North Korea Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/north-korea/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:37:54 +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 North Korea Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/north-korea/ 32 32 A Conversation With Ryan White (ASSASSINS) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/ryan-white/ Wed, 06 Jan 2021 01:45:52 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=33973

I recently spoke by Zoom with director Ryan White (Ask Dr. Ruth) about his latest documentary, Assassins (which I also reviewed), which tells the too-crazy-to-be-true tale of how North Korea’s Kim Jong-un planned and executed the assassination of his half-brother, […]

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]]> UNDER THE SUN https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/under-the-sun-movie-review/ Tue, 12 Jul 2016 17:02:47 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=26757

Under the Sun is fairly extraordinary in its exposure of the lies that prop up North Korea’s system.

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]]> THE LOVERS AND THE DESPOT https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/the-lovers-and-the-despot/ Sun, 24 Jan 2016 22:22:15 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=25560

The 2016 Sundance Film Festival is in full swing and we have boots on the ground as well as eyes on screener links for the whole festival! Stay tuned to hammer to Nail as reviews start rolling in...

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]]> AMBASSADOR, THE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/the-ambassador-film-review/ Mon, 03 Sep 2012 14:30:55 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=18347

The emotional core of the film, dressed up in irony and even broad humor, is a quiet rage about the systemic crimes being committed in Africa with impunity.

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]]> RED CHAPEL, THE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/comedy/the-red-chapel-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/comedy/the-red-chapel-film-review/#comments Mon, 03 Jan 2011 12:30:28 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=2722

In Mads Brügger’s The Red Chapel, we get a rare glimpse of the dystopic urban nightmare that is Pyongyang, North Korea. The film has gone out into the world as a Danish film, but it is very much a North Korean one as well, a chilling and fascinating glimpse of that clandestine place.

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/comedy/the-red-chapel-film-review/feed/ 1 HOME VIDEO PICKS https://www.hammertonail.com/on-dvd/new-dvd-releases-october-12-2010/ https://www.hammertonail.com/on-dvd/new-dvd-releases-october-12-2010/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:02:21 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=6741 Recommended To Varying Degrees White on Rice (Indieblitz Releasing) — What if, by some glorious mistake, Savage Steve Holland (Better Off Dead, One Crazy Summer) had been hired to direct the American remake of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Tokyo Sonata? The result […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/on-dvd/new-dvd-releases-october-12-2010/feed/ 1 JUCHE IDEA, THE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/the-juche-idea-film-review/ Fri, 28 May 2010 15:50:14 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=4708

(The Juche Idea is now available on DVD thanks to Lorber Films. It screened theatrically for one week at Anthology Film Archives from Thursday, May 27th through Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010. It will be preceded by two of Jim Finn’s […]

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]]> NEW DIRECTORS/NEW FILMS 2010 – HTN’s Recommendations https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/new-directorsnew-films-2010-htns-recommendations/ Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:07:59 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=80 From today through April 4, New Yorkers will be treated to the latest edition of New Directors/New Films. This indispensable program celebrating noteworthy work by younger filmmakers across the globe is put together by the Film Society of Lincoln Center […]

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]]> SUNDANCE 2010: Tully’s Wrap-Up https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/sundance-2010-michael-tully-wrap-up/ https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/sundance-2010-michael-tully-wrap-up/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:58:57 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=1776 From the moment one set foot in Park City for the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, it became quite clear that the powers-that-be were using the departure of longtime festival director Geoffrey Gilmore as a subconscious marketing tool. Though the ad […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/sundance-2010-michael-tully-wrap-up/feed/ 1 WHOLPHIN NO. 8 https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/short-film/wholphin-no-8-film-review/ Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:24:20 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=2788

(Wholphin No. 8 is now available. Go to the Wholphin website to subscribe to the magazine and order a copy for yourself.) Short film lovers, rejoice! The time has arrived once again for the “DVD Magazine of Rare and Unseen […]

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