636

After exploring the modern art world in The Square and examining marital tension in Force Majeure, Academy Award-nominated Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund returns with a new satirical black comedy that centers on capitalism and the super-rich. In Triangle of Sadness, […]

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]]> HTN’S MOST ANTICIPATED TITLES FOR TRIBECA 2022 https://www.hammertonail.com/features/tribeca-2022/ Mon, 06 Jun 2022 16:34:16 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=37227

It’s been a strange few years for the major North American film festivals. After starting off the year with a disappointing virtual Sundance, the 2022 SXSW film festival eagerly launched in person and was a huge success, helping to launch […]

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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 Nick Toti’s “Digital Gods”- Season Two, Transmission Six (Part 3.2) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/digital-gods-2-6-3-2/ Wed, 19 Sep 2018 19:03:38 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30100 (The following is the second half of Nick Toti’s interview with Megan Boyle and Tao Lin of MDMAfilms. Part one can be found here.) Hammer to Nail: A lot of reviews of your movies that I’ve read compare the MDMAfilms project […]

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]]> Nick Toti’s “Digital Gods”- Season Two, Transmission Six (Part 3.1) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/digital-gods-2-6-3/ Thu, 06 Sep 2018 18:35:13 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30094 This interview is the third and final installment of my series on MDMAfilms. To be as frank as possible, I’m not terribly happy with how this interview turned out, but I think it’s worth publishing regardless. Both Megan Boyle and […]

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]]> Nick Toti’s “Digital Gods”- Season Two, Transmission Five (Part 2) https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/experimental/digital-gods-2-5-2/ Wed, 22 Aug 2018 18:19:51 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30034 In the last Digital Gods installment, we examined the cultural context surrounding MDMAfilms, the production company created by authors Megan Boyle and Tao Lin. This article will now look at the actual movies that MDMAfilms produced. Particularly, this piece will […]

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]]> Nick Toti’s “Digital Gods”- Season Two, Transmission Five https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/drama/digital-gods-2-5/ Wed, 15 Aug 2018 17:54:31 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30010 MDMAfilms was, in practical terms, a short-lived but highly productive video production company created, operated, and consisting entirely of the young American authors Megan Boyle and Tao Lin. Technically, MDMAfilms never dissolved or officially stopped operating, but, to my knowledge, […]

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]]> FORCE MAJEURE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/force-majeure-film-review/ Fri, 14 Nov 2014 23:14:30 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=23720

I don’t know what Force Majeure is exactly. It is hilarious with a dark deadpan stare. It is a new form of realism that takes into account how unreal the world is nowadays.

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