Thomas Edison Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/thomas-edison/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:13:43 +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 Thomas Edison Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/thomas-edison/ 32 32 A Conversation with Michael Almereyda (TESLA) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/michael-almereyda/ Mon, 21 Sep 2020 18:58:23 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=33392

Near the conclusion of Michael Almereyda’s beguiling Tesla, the title character, played mysterious mystical perfect Ethan Hawke, steps up to the mic for a karaoke version of Everybody Wants To Rule The World by Tears For Fears. His voice is […]

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]]> A Conversation with Alex Gibney (THE INVENTOR: OUT FOR BLOOD IN SILICON VALLEY) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/alex-gibney/ Thu, 04 Apr 2019 17:29:27 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30974 On Saturday, March 9, 2019, at SXSW, I took part in a press roundtable with director Alex Gibney, along with producers Jessie Deeter and Erin Edeiken, to discuss his latest documentary, The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley (which […]

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]]> THE INVENTOR: OUT FOR BLOOD IN SILICON VALLEY https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/the-inventor-review/ Mon, 18 Feb 2019 18:14:03 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30765

Gibney peels back the many layers of fiction – or, to reappropriate the film's title with a secondary meaning, of "invention" – that made for appealing fantasy until the nightmare of reality dispelled the magic

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]]> Monday Short Film Pick 8/16/2010 – DRUNK HISTORY https://www.hammertonail.com/watch-online/monday-short-film-pick-8-16-2010/ https://www.hammertonail.com/watch-online/monday-short-film-pick-8-16-2010/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:41:51 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=5748 Since we are in the enviable position of playing catch-up with this ongoing new series, it seems only right to kick off week two with one of the more genius new short form ideas of this young century, even if […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/watch-online/monday-short-film-pick-8-16-2010/feed/ 1 IN SEARCH OF LEADERSHIP: A REPORT FROM SFIFF 53 https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/alejandro-adams-part-1/ https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/alejandro-adams-part-1/#comments Mon, 03 May 2010 12:07:29 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=3454

This is my first report from the 53rd San Francisco International Film Festival. I’m not sure how many I’ll do, but this won’t be the last. If I were to write a lede for this piece, it would enthusiastically refer […]

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