Take Out Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/take-out/ What to Watch Mon, 05 Jan 2026 16:17:13 +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 Take Out Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/take-out/ 32 32 HAMMER TO NAIL’S BEST FILMS OF 2025 https://www.hammertonail.com/features/htn-best-films-2025/ Sun, 04 Jan 2026 22:51:51 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=54718

There has been no shortage of artistically strong films in 2025, which is why the critics at Hammer to Nail offer up such a great variety of titles in their respective Top 10 lists of the year. Our choices run […]

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]]> A Conversation with Sean Baker (ANORA) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/sean-baker-anora/ Thu, 24 Oct 2024 21:53:53 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=51914

Few American filmmakers have shown as consistent a dedication to portraying marginalized communities with dignity and complexity as Sean Baker. From his early collaboration with Shih-Ching Tsou on 2004’s Take Out which intimately captured the day-in-the-life of an undocumented Chinese […]

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]]> DRIVERS WANTED https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/drivers-wanted-film-review/ Tue, 10 Sep 2013 14:00:30 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=19095

Without adding unnecessary spice or drama, the filmmakers provide an honest glimpse into the lives of human beings who have chosen a profession that, like just about every job that has ever existed, has its good and its bad times.

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]]> A Conversation With Sean Baker and Dree Hemingway (STARLET) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-sean-baker-and-dree-hemingway-starlet/ Thu, 08 Nov 2012 21:16:13 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=18826 [Starlet is now available on DVD and Blu-ray.] Though Starlet couldn’t be more different than Sean Baker’s recent micro-budget gems Take Out and Prince of Broadway, it once again proves that he’s one of independent cinema’s shining lights. This California-set […]

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]]> PRINCE OF BROADWAY https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/prince-of-broadway-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/prince-of-broadway-film-review/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:08:50 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=88

(After a wildly successful film festival run that began when it won the Target Award at the 2008 Los Angeles Film Festival, Prince of Broadway was finally released theatrically on September, 3, 2010, by Elephant Eye Films and is now […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/prince-of-broadway-film-review/feed/ 4 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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]]> WAH DO DEM https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/drama/wah-do-dem-filmreview/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/drama/wah-do-dem-filmreview/#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:08:40 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=5134

(Wah Do Dem is now available on DVD through Factory 25. It opened in NYC and Los Angeles on Friday, June 18, 2010, and Boston on June 25, 2010, before expanding to other cities in the following weeks and months. […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/drama/wah-do-dem-filmreview/feed/ 3 BAMcinemaFEST 2010 – An Overview (Updated Daily!!!) https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/bamcinemafest-2010-htn-overview/ https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/bamcinemafest-2010-htn-overview/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:18:37 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=4963

After a resoundingly successful first year, BAMcinemaFEST is back to reaffirm its status as one of the premiere showcases in New York City for the freshest and brightest cinema of the current calendar year. While the BAMcinemaFEST program is most […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/bamcinemafest-2010-htn-overview/feed/ 1 A Conversation With Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher (OCTOBER COUNTRY) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-michael-palmieri-and-donal-mosher-october-country/ Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:50:57 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=304 A few weeks back, in my very personal recap of the 2010 Cinema Eye Honors, I made my opinion of Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher’s October Country quite clear. In the subsequent few weeks, I encountered multiple people who told […]

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]]> Filmmaker Reflections – The 2000s: Vol. 1 https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/filmmaker-reflections-the-2000s-vol-1/ Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:55:32 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=2858 This year, the normally one-fisted punch of “Best of” lists has come from both sets of knuckles, which can be both exhilarating and exhausting. While we finalize our own Best of ‘09 and Best of The ’00s posts, we wanted […]

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