Pulp Fiction Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/pulp-fiction/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:11:14 +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 Pulp Fiction Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/pulp-fiction/ 32 32 THE DEATH OF DICK LONG https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/death-of-dick-long-review/ Wed, 16 Oct 2019 18:32:20 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30676

(The 2019 Sundance Film Festival takes place January 24-February 3 in Park City Utah. Hammer to Nail guarantees more reviews from the fest than any other website around. That alone is worth $1.00 per month to help keep us going!)  If you’ve got a […]

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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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]]> Here Comes the Bend Film Festival! https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/bend-filmfest-preview/ Wed, 11 Oct 2017 20:27:05 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28576 The 14th Annual Bend Film Festival (in Bend, OR) kicks off Thursday, October 12 and I will be there as a juror for the Narrative Films section. Even before Erik Jambor took over as festival programmer, the Bend Film Festival […]

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]]> INFINITY BABY https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/infinity-baby-review/ Wed, 11 Oct 2017 17:02:48 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28177

For the uninitiated, Byington’s films are best describes as Twilight Zone Todd Solondz with jokes.

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]]> A BAD IDEA GONE WRONG https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/bad-idea-gone-wrong-review/ Sun, 19 Mar 2017 21:01:02 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=27743

This is precisely what allows Headley to dig into the heart and soul of his characters, and that is essentially what makes A Bad Idea Gone Wrong so damn enjoyable.

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]]> PATERSON https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/paterson-review/ Thu, 22 Dec 2016 21:07:53 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=27340

And to be clear, as much as I do love Jim Jarmusch and his complete works thus far, mileage may vary.

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]]> A Conversation With Spencer Parsons (BITE RADIUS) Part 2 https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-spencer-parsons-bite-radius-part-2/ Wed, 19 Aug 2015 19:50:08 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=24952 (Filmmaker Spencer Parsons is no stranger to horror films but he’s never made a film as horrific as his latest, the 30-minute short Bite Radius. Based on a real life murder the film centers on ne’er do-well party animals Peyton and Nicole who are forced […]

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]]> A Conversation With Spencer Parsons (BITE RADIUS) https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/horror/a-conversation-with-spencer-parsons-bite-radius/ Tue, 18 Aug 2015 17:27:53 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=24925

(Filmmaker Spencer Parsons is no stranger to horror films but he’s never made a film as horrific as his latest, the 30-minute short Bite Radius. Based on a real life murder the film centers on ne’er do-well party animals Peyton and […]

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]]> BORSCHT 8 FILM FESTIVAL https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/borscht-8-film-festival/ Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:32:48 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=19273

If I had to sum up the Borscht Film Festival in one word it would be ‘youth.’ The Borscht Corp collective dates back to high school friendships formed at Miami’s New World School of the Arts, and from what I […]

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]]> VENGEFUL BASTERD https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/vengeful-basterd-by-noah-buschel/ https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/vengeful-basterd-by-noah-buschel/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:29:53 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=978 By jumping genres, Quentin Tarantino has made three straight revenge films without anyone really noticing. He’s been making his version of One-Eyed Jacks over and over, using different costumes to make it seem like different movies.

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