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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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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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Vozvrashcheniye – The Return

Yesterday I watched such a film: Vozvrashcheniye or The Return, by Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev. What a brilliant and unforgettable movie! Continue reading

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Tillsammans – Together

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 … Continue reading

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Rosebud Film and Video Festival 2008

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 … Continue reading

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The Fall

Directed by Tarsem Singh Written by Dan Gilroy, Nico Soultanakis, Tarsem Singh, and Valeri Petrov (1981 screenplay) With Catinca Untaru, Justine Waddell, Lee Pace, Kim Uylenbroek, Aiden Lithgow, Sean Gilder, Ronald France, Andrew Roussouw, Michael Huff, Grant Swanby, Emil Hostina, … Continue reading

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MFF2008: Momma’s Man

Warning: The following may be more like writing in a personal diary than about a movie. When I first read the movie description it was very clear to me that I just would have to watch this film. Wow. What … Continue reading

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MFF2008: Miss Sadie Thompson

The annual screening in 3-D has been our tradition since we first joined the film festival. The old 3-D movies are usually pretty bad in comparison to today’s film making or highbrow art-cinema, but they still have a very enjoyable … Continue reading

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