Mumblecore Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/mumblecore/ What to Watch Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:55:18 +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 Mumblecore Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/mumblecore/ 32 32 A Conversation with Roxy Sophie Sorkin (SWOLLEN) https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/roxy-sorkin/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/roxy-sorkin/#comments Wed, 21 May 2025 18:49:38 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=53202

Rising filmmaker Roxy Sophie Sorkin brings her unique comedic sensibility to the screen with Swollen, a sharp-witted short film which premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. In this 13-minute horror-comedy, two best friends recovering from facial plastic surgery find […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/roxy-sorkin/feed/ 1 18 AND 1/2 https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/18-and-1-2/ Tue, 19 Oct 2021 18:35:02 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=35688

(Indie film stalwart Dan Mirvish is back with the kooky 18 1/2. The film is currently making the festival rounds. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) Director […]

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]]> BANANA SPLIT https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/banana-split-review/ Wed, 29 May 2019 17:41:17 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=31191

Young romantic love is a big deal, but high school BFFs are some of the most intense relationships in a woman’s life.

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]]> Nick Toti’s “Digital Gods”- Season Two, Transmission Six (Part 3.2) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/digital-gods-2-6-3-2/ Wed, 19 Sep 2018 19:03:38 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30100 (The following is the second half of Nick Toti’s interview with Megan Boyle and Tao Lin of MDMAfilms. Part one can be found here.) Hammer to Nail: A lot of reviews of your movies that I’ve read compare the MDMAfilms project […]

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]]> Nick Toti’s “Digital Gods”- Season Two, Transmission Six (Part 3.1) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/digital-gods-2-6-3/ Thu, 06 Sep 2018 18:35:13 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30094 This interview is the third and final installment of my series on MDMAfilms. To be as frank as possible, I’m not terribly happy with how this interview turned out, but I think it’s worth publishing regardless. Both Megan Boyle and […]

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]]> Nick Toti’s “Digital Gods”- Season Two, Transmission Five (Part 2) https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/experimental/digital-gods-2-5-2/ Wed, 22 Aug 2018 18:19:51 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30034 In the last Digital Gods installment, we examined the cultural context surrounding MDMAfilms, the production company created by authors Megan Boyle and Tao Lin. This article will now look at the actual movies that MDMAfilms produced. Particularly, this piece will […]

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]]> ON THE FRINGE, PART SIX: GAS, FOOD LODGING (1992) https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/drama/on-the-fringe-6/ Wed, 11 Apr 2018 18:20:22 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29409 Allison Anders’ sophomore feature Gas, Food Lodging is an aspirational film about fantasy. It is in many ways an antithesis of the kind of movies I’ve been chronicling and will continue to discuss with my “On the Fringe” series. Gas, Food Lodging is in fact an […]

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]]> DRIFTWOOD https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/driftwood-2-review/ Tue, 05 Dec 2017 21:47:22 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28765

Paul Taylor’s Driftwood is an impressive exercise in the exploration of human creations like the patriarchy with little resources at his disposal

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]]> DVD RELEASES 2010/9/14 https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/september-14-2010/ Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:57:10 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=6057 Recommended Looking For Eric (MPI Home Video) — Ken Loach just about bites off more genres than he can chew in this story of a downtrodden single father whose life is falling apart, until his hero, ex-Manchester United footballer Eric […]

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]]> MILLION DOLLAR BABY And The Lost Art of the Metaphor by Noah Buschel https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/noah-buschel-on-million-dollar-baby/ https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/noah-buschel-on-million-dollar-baby/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:21:58 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=5034 I know a lot of people don’t think much of Million Dollar Baby. The screenwriter was a long time Scientologist and bequeathed on us the atrocity called Crash. There’s a grouchy priest who says wise, grouchy things. And shit, if […]

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