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MFF2010 Day 2: Saturday
In this post I’m going to write a little about the movies we saw on Saturday, the second day of this year’s Maryland Film Festival. I wish I’ve had a bit more time to write earlier when my impressions were … Continue reading
MFF2010 Day 1: Friday
Mundane History The first movie we watched on the first full day of the film festival was Mundane History from Thailand, directed by Anocha Suwichakornpong: Ake, a young man recently paralyzed from the waist down, sits sullenly in bed all … Continue reading
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Tagged beijing taxi, daddy longlegs, dogtooth, funny people shorts, mdfilmfest, Movies, mundane history
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12th Annual Maryland Film Festival 2010
Jed Dietz opened the 12th Annual Maryland Film Festival a few weeks ago on Thursday, May 6 at the MICA Brown Center with a series of seven short films all of which I enjoyed… Continue reading
Celebrate Bastille Day with 10 French Movie Favorites
On the occasion of the French national holiday I thought I would dedicate today’s post to a few French movies I love. Classic or modern, funny, thrilling, dramatic, sad or serious… I find so much beauty, realism, openness, elegance, magic … Continue reading
MFF2009: Sunday and Closing Night
Sunday. Mother’s Day. The Mother’s Day weekend was dedicated to the Maryland Film Festival for as long as I can remember. I think only once it took place a week earlier or later. I have been lucky because my mother … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Comedy, Humor, Maryland Film Festival, Movies, Shorts
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MFF2009: Saturday
Our movie marathon continued Saturday, May 8 with four screenings at the Charles. In the last few years it became our tradition to start off the festival Saturday with a screening in 3D. This year it would have been Inferno … Continue reading
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Tagged Comedy, Documentaries, Drama, Humor, Movies, Musical, SciFi, Western
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MFF2009: Friday
When we put together our five screenings for the first full festival day I already thought it would become quite an exhausting Friday. And this really turned out to become one rock star day of watching movies without a pause … Continue reading
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Tagged Comedy, Documentaries, Drama, France, Horror, Japan, Maryland Film Festival, Movies, Musical
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MFF2009: Opening Night Shorts
This year it was especially difficult to create our movie schedule for the film festival weekend. The line-up includes so many great movies, documentaries and foreign entries…it is impossible to watch everything on a single weekend. But we managed to … Continue reading