Red Bucket Films Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/red-bucket-films/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 16:46:59 +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 Red Bucket Films Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/red-bucket-films/ 32 32 JOHN’S GONE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/johns-gone-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/johns-gone-film-review/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:40:23 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=9163

What the Safdies seem to capture best is the jazzy chaos of New York. The streets and apartment hallways never seem like sets, in part because of their permit-free shooting style.

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/johns-gone-film-review/feed/ 1 Josh and Benny Safdie’s EMOTIONAL SLOPPY MANIC CINEMA at BAM https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/josh-and-benny-safdie-emotional-sloppy-manic-cinema-at-bam/ Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:52:07 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=5713 (Emotional Sloppy Manic Cinema runs Thursday August 12 through Tuesday August 24, 2010, at BAM. Go here to learn more.) Though they are still only their mid-20s, brothers Josh and Benny Safdie have made quite a splash on the independent […]

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]]> DADDY LONGLEGS https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/daddy-longlegs-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/daddy-longlegs-film-review/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 13:16:16 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=3952

(Daddy Longlegs is now available on DVD through KimStim/Zeitgeist. It was distributed theatrically by IFC Films and opened in New York City on May 14, 2010, at the IFC Center. Visit the distributor’s page for information, and also be sure […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/daddy-longlegs-film-review/feed/ 4 ATTN FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAMMERS: 2010 Edition, Vol. 1 https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/attn-film-festival-programmers-2010-edition-vol-1/ Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:27:30 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=1360 I thought it might be nice at this early stage in 2010 to let the world know about some brand new films that I have been lucky enough to see and that I found to be rewarding and worthwhile on […]

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]]> MEAN TIME, THE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/the-mean-time-film-review/ Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:16:53 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=3052

While the story of The Mean Time is relatively easy to summarize, the odd and engaging world Zachary Treitz fashions over the course of 18 minutes is not.

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]]> ACQUAINTANCES OF A LONELY JOHN, THE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/comedy/the-acquaintances-of-a-lonely-john-film-review/ Mon, 19 May 2008 20:53:27 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=740 (Visit the official Red Bucket Films website to see the prolific Safdie Brothers in action.) This is how it always happens. Benny Safdie, an undergraduate film school student at Boston University, picks up his degree and proceeds to fly directly […]

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