The Grand Budapest Hotel Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/the-grand-budapest-hotel/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:37:00 +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 Grand Budapest Hotel Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/the-grand-budapest-hotel/ 32 32 AMANDA https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/amanda/ Fri, 21 Jul 2023 16:30:52 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=39964

(Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of Amanda, in theaters now via Oscilloscope. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) There is a lot of deadpan dialogue delivery in Amanda, Italian director Carolina Cavalli’s debut feature, recalling the […]

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]]> HOLD ME TIGHT https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/hold-metight/ Wed, 24 Aug 2022 19:40:07 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=37798

(Check out Ray Lobo’s movie review of Mathieu Amalric’s latest film Hold Me Tight is in select theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) The melancholy that runs through Hold Me Tight is a distinct one. […]

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]]> THE CURBSIDE CRITERION: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/grand-budapest-hotel-blu/ Tue, 05 May 2020 21:41:37 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=32722

(We here at Hammer to Nail are all about true independent cinema. But we also have to tip our hat to the great films of yesteryear that continue to inspire filmmakers and cinephiles alike. This week, our new addition to […]

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]]> Jessica Baxter’s 2018 Seattle International Film Festival Wrap-Up https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/2018-siff-wrap/ Tue, 19 Jun 2018 16:35:14 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29789 The 2018 Seattle International Film Festival ran from May 17th to June 10th. That’s 25 solid days of movie madness. It kicked off with the premiere of Isabel Coixet’s The Bookshop, starring Emily Mortimer as a widow who uses her […]

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]]> THE LONG DUMB ROAD https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/the-long-dumb-road-review/ Fri, 08 Jun 2018 16:09:49 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29753

THE LONG DUMB ROAD resembles an update of Albert Brooks’ 1985 masterpiece, Lost in America. Only instead of yuppies attempting to emulate Easy Rider, we follow a 19-year-old boy who wants to experience “the real America” before matriculating to college and manhood.

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]]> Casey Affleck’s Bad Behavior Be Damned (or Why You Should Not Boycott “Manchester by the Sea”) https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/casey-affleck-boycott-wissot/ https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/casey-affleck-boycott-wissot/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2017 20:14:24 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=27379 To call Manchester by the Sea writer/director Kenneth Lonergan’s masterpiece is not an exaggeration. This is a near-flawless film. (And further proof that HBO needs to give Lonergan his own limited series a la Lisa Cholodenko’s Olive Kitteridge or Todd […]

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