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Monthly Archives: May 2007
MFF2007: Domino Effect Shorts
The Bread Squeezer Directed by Kasia Kowalczyk With Sarah Falkenburg, Nathan Mobley, Corin Rogers II, Tal Harris, Mary Lynn Owen, Kristen Garner, Rebecca Dutton After Andrew’s parents die in a tragic Christmas tree accident, he leads an unremarkable life full … Continue reading
MFF2007: Rocket Science
Directed by Jeffrey Blitz With Reece Daniel Thompson, Anna Kendrick, Nicholas D’Agosto, Vincent Piazza, Margo Martindale, Aaron Yoo, Josh Kay, Stephen Park, Maury Ginsberg, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Denis O’Hare, Lisbeth Bartlett Website at www.picturehouse.com Hal Hefner (Reece Thompson) attends a high … Continue reading
MFF2007: Conclusion
I hope you enjoyed reading my thoughts and impressions of the films we saw this year at the 9th annual Maryland Film Festival. Perhaps you share some of my views—perhaps it helped you to discover some new interesting films you … Continue reading
MFF2007: Nosferatu
Directed by Friederich Wilhelm Murnau With Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder, Alexander Granach Born in Germany in 1889, Friederich Wilhelm Murnau studied art history at the Universities of Berlin and Heidelberg, joined the great Max Reinhardt’s theater school, … Continue reading
MFF2007: Man In The Dark
Directed by Lew Landers With Edmond O’Brien, Audrey Totter, Ted de Corsia, Horace MacMahon, Nick Dennis, Dayton Lummis, Dan Riso, Shepard Menken, John Harmon, Ruth Warren Edmond O’Brien stars as a former gangster who undergoes experimental brain surgery in hopes … Continue reading
MFF2007: Syndromes and a Century
Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul With Nantarat Sawaddikul, Nu Nimsomboon, Sophon Pukanok Website at www.strandreleasing.com The film begins decades ago in rural Thailand, where a pair of young doctors (inspired by the director’s parents’ own story of meeting) hesitantly embark upon … Continue reading
MFF2007: Odyssey of Oddities Shorts
Bruno Directed by Sam Goetz With Sam Goetz, Mike Goetz, Timothy Gannon, Carla Tassara Bruno is the story of Derek Brown, an asthmatic youth who has one love: bicycling. He is nihilistic and angry at the world. He loves nobody … Continue reading
MFF2007: Blood Car
Directed by Alex Orr With Mike Brune, Anna Chlumsky, Katie Bowlett Website at www.bloodcar.com In a future world not far removed from our own, gas prices have rocketed to $40 a gallon, converting any guy who can afford to fill … Continue reading