Pamela Cohn Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/pamela-cohn/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 16:36:45 +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 Pamela Cohn Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/pamela-cohn/ 32 32 HOME VIDEO PICKS https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/new-dvd-releases-january-4-2011/ Tue, 04 Jan 2011 15:12:09 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=7620 Recommended Catfish (Universal) — The less said about the plot of Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost’s Catfish, the better. Which isn’t to say that it only works if one watches it with innocent eyes. But part of its magic is […]

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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 NETFLIX HIDDEN GEMS: Issue #11 (Labor/School Days) https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/netflix-hidden-gems-11/ Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:00:41 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=6145 September. Labor Day. Back to School. This month, we decided to celebrate these annual occasions by picking movies that are connected to ‘work’ or ‘school’ in some way, shape, or form. As you’ll see, some of the chosen titles aren’t […]

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]]> EDGE OF DREAMING, THE https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/the-edge-of-dreaming-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/the-edge-of-dreaming-film-review/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:04:39 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=5834

(The Edge of Dreaming is now available on DVD through Lorber Films. Go here to learn more.) At the beginning of The Edge of Dreaming, filmmaker Amy Hardie, a woman who admittedly never remembers her dreams, has an uncanny one. […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/the-edge-of-dreaming-film-review/feed/ 3 NETFLIX HIDDEN GEMS: Issue #10 https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/netflix-hidden-gems-10/ https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/netflix-hidden-gems-10/#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:01:18 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=5775 During these dog days of summer, why not remind yourself that life can be funny in addition to making you sweat and feel gross and drained all the time? These Netflixable treats should do the trick for ya. ***ISSUE #10: […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/netflix-hidden-gems-10/feed/ 2 DVD RELEASES 2010/8/17 https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/august-17-2010/ Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:51:09 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=5758 Recommends The Conversation (Lionsgate) — Truth be told, I didn’t do enough research to know what makes the release of this Francis Ford Coppola classic different from any others—had it become unavailable for some dumb reason?—but it is The Conversation, […]

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]]> NETFLIX HIDDEN GEMS: Issue #9 https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/netflix-hidden-gems-9/ Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:46:27 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=5337 Just so you guys have no excuses, we’re doing two months at once this time around. ***ISSUE #9: JUNE/JULY ‘10*** Red Without Blue (2007) — This moving and fascinating film is the documentary feature début of Brooke Sebold, Benita Sills […]

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]]> A Conversation With Pablo Aravena (NEXT: A PRIMER ON URBAN PAINTING) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-pablo-aravena-next-a-primer-on-urban-painting/ Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:46:55 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=5275 (Note: In light of the film’s domestic DVD release, we are posting a re-edited version of an interview HTN contributor Pamela Cohn conducted with filmmaker Pablo Aravena in 2006 and first posted at her blog Still In Motion.) Five years […]

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]]> STONEWALL UPRISING https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/stonewall-uprising-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/stonewall-uprising-film-review/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:22:02 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=5056

(Stonewall Uprising is now available on DVD through PBS/American Experience. It was released theatrically by First Run Features in over 20 cities in the US and opened at New York’s Film Forum for a one-week engagement Wednesday, June 16, 2010, […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/stonewall-uprising-film-review/feed/ 1 DVD RELEASES 2010/5/18 https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/dvd-releases-may-18-2010/ Tue, 18 May 2010 14:00:34 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=4002 A solid week, I’d say. Let’s get to it: The Messenger (Oscilloscope) — In The Messenger, Ben Foster is Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery, a clenched jaw Iraq war vet, who is forced into joining Gulf War vet Captain Tony Stone […]

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