Tag Archive for 'Comedy'
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 lives in Germany and six hours ahead of our time-zone. But not everybody is so (more)
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 in 3D, but we decided to break our tradition and watch one of several foreign (more)
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 and living on popcorn, energy-bars, water and sangria. But it was absolutely worth it.
Our day (more)
One house: one revolutionary; two open straight marriages; three gay people (maybe four); three children; two carnivores and eight vegetarians; there’s only one way they’re going to make it… together.
Last Thursday we saw Lukas Moodysson’s “Together”, a funny and beautiful story of a Swedish commune in the 1970s. To keep it short, I just loved (more)
Back in May I wrote about our time at the Maryland Film Festival. We had to leave the Narrative Shorts program early and missed the ending of Paul Harrill’s Quick Feet, Soft Hands. In my blog I mentioned that I was very interested in the rest of the story, and shortly after posting it I (more)
Together with Goliath there also was a screening of Josh Slates’ ‘89 Gator Mine, an 8 minute short film about a group of punk & heavy metal friends who debate foreign policy and nuclear war after one of them enlists in the military. He painted a picture of the culture and politics in the 80s (more)
We first weren’t sure if we should conclude the festival Friday with Spine Tingler or Baghead, and I’m so glad we decided to watch Baghead! This film was by far one of the most entertaining films I have seen in a very long time. There really is no need to take it apart and write (more)
Far Out
In 1972, a flamboyant producer’s Hollywood party takes a strange turn when an uninvited guest comes for more than sex and drugs. Consider your mind blown! (from the filmfest-guide)
It was quite a shock to switch from the serious, moving, quiet and gentle narrative shorts program to something like Far Out. Bold, bright, sexy, stoned, (more)
