Satyajit Ray Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/satyajit-ray/ What to Watch Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:22:10 +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 Satyajit Ray Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/satyajit-ray/ 32 32 DAYS AND NIGHTS IN THE FOREST https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/days-and-night-in-the-forest/ Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:49:23 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=55136

(Check out Matt Delman’s movie review of Days and Nights in the Forest, which Janus Films is re-releasing starting at Film Forum in NYC tomorrow, February 27, and in LA at the Laemmle Royal on Friday, March 6. Seen it? Join the […]

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]]> A Conversation with Charles Burnett (KILLER OF SHEEP) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/charles-burnett/ Mon, 28 Apr 2025 19:59:32 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=53083

Imagine this peculiar back-and-forth as mere embellishment. There is a far superior interview—in Interview, no less—with the great Charles Burnett and Barry Jenkins “You’re Either a Storyteller or a Liar” Go read that. Then, if interest persists, you can return […]

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]]> A CONVERSATION WITH ARIE & CHUKO ESIRI (EYIMOFE/THIS IS MY DESIRE) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/arie-chuko-esiri/ Wed, 27 Apr 2022 20:37:16 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=36966

Eyimofe (This Is My Desire), the debut feature by the Nigerian twin brothers Arie and Chuko Esiri, premiered at the 2020 Berlin International Film Festival in February 2020, mere weeks before the world shut down. Just over two years later […]

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]]> MAGDALENA VIRAGA https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/magdalena-viraga/ Mon, 07 Mar 2022 22:05:35 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=36416

(Nina Menkes will be honored with a comprehensive retrospective at BAM March 4-10 and the American Cinematheque March 12-26. Additional cities to be announced. Jonathan Marlow has this movie review of Magdalena Viraga. Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) […]

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]]> LAST FILM SHOW https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/last-film-show/ Fri, 11 Jun 2021 16:16:38 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=35048

(The 2021 Tribeca Film Festival opens Wednesday, Jun 9, 2021 and runs all the way through Sunday, Jun 20. hammer to Nail has you covered with tons of coverage, coming your way! Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not […]

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]]> A Conversation with Joshua Z. Weinstein & Menashe Lustig (MENASHE) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/menashe-interview/ Thu, 27 Jul 2017 20:32:36 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28426 I spoke by phone with filmmaker Joshua Z. Weinstein, on Monday, May 22, 2017, about the making of his narrative feature debut, Menashe (which I reviewed, as well, at the Washington Jewish Film Festival). A thoughtful meditation on love, grief […]

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]]> A Conversation with Vinay Shukla (AN INSIGNIFICANT MAN) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/vinay-shukla-interview/ Fri, 07 Jul 2017 18:29:30 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28343

I met with documentary filmmaker Vinay Shukla, on Saturday, June 17, 2017, at AFI DOCS 2017, to discuss his feature debut, An Insignificant Man (which I also reviewed), co-directed by Khushboo Ranka (she did not attend the festival). The movie […]

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]]> A Conversation with Shirley Abraham and Amit Madheshiya (THE CINEMA TRAVELLERS) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/shirley-abraham-amit-madheshiya-interview/ Mon, 24 Apr 2017 20:08:19 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28023 One of the standout films I caught at this year’s The 19th RiverRun International Film Festival (March 30-April 9) was Shirley Abraham and Amit Madheshiya’s The Cinema Travellers, at once a love letter to movie-going and a gorgeous portrait of a […]

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]]> “THE BLUEPRINT” – Ira Sachs and Mike Ryan on FORTY SHADES OF BLUE https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/%e2%80%9cthe-blueprint%e2%80%9d-ira-sachs-and-mike-ryan-on-forty-shades-of-blue/ Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:05:00 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=1036 (In our new series “The Blueprint,” producers and directors discuss more pointed aspects about their filmmaking process. For the first installment, Hammer to Nail writer and Forty Shades of Blue line producer Mike S. Ryan asks director Ira Sachs about […]

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