Great World of Sound Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/great-world-of-sound/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:49:34 +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 Great World of Sound Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/great-world-of-sound/ 32 32 MAKE-OUT WITH VIOLENCE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/comedy/make-out-with-violence-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/comedy/make-out-with-violence-film-review/#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:52:48 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=7139

From the first beautiful underwater shots to the inevitable fulfillment of the title’s promise, MOWV swings for the fences and knocks it out of the park.

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/comedy/make-out-with-violence-film-review/feed/ 2 YOUR HIGHNESS SET VISIT – Parts One and Two https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/set-visits/your-highness-set-visit-parts-1-and-2/ https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/set-visits/your-highness-set-visit-parts-1-and-2/#comments Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:31:38 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=6534 Before I begin, a few disclaimers: 1) As a member of the online press core, I’ve never been invited to participate in a traveling press junket for a major Hollywood production. 2) While I understand their function within the film […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/set-visits/your-highness-set-visit-parts-1-and-2/feed/ 3 CHILDREN OF INVENTION https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/drama/children-of-invention-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/drama/children-of-invention-film-review/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:56:13 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=2104

(Children of Invention opens in New York City on Friday, March 12, 2010, in Los Angeles at the Downtown Independent. Even more noteworthy is its release on the same day in New York City at BIG Cinemas Manhattan, as it […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/drama/children-of-invention-film-review/feed/ 3 THE TOP 25 FILMS OF THE DECADE (2000-2009) https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/the-top-25-films-of-the-decade-2000-2009/ Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:19:10 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=52 Before we begin, let us acknowledge that when it comes to “best of” lists, this year has quickly devolved into that loud lush at the end of the bar who won’t stop yapping. Though we’ve already contributed to his enabling […]

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]]> SHOTGUN STORIES https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/drama/shotgun-stories-film-review/ Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:10:51 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=104 (You can—and should—buy Shotgun Stories at Amazon. Visit the film’s official website to watch the trailer.) Jeff Nichols’ Shotgun Stories is one of those pitch-perfect debuts that don’t come around very often. In telling this universal tale with a distinctly […]

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]]> A Conversation With Tze Chun (CHILDREN OF INVENTION) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-tze-chun-children-of-invention/ https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-tze-chun-children-of-invention/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:01:13 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=148 Tze Chun doesn’t just write and direct his own films. He’s also an accomplished visual artist, editor, cinematographer, as well as a screenwriter-for-hire. After his 2007 short film Windowbreaker made it into the Sundance Film Festival, Chun set his sights […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-tze-chun-children-of-invention/feed/ 2 WOODPECKER https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/comedy/woodpecker-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/comedy/woodpecker-film-review/#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:03:41 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=808 (Woodpecker is now available on DVD through Carnivalesque Films. Visit the film’s official website for more information.) Alex Karpovsky’s follow-up to his clever debut feature The Hole Story is an even more accomplished and fully realized work of bittersweet existential […]

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]]> TAKING OFF https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/comedy/taking-off-film-review/ Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:40:32 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=1272 Although it was made in 1971 under the Universal Pictures banner, Milos Forman’s wildly entertaining English language debut, Taking Off, feels more like an independent film than it does a studio picture. This can be traced back to the breakout […]

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