Los Angeles Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/los-angeles/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 19:45:50 +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 Los Angeles Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/los-angeles/ 32 32 A Conversation with Andrew Ahn (SPA NIGHT) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-andrew-ahn/ Fri, 19 Aug 2016 17:27:12 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=26880 (Spa Night opens today at the Metrograph in NYC, and on August 26 at the Sundance Sunset in West Hollywood, with a VOD/DVD/Blu-ray release planned for later this year. Go here to find out more.) Writer/director Andrew Ahn first came […]

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]]> BORSCHT 8 FILM FESTIVAL https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/borscht-8-film-festival/ Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:32:48 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=19273

If I had to sum up the Borscht Film Festival in one word it would be ‘youth.’ The Borscht Corp collective dates back to high school friendships formed at Miami’s New World School of the Arts, and from what I […]

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]]> A Conversation With Sean Baker and Dree Hemingway (STARLET) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-sean-baker-and-dree-hemingway-starlet/ Thu, 08 Nov 2012 21:16:13 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=18826 [Starlet is now available on DVD and Blu-ray.] Though Starlet couldn’t be more different than Sean Baker’s recent micro-budget gems Take Out and Prince of Broadway, it once again proves that he’s one of independent cinema’s shining lights. This California-set […]

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]]> NETFLIX HIDDEN GEMS: Issue #10 https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/netflix-hidden-gems-10/ https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/netflix-hidden-gems-10/#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:01:18 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=5775 During these dog days of summer, why not remind yourself that life can be funny in addition to making you sweat and feel gross and drained all the time? These Netflixable treats should do the trick for ya. ***ISSUE #10: […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/netflix-hidden-gems-10/feed/ 2 NETFLIX HIDDEN GEMS: Issue #5 https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/netflix-hidden-gems-5/ Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:20:33 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=1500 Apologies for missing December but we had our hands full with both our Top 25 of the Decade post and our 2009 Hammer to Nail Awards. And though not everyone could make the deadline this month, there are more than […]

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]]> Filmmaker Reflections – The 2000s: Vol. 6 https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/filmmaker-reflections-the-2000s-vol-6/ Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:37:07 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=2844 (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. 6 We would advise anyone […]

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]]> EXILES, THE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/the-exiles-film-review/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:40:55 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=2314

(Distributed by Oscilloscope Pictures and Milestone Films, The Exiles is now available on DVD. Visit the film’s official website to watch a trailer and learn more.) Down and out on the margins of post-war, downtown Los Angeles, the subjects of […]

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]]> MEMORY THIEF, THE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/drama/the-memory-thief-film-review/ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:47:30 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=2330

(The Memory Thief is now available on DVD through 7th Art. Visit the film’s official website to view the trailer.) In a 1957 essay, Norman Mailer wrote that the Holocaust “presented a mirror to the human condition which blinded anyone […]

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