New York Times Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/new-york-times/ What to Watch Mon, 08 Jul 2024 17:58:21 +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 New York Times Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/new-york-times/ 32 32 TOTALLY UNDER CONTROL https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/totally-under-control/ Tue, 13 Oct 2020 15:46:23 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=33533

(Alex Gibney, Ophelia Harutyunyan and Suzanne Hillinger’s imperative doc Totally Under Control  is available now on VOD via Neon. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) Ever […]

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]]> A Conversation with Ramona Diaz (MOTHERLAND) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/ramona-diaz-interview/ Wed, 24 May 2017 21:44:00 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28157

I met with documentary director Ramona Diaz on Friday, May 5, 2017, at the Maryland Film Festival, to discuss her most recent film, Motherland (reviewed here), which premiered at Sundance. It tells the story of the “world’s busiest maternity ward“: […]

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]]> Nick Toti’s “Digital Gods”- Transmission Three.Five https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/digital-gods-transmission-three-five/ Tue, 01 Nov 2016 15:33:01 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=27175 (Here’s part 2 of Nick Toti’s interview with Zachary Oberzan about his life, his work, and the solemn meditative qualities of popular culture. Much like his movies, Oberzan’s answers range from the uncomfortably candid to the bizarre. Topics covered include: working in […]

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]]> Nick Toti’s “Digital Gods”- Transmission Three https://www.hammertonail.com/slideshow/digital-gods-transmission-three/ Mon, 24 Oct 2016 15:43:45 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=27117 (In this follow-up to the last Digital Gods entry, Nick Toti interviews Zachary Oberzan about his life, his work, and the solemn meditative qualities of popular culture. Much like his movies, Oberzan’s answers range from the uncomfortably candid to the […]

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]]> Nick Toti’s “Digital Gods”- Transmission Two https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/digital-gods-transmission-two/ Mon, 10 Oct 2016 16:36:58 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=27069 (Nick Toti analyzes the work of indier-than-you mega-stud Zachary Oberzan. Since the 2010 release of his one-man re-imagining of Rambo: First Blood, Oberzan’s DIY cinematic epics have been vastly under-seen and underappreciated. Click through to read (and then watch!) what […]

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]]> THE WITNESS https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/the-witness-movie-review/ Tue, 05 Jul 2016 20:20:05 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=26730

They leave us with many questions still unanswered, but with a sense of profound satisfaction that the questions were, finally, asked.

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]]> TRIBECA ’13: SUSANNA LOCASCIO’S WRAP-UP https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/tribeca-13-susanna-locascio-wrap-up/ Wed, 01 May 2013 18:18:05 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=20616 I don’t know the origins of this, but common knowledge says that it takes ten years to become a New Yorker. If that’s the case, the Tribeca Film Festival cruised past that mark last year. Like most of us, it […]

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]]> A Conversation With Alex Ross Perry (THE COLOR WHEEL) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-alex-ross-perry-the-color-wheel/ https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-alex-ross-perry-the-color-wheel/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 16:38:42 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=17202 Since the long planned HTN conversation between myself and Alex Ross Perry was also shaping up to be his last—at least with regards to his film The Color Wheel‘s impending theatrical release in New York City (on Friday, May 18, […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-alex-ross-perry-the-color-wheel/feed/ 6 A Conversation With Jarred Alterman (CONVENTO) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-jarred-alterman-convento/ https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-jarred-alterman-convento/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:52:01 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=15560 In my Pick of the Week review at the Filmmaker blog for Jarred Alterman’s Convento—in conjunction with its screening at Rooftop Films last summer—I had this to say about it: Jarred Alterman’s Convento is a multi-fold achievement. It’s an inspiring […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-jarred-alterman-convento/feed/ 1 CINE-DEBATE: GRAN TORINO – Are You Kidding Me??? https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/gran-torino-are-you-kidding-me/ https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/gran-torino-are-you-kidding-me/#comments Mon, 04 Oct 2010 20:36:01 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=6382 I believe the following to be true: If Clint Eastwood hadn’t directed or acted in Gran Torino and the role of Walt Kowalski had instead been played by an unknown theater actor from Detroit, and if everything else about the […]

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