The Godfather Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/the-godfather/ What to Watch Tue, 08 Oct 2024 19:21:34 +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 Godfather Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/the-godfather/ 32 32 ARMAGEDDON TIME https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/armageddon-time/ Thu, 26 May 2022 17:32:43 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=37181

(The 2022 Cannes Film Festival runs May 17-28. Our own Jack Schenker is at the fest and has this movie review of Armageddon Time. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page). James Gray returns from outer space for […]

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]]> FEAR CITY: NEW YORK VS. THE MAFIA https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/fear-city-doc/ Tue, 21 Jul 2020 14:42:23 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=33148

(Hobkinson’s new three-part documentary series for Netflix, Fear City: New York vs. the Mafia is available for streaming on that platform starting Wednesday, July 22. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via […]

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]]> SHOOTING THE MAFIA https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/shooting-the-mafia-review/ Thu, 07 Feb 2019 19:16:57 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30721

The director also has access to an impressive array of archival video and film footage, as well, making Shooting the Mafia an in-depth history of 20th-century Sicily

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]]> A Conversation with Paprika Steen and Sofie Gråbøl (THAT TIME OF YEAR) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/that-time-of-year-interview/ Mon, 08 Oct 2018 18:07:39 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30228 I met with director/star Paprika Steen and supporting actress Sofie Gråbøl on Saturday, September 8, 2018, at the Toronto International Film Festival, to discuss their collaboration on Steen’s That Time of Year (which I also reviewed), which premiered at the […]

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]]> MOST VIOLENT YEAR, A https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/a-most-violent-year-film-review/ Wed, 14 Jan 2015 16:00:41 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=23823

Genre fans may dismiss A Most Violent Year as The Least Violent Crime Film Ever Made, but that doesn’t mean it lacks intensity.

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]]> THE SUMMERTIME SHOOT ‘EM UP by Noah Buschel https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/the-summertime-shoot-em-up-by-noah-buschel/ https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/the-summertime-shoot-em-up-by-noah-buschel/#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2012 20:47:18 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=18176 Christopher Nolan, director of The Dark Knight Rises, released a statement after the shooting in Aurora, Colorado, that killed 12 people and wounded more than 70. This part of what Nolan had to say really stuck out to me: “The […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/the-summertime-shoot-em-up-by-noah-buschel/feed/ 10 A Conversation With Alexander Olch (THE WINDMILL MOVIE) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-alexander-olch-the-windmill-movie/ https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-alexander-olch-the-windmill-movie/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 05:55:48 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=272 [NOTE: This conversation was first posted in June 2009 when The Windmill Movie was released theatrically at the Film Forum in New York City.] Alexander Olch always wanted to be a narrative filmmaker. He maintained this focus at Harvard, an […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-alexander-olch-the-windmill-movie/feed/ 1 DVD RELEASES 2010/8/3 https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/new-dvd-releases-august-3-2010/ https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/new-dvd-releases-august-3-2010/#comments Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:05:36 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=5567 If the first three movies on this list don’t crack my Top 10 of 2010, they will certainly be hovering around there somewhere. This is one of those weeks we should all be very, very thankful for. Most Highestly Recommended! […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/dvd-releases/new-dvd-releases-august-3-2010/feed/ 1 PROPHET, A (UN PROPHETE) https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/drama/a-prophet-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/drama/a-prophet-film-review/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:39:50 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=2064

(A Prophet (Un prophète) is being distributed by Sony Pictures Classics. It opens on Friday, February 26, 2010, in New York and Los Angeles. Visit the film’s official website here.) How good is Jacques Audiard’s new prison thriller A Prophet […]

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Here are some things I do like: serial killers (especially ones that prey on prostitutes, behavior I do not condone but enjoy seeing investigated by hard-nosed police detectives); the filthy, funny-sad realism of Mike Leigh, Ken Loach, Lynne Ramsay; and the British Broadcasting Corporation.

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