Robert De Niro Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/robert-de-niro/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:36:42 +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 Robert De Niro Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/robert-de-niro/ 32 32 THE CURBSIDE CRITERION: MEAN STREETS https://www.hammertonail.com/blu-ray/criterion-mean-streets/ Mon, 11 Dec 2023 17:25:52 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=41031

(Here at Hammer to Nail, we are all about true independent cinema. But we also have to tip our hat to the great films of yesteryear that continue to inspire filmmakers and cinephiles alike. This week, Brad Cook wanders the […]

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]]> Hammer to Nail’s 20 Most-Anticipated Films at Tribeca 2023 https://www.hammertonail.com/features/tribeca-2023/ Tue, 06 Jun 2023 19:48:18 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=39604

Founded in 2002 in response to the September 11 terrorist attacks on downtown Manhattan, the Tribeca Film Festival spent its first few two decades running at the end of April. In 2021, the festival moved to June as a response […]

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]]> A Conversation with Alessandro Borghi (THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/alessandro-borghi/ Thu, 01 Jun 2023 17:21:38 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=39571

Alessandro Borghi has been working in television and film since 2006. As a teenager he had dreams to be a boxer while studying Econ. From there he watched the film Raging Bull, which changed his life forever. He has starred […]

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]]> A Conversation with Toby Genkel (THE AMAZING MAURICE) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/toby-genkel/ https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/toby-genkel/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2023 19:30:14 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=38845

The new animated film The Amazing Maurice had its premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival (where I reviewed it), and came out in theaters on February 3. An adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/toby-genkel/feed/ 3 Nelson Kim’s 2019 New York Film Festival Report https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/2019-nyff-wrap/ https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/2019-nyff-wrap/#comments Mon, 28 Oct 2019 18:38:28 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=31665

The 2019 New York Film Festival began with a bang — the world premiere of Martin Scorsese’s feverishly anticipated The Irishman. And The Irishman itself ended with a whimper, or something close to it: This long (three and a half […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/2019-nyff-wrap/feed/ 3 A Conversation with Caroline Dhavernas (EASY LIVING) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/caroline-dhavernas-interview/ Thu, 13 Apr 2017 21:22:21 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=27969

I met with Canadian actress Caroline Dhavernas (Mars et Avril) on Monday, March 13, 2017, at SXSW, to discuss her collaboration on Adam Keleman‘s first feature, Easy Living (which I also reviewed). The film is a charming dramedy about a thirtysomething door-to-door […]

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]]> DEER HUNTER, THE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/the-deer-hunter-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/the-deer-hunter-film-review/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:51:43 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=9505

The Deer Hunter depicts the effects of Vietnam in microcosm and allows viewers to draw the link between its characters and the countless others who suffered similar or worse fates of their own.

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/the-deer-hunter-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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]]> LBS. https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/lbs-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/lbs-film-review/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:29:26 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=2996

(Released by Truly Indie, Lbs. opens in New York City on Friday, March 26, 2010, before expanding to more cities across the country. Visit the film’s official website to learn more.) Lbs. feels like one of those movies that was […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/lbs-film-review/feed/ 3 THE SHADOW OF ST. PATRICK’S by Noah Buschel https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/the-shadow-of-st-patrick%e2%80%99s-by-noah-buschel/ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:49:32 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=1014 It was John Cassavetes, or so the story goes, who told Martin Scorsese to make personal films. Cassavetes had just watched Boxcar Bertha, and while he appreciated it for what it was—a solid Roger Corman B movie—he knew Scorsese had […]

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