love Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/love/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:28:44 +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 love Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/love/ 32 32 VORTEX Trailer: Gaspar Noé’s Heartbreaking Take on Age & Mortality https://www.hammertonail.com/trailer/vortex-gasper-noe/ Fri, 11 Mar 2022 17:07:58 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=36497

After exploring the reckless lives of youth in Enter The Void, Love, and Climax, Gaspar Noé returns to devastate us with a look at the inevitability of getting old and dying. In Vortex, which had its world premiere at last […]

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]]> THE WATER MAN https://www.hammertonail.com/in-theatres/the-water-man-theatrical/ Fri, 07 May 2021 18:31:54 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=34896

(Actor David Oyelowo’s directorial debut, The Water Man, premieres May 7 in theaters. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) Gunner is a lively boy, working on […]

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]]> Mike S. Ryan’s (Very Biased) Favorite Low-Budget Indies Of The Decade https://www.hammertonail.com/features/mike-s-ryans-best-of-decade/ https://www.hammertonail.com/features/mike-s-ryans-best-of-decade/#comments Thu, 27 Feb 2020 20:02:12 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=32368

Mike S. Ryan’s very biased 25 fave low budget American Indies of the ‘10 Decade. 1. Moonlight-Barry Jenkins 2. Meek’s Cutoff/Certain Woman– Kelly Reichardt 3. The Rider-Chloe Zhao 4. The Fits– Anna Rose Holmer 5. It Felt Like Love– Eliza […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/features/mike-s-ryans-best-of-decade/feed/ 1 A Conversation with Renée Beaulieu and Brigitte Poupart (LES SALOPES OR THE NATURALLY WANTON PLEASURE OF SKIN) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/les-salopes-interview/ Tue, 04 Dec 2018 19:50:46 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30524 I met with French Canadian director Renée Beaulieu and lead actress Brigitte Poupart on Friday, September 7, 2018, at the Toronto International Film Festival, to discuss their collaboration on Les Salopes or the Naturally Wanton Pleasure of Skin (which I […]

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]]> LES SALOPES OR THE NATURALLY WANTON PLEASURE OF SKIN https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/les-salopes-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/les-salopes-review/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2018 21:38:53 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30122

Les Salopes or the Naturally Wanton Pleasure of Skin is a strong, unapologetic feminist reclamation of female sexuality.

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/les-salopes-review/feed/ 1 IZZY GETS THE FUCK ACROSS TOWN https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/izzy-gets-the-fuck-across-town-review/ Thu, 21 Jun 2018 21:26:27 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29812

It’s worth noting that first-time film director Christian Papierniak has a background in video games because that’s a bit how Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town plays out.

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]]> A Conversation with Kleber Mendonça Filho (NEIGHBORING SOUNDS) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-kleber-mendonca-filho-neighboring-sounds/ Sat, 06 Apr 2013 18:00:34 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=17797 (NOTE: This conversation was first published on June 27, 2012.) Brazilian filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho is the picture of confidence, striding onto the upper deck of the L.A. Live parking structure, which has been turned into offices, a filmmaker lounge, […]

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]]> HOLY MOTORS https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/holy-motors-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/holy-motors-film-review/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:30:27 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=17325

Leos Carax has created a perfect actor’s vehicle for Denis Lavant that is also so much more: a puzzle, an inquiry, a funhouse and a world of meanings ready to be scrutinized and pored over.

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/holy-motors-film-review/feed/ 4 Cannes 2012 Dispatch #10: Love, Actually https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/cannes-2012-dispatch-10-love-actually/ https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/cannes-2012-dispatch-10-love-actually/#comments Sun, 27 May 2012 19:59:07 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=17399 Back in my Polish flat mere hours before the closing ceremony of this year’s festival—my elbows still sore from fighting my way into press screenings—I duly watched the verdict unravel upon my Twitter feed, hitting the ‘refresh’ button incessantly as […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/cannes-2012-dispatch-10-love-actually/feed/ 1 Cannes 2012 Dispatch #8: Hello, I Must Be Going https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/cannes-2012-dispatch-8-hello-i-must-be-going/ Thu, 24 May 2012 13:17:03 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=17379 Another sunny day here in Cannes started with a loud round of booing to greet the end credits of Lee Daniels’ The Paperboy: a pulpy, finger-painted piece of unfocused melodrama that stands a good chance of spawning a midnight cult […]

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