Spike Jonze Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/spike-jonze/ What to Watch Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:35:01 +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 Spike Jonze Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/spike-jonze/ 32 32 A Conversation with Pasqual Gutierrez & Ben Mullinkosson (SERIOUS PEOPLE) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/serious-people/ Mon, 03 Feb 2025 17:44:21 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=52504

Doppelgangers would hardly be considered fresh in cinema nowadays if one would look back at both indies and classics such as Duncan Jones’ Moon, Spike Jonze’s Adaptation, and even Chaplin’s The Great Dictator. But writer-directors Pasqual Gutierrez and Ben Mullinkosson […]

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]]> BABYLON Uncensored Trailer: Damien Chazelle Returns with a Mad 1920s Hollywood Tale https://www.hammertonail.com/trailer/babylon/ Tue, 13 Sep 2022 15:23:07 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=37920

Six years after La La Land, Oscar winner Damien Chazelle returns with another Hollywood fairytale, although this one seems to be more ambitious and unhinged. Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie take center stage in Babylon, which is set in the […]

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]]> WYRM https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/wyrm/ Thu, 27 May 2021 14:15:10 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=34858

(Christopher Winterbauer’s feature debut, Wyrm, is still making the rounds at film festivals, most recently at the San Francisco International Film Fest. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not pay just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) […]

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]]> A Conversation with Billy Corben and Alfred Spellman (SCREWBALL) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/screwball/ Thu, 27 Sep 2018 19:30:50 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30185

I met with director Billy Corben (Cocaine Cowboys) and producer Alfred Spellman on Saturday, September 8, 2018, at the Toronto International Film Festival, to discuss their latest feature documentary Screwball (which I also reviewed). The film tells the story of […]

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]]> OPERATOR https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/operator-movie-review/ Tue, 15 Mar 2016 17:52:38 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=25871

Enjoyably Eccentric Operator Tackles the Human/Technology Divide

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]]> A Conversation With Anja Marquardt and Marc Menchaca (SHE’S LOST CONTROL) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-anja-marquardt-and-marc-menchaca-shes-lost-control/ Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:52:45 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=22989 (She’s Lost Control world premiered at the 2014 Berlinale. It also screened at the 2014 SXSW Film Festival, and will have its New York premiere at New Directors/New Films 2014, the first screening which is on Saturday March 29th. Visit […]

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]]> AFI FEST 2013 PREVIEW https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/afi-fest-2013-preview/ Wed, 06 Nov 2013 19:56:40 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=22080 (AFI FEST 2013 runs November 7th-14th in Hollywood. Visit the festival’s official website for more information.) AFI FEST is the place and time in Los Angeles to see an amazing selection of the best and most talked about art-house films […]

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]]> BIRTH OF BIG AIR, THE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/documentary/the-birth-of-big-air-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/documentary/the-birth-of-big-air-film-review/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:18:22 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=5531

(The Birth of Big Air premieres Thursday, July 29th, at 7pm on ESPN. Visit the film’s page at the 30 For 30 website to learn more.) Two things are made abundantly clear while watching The Birth of Big Air, Jeff […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/documentary/the-birth-of-big-air-film-review/feed/ 1 DVD RELEASES – 2010/3/2 https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/dvd-releases-201032/ Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:06:18 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=1802 An interesting, rather well rounded week for new home video releases. Let’s get to it: Fully Recommended The Beaches of Agnes (Cinema Guild) — Playfully linking together experiences and memories, observations and thought, culminating in revelations that are far outside […]

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]]> PLEASURE OF BEING ROBBED, THE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/comedy/the-pleasure-of-being-robbed-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/comedy/the-pleasure-of-being-robbed-film-review/#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:11:48 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=112 (Distributed by IFC Films, The Pleasure of Being Robbed is now available on DVD.) The discovery of a fresh new directorial talent never fails to excite and inspire. After producing a staggering amount of stellar short film work over the […]

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