Hou Hsiao-hsien Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/hou-hsiao-hsien/ What to Watch Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:46:03 +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 Hou Hsiao-hsien Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/hou-hsiao-hsien/ 32 32 New Directors/New Films Unveils 2025 Lineup https://www.hammertonail.com/film-festivals/ndnf-2025-lineup/ Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:37:59 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=52719 New Directors/New Films 2025 Lineup

New Directors/New Films is coming back for its 54th edition. Since 1972, it has showcased work from the likes of Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Kelly Reichardt, Pedro Almodóvar, Souleymane Cissé, Jia Zhangke, Spike Lee, Lynne Ramsay, Michael Haneke, Wong Kar-wai, […]

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]]> MILLENNIUM MAMBO Restoration Trailer: Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s Dreamlike Masterpiece Gets the 4K Treatment https://www.hammertonail.com/trailer/millenium-mambo-4k-restoration/ Wed, 21 Dec 2022 20:15:44 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=38637

Taiwanese master filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien is known for his elegant, intoxicating dramas that conjure a lot of visual poetry, such as Daughter of the Nile, Flowers of Shanghai, Three Times, and the wuxia stunner The Assassin. Now, his underseen dreamlike […]

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]]> A CONVERSATION WITH ARIE & CHUKO ESIRI (EYIMOFE/THIS IS MY DESIRE) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/arie-chuko-esiri/ Wed, 27 Apr 2022 20:37:16 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=36966

Eyimofe (This Is My Desire), the debut feature by the Nigerian twin brothers Arie and Chuko Esiri, premiered at the 2020 Berlin International Film Festival in February 2020, mere weeks before the world shut down. Just over two years later […]

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]]> Nelson Kim’s New Directors/New Films 2019 Report https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/nelson-kims-ndnf-19/ Wed, 01 May 2019 17:05:09 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=31047 The 48th annual edition of New Directors/New Films, jointly presented by the Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, came to a close on April 7. Showcasing the work of first- and second-time directors from around […]

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]]> A Conversation with Richard Peña https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-richard-pena/ Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:00:40 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=18616 This year, the New York Film Festival celebrates its 50th anniversary, and its 25th with Richard Peña at the helm. Hired in 1988 to replace Richard Roud, the NYFF’s founding director, Peña has served as both the festival’s Selection Committee […]

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]]> EDWARD YANG: A RETROSPECTIVE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/edward-yang-retrospective-film-reviews/ Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:37:23 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=13760

Edward Yang's piercing vision of urban anomie, drift, and desolation has proved to have worldwide relevance.

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]]> DVD RELEASES 2010/9/7 https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/september-7-2010/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:35:46 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=5952 Recommended Low and Behold (Sidetrack Films) — Though it wowed me after watching it in conjunction with its world premiere at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, I sense that Low and Behold will only get better with age. Not only […]

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]]> EXPLODING GIRL, THE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/drama/the-exploding-girl-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/drama/the-exploding-girl-film-review/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:53:00 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=2008

(After a successful festival run, The Exploding Girl was picked up for distribution by Oscilloscope Laboratories and is opening in New York City on March 12, 2010. Visit Bradley Rust Gray’s official website to learn more. Note: This review was […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/drama/the-exploding-girl-film-review/feed/ 2 Filmmaker Reflections – The 2000s: Vol. 5 https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/filmmaker-reflections-the-2000s-vol-5/ Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:51:13 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=2850 (If you haven’t already, please be sure to check out Filmmaker Reflections – The 2000s: Vol. 1 for a series explanation and to read the first batch of reflections.) Filmmaker Reflections – The 2000s: Vol. 5 The state of American […]

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]]> OTHER HALF, THE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/drama/the-other-half-film-review/ Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:51:29 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=2340 (The Other Half screens on Friday, April 24 as part of the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s series On the Edge: New Independent Cinema from China 2009, and on Saturday, April 25 at the China Institute. Ying Liang’s latest feature, […]

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