The Comedy Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/the-comedy/ What to Watch Mon, 20 May 2024 17:28:37 +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 The Comedy Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/the-comedy/ 32 32 Mike S. Ryan’s (Very Biased) Favorite Low-Budget Indies Of The Decade https://www.hammertonail.com/features/mike-s-ryans-best-of-decade/ https://www.hammertonail.com/features/mike-s-ryans-best-of-decade/#comments Thu, 27 Feb 2020 20:02:12 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=32368

Mike S. Ryan’s very biased 25 fave low budget American Indies of the ‘10 Decade. 1. Moonlight-Barry Jenkins 2. Meek’s Cutoff/Certain Woman– Kelly Reichardt 3. The Rider-Chloe Zhao 4. The Fits– Anna Rose Holmer 5. It Felt Like Love– Eliza […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/features/mike-s-ryans-best-of-decade/feed/ 1 A Conversation with Janicza Bravo (LEMON) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/janicza-bravo-interview/ Thu, 24 Aug 2017 23:17:41 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28463

I met with director Janicza Bravo on Friday, May 5, 2017, at the Maryland Film Festival, where we discussed her first feature, the experimental narrative Lemon, which premiered at Sundance (and was reviewed at SXSW by our very own Don […]

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]]> LEMON https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/lemon-review/ Tue, 21 Mar 2017 16:19:25 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=27765

Janicza Bravo’s debut feature, Lemon, is quite subtle in its contemplation of race and gender.

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]]> On Sundance Walkouts… https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/on-sundance-walkouts/ Sat, 23 Jan 2016 21:47:02 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=25545 The last time I was able to attend the Sundance Film Festival was 2012 and it was a great year for smart, offbeat films. One film I was excited for was Rick Alverson’s The Comedy because I had heard tell […]

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]]> ENTERTAINMENT https://www.hammertonail.com/coming-soon/entertainment-movie-review/ Fri, 06 Nov 2015 18:28:25 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=25212

Entertainment is a nightmarish choose your own adventure story where the only thing more horrifying than a never-ending solitude is everything else.

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]]> The 2015 Oak Cliff Film Festival is Awesome! https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/the-2015-oak-cliff-film-festival-is-awesome/ Sat, 13 Jun 2015 22:42:21 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=24697 The 4th Annual Oak Cliff Film Festival in Dallas officially kicked off on Thursday, June 11 but I arrived a day early to get the lay of the land. I’m glad I did because there was a festival pre-party that […]

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]]> HEY EVERYBODY! IT’S THE 4TH ANNUAL OAK CLIFF FILM FESTIVAL! https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/hey-everybody-its-the-4th-annual-oak-cliff-film-festival/ Wed, 20 May 2015 23:49:12 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=24588 In 2010 my pals Barak Epstein, Eric Steele and Jason Reimer) took over the lease for the Texas Theater in Oak Cliff, TX. While the theater had been in operation since 1931 it gained national notoriety in 1963 when JFK […]

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]]> ENTERTAINMENT https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/entertainment-film-review/ Fri, 20 Mar 2015 19:00:17 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=23876

Love it or hate it—and you will most certainly do one or the other in a big, big way—it’s impossible to deny that Entertainment is the expression of a bold artist who is committed to rejecting norms and conventions.

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]]> SUN DON’T SHINE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/sun-dont-shine-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/sun-dont-shine-film-review/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:30:26 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=19084

Anticipation and frenzy emanates from every frame in Amy Seimetz's debut, leaving the audience with bated breath. A more compelling and original mystery hasn’t hit the screen in years.

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/sun-dont-shine-film-review/feed/ 4 A Conversation With Rick Alverson (THE COMEDY) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-rick-alverson-the-comedy/ https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-rick-alverson-the-comedy/#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:48:55 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=18866 Musician and filmmaker Rick Alverson premiered his new film The Comedy at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. I caught it at BAMcinemaFest this summer, and have been telling people to keep an eye out for it ever since. Picked up […]

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