Frownland Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/frownland/ What to Watch Fri, 02 Feb 2024 17:49:24 +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 Frownland Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/frownland/ 32 32 A Conversation with Simon Rex, Talia Ryder, Earl Cave, Nick Pinkerton & Sean Price Williams (THE SWEET EAST) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/sweeteast/ Fri, 02 Feb 2024 17:49:24 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=50011

The Sweet East was written by Nick Pinkerton and directed by Sean Price Williams. The film stars Talia Ryder, Simon Rex, Jacob Elordi, Ayo Edebiri, Jeremy O. Harris, Earl Cave and Rish Shah. The film follows Lillian (Talia Ryder) as […]

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]]> ACTOR MARTINEZ https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/actor-martinez-movie-review/ Wed, 20 Apr 2016 12:27:15 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=26195

Here, the mess is the mess of life and the mess of being a person and the messiness of finding truth. “You know what I like most about this process?” Arthur asks in the final scene. “How difficult it is.”

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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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]]> SHORT FILM CONTEST WINNER/RUNNER-UP: WINTER ‘15 https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/short-film-contest-winner-runner-up-winter-15/ Thu, 15 Jan 2015 21:46:59 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=23839 The Oscar nominations were just announced this morning and the Sundance previews are starting to arrive, but we’ve got some even bigger news to drop on the world today… that’s right, it’s time to announce the winner and runner-up in […]

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]]> TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL ’14: LANCE EDMANDS’S WRAP-UP https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/tribeca-film-festival-14-lance-edmands-wrap-up/ Tue, 29 Apr 2014 15:19:51 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=23238 The Tribeca Film Festival has traditionally occupied a somewhat contested space in the cinematic landscape. It seems like no critical coverage is complete without some kind of hand-wringing commentary on Tribeca’s relationship with the film festival circuit, downtown Manhattan, or […]

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]]> NEW DIRECTORS/NEW FILMS 2013 — HTN PICKS! https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/new-directors-new-films-2013-htn-picks/ Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:11:34 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=20058 Another edition of New Directors/New Films has arrived, you lucky New York Cityers, which means the time has come once again to lace up your comfiest walking shoes and jet back-and-forth between MoMA and the Film Society of Lincoln Center […]

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]]> A Conversation With Bob Byington (SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-bob-byington-somebody-up-there-likes-me/ Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:00:02 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=16797 Bob Byington is a jerk. During our interview, he gave monosyllabic answers, barely made eye contact, and put a cigarette out in my lentil soup. Okay, that didn’t really happen. Truthfully, he was quite amiable albeit under the weather when […]

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]]> Josh and Benny Safdie’s EMOTIONAL SLOPPY MANIC CINEMA at BAM https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/josh-and-benny-safdie-emotional-sloppy-manic-cinema-at-bam/ Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:52:07 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=5713 (Emotional Sloppy Manic Cinema runs Thursday August 12 through Tuesday August 24, 2010, at BAM. Go here to learn more.) Though they are still only their mid-20s, brothers Josh and Benny Safdie have made quite a splash on the independent […]

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]]> DADDY LONGLEGS https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/daddy-longlegs-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/daddy-longlegs-film-review/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 13:16:16 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=3952

(Daddy Longlegs is now available on DVD through KimStim/Zeitgeist. It was distributed theatrically by IFC Films and opened in New York City on May 14, 2010, at the IFC Center. Visit the distributor’s page for information, and also be sure […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/daddy-longlegs-film-review/feed/ 4 ATTN FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAMMERS: 2010 Edition, Vol. 1 https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/attn-film-festival-programmers-2010-edition-vol-1/ Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:27:30 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=1360 I thought it might be nice at this early stage in 2010 to let the world know about some brand new films that I have been lucky enough to see and that I found to be rewarding and worthwhile on […]

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