Michael Almereyda Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/michael-almereyda/ What to Watch Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:47:01 +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 Michael Almereyda Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/michael-almereyda/ 32 32 NADJA (1994) https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/nadja-1984/ Thu, 05 Feb 2026 20:22:45 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=54989

(Check out Jonathan Marlow’s Nadja movie review. Michael Almereyda’s 1994 vampire film has been given the 4k restoration treatment and is in theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Our season of the vampires. Predisposed to […]

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]]> A Conversation with Michael Almereyda (TESLA) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/michael-almereyda/ Mon, 21 Sep 2020 18:58:23 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=33392

Near the conclusion of Michael Almereyda’s beguiling Tesla, the title character, played mysterious mystical perfect Ethan Hawke, steps up to the mic for a karaoke version of Everybody Wants To Rule The World by Tears For Fears. His voice is […]

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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 THE CURBSIDE CRITERION: CAMERAPERSON https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/criterion-cameraperson/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/criterion-cameraperson/#comments Wed, 19 Jul 2017 16:38:57 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28400

...but perhaps what matters most is the viewer's perception of that truth, as refracted through the lens of his/her personal eye. We are all, indeed, camerapeople.

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/criterion-cameraperson/feed/ 1 Revisiting Milgram and Zimbardo’s Human Behavior Experiments https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/revisiting-milgram-and-zimbardos-human-behavior-experiments-cine-debate/ Mon, 27 Jul 2015 14:04:11 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=24859 Stanley Milgram and Philip Zimbardo’s Human Behavior Experiments are ripe fodder for both fictional narratives and documentaries. But are their experiments broken from the start? Lauren Wissot makes a good case that they are in our latest installment of "Cine-Debate."

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]]> SUNDANCE ’15: MIKE S. RYAN’S WRAP-UP https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/sundance-2015-mike-s-ryan-wrap-up/ Mon, 09 Feb 2015 19:35:59 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=23937 Just a quick refresher course, since it’s hard to believe, but it’s actually been some six-plus years since the sky fell and the bottom dropped out of the Indie Bubble. In the fall of 2008, the US financial markets suffered […]

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]]> *WATCH NEW MOVIES AT HOME* — AUGUST ’13 https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/watch-new-movies-at-home-august-2013/ https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/watch-new-movies-at-home-august-2013/#comments Mon, 05 Aug 2013 20:17:14 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=21442 First things first: by changing our previously named “VOD Picks” post to “*Watch New Movies At Home*,” we aren’t telling you to ditch movie theaters in favor of staying glued to your comfy couches. It’s just that now more than […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/watch-new-movies-at-home-august-2013/feed/ 1 BAMcinemaFest 2013 — An Overview https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/bamcinemafest-2013-an-overview/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:30:03 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=20952 Are you ready, New York City movie lovers, for the finest American independent film festival showcase your monstrous city has to offer? If so, then good, because BAMcinemaFest is back. This year’s edition runs from Wednesday, June 19th, through Friday, […]

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]]> PARADISE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/documentary/paradise-film-review/ Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:14:19 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=900 (Paradise opens at MoMA on Thursday, September 24th, 2009, and screens through Wednesday the 30th. Go here for details.) Michael Almereyda’s Paradise begins with a slow tracking shot taken from a moving walkway in an airport. It’s a contradiction of […]

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