James Laxton Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/james-laxton/ What to Watch Fri, 22 Mar 2024 02:11:12 +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 James Laxton Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/james-laxton/ 32 32 SUMMERTIME https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/summertime/ Fri, 24 Jan 2020 18:50:06 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=32168

Anyone who doesn’t have fun watching this movie has no beating heart.

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]]> IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/if-beale-street-could-talk-review/ Thu, 20 Dec 2018 20:46:52 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30568

The facts are not enough. If Beale Could Street is a superb example of aesthetics and story melding in flawless harmony.

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]]> Matthew Delman’s TIFF 2018 Wrap-Up https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/tiff-2018-wrap-up/ Thu, 20 Sep 2018 18:12:07 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30147 This year’s Toronto International Film Festival was a treasure trove for the arthouse film lover. The buzziest titles among critics were Alfonso Cuaron’s deliberately paced, black-and-white, Spanish-language drama about a Mexican housemaid, and a brutally brilliant Claire Denis space odyssey. […]

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]]> MOONLIGHT https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/moonlight-review/ Fri, 04 Nov 2016 17:30:44 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=27196

Each scene unfolds with such precision and assurance that it is hard to imagine that any other directorial choice, anywhere, would have worked as well.

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]]> SUNDANCE ’14: TULLY’S WRAP-UP https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/sundance-2014-michael-tully-wrap-up/ Sat, 01 Feb 2014 18:44:17 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=22675 As a director who presented a new feature at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, I have found all of the press coming out of Park City lamenting the “meager deals” and somehow linking that to the “lackluster quality” of the […]

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]]> A Conversation With Alex Bickel (HAMMER TO NAIL’S SUNDANCE 2014 MVP) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-alex-bickel-hammer-to-nail-sundance-2014-mvp/ Wed, 29 Jan 2014 20:05:46 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=22627 Though we’ve never handed out a “Sundance MVP” award here at Hammer to Nail, this year, one individual’s fingerprints were felt over so many films that there was no other option than to honor his remarkable achievement. That would be […]

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]]> 2009 SPIRIT AWARDS PREVIEW https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/2009-spirit-awards-preview/ Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:22:18 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=2896 Well, folks, the time has come yet again for the annual one-two punch of the Spirit Awards and the Oscars, a weekend that is no doubt certain to restore one’s faith in humankind and remind everyone what truly matters in […]

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]]> MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/drama/medicine-for-melancholy-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/drama/medicine-for-melancholy-film-review/#comments Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:38:12 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=2182

(Medicine for Melancholy has been picked up for distribution by IFC Films, who are finally releasing it on Friday, January 30th in New York City. Visit the film’s official website, or its page at IFC.com, to watch a trailer.) Barry […]

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