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March 27, 2015
“Get Hard” Mostly Doesn’t Get It
Get Hard (Etan Cohen, 2015) So, all right, I chuckled, and once or twice I laughed out loud. In fact, I emerged from the theater feeling as if what I had just seen had surpassed my low expectations. Why low expectations? Well, for starters, there was a certain general critical consensus against the film. And […]
March 25, 2015
Sunday, Funday: I Present “Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter” and “24 Days” at Two Different Venues, Back to Back
Howdy! Do you feel like seeing two completely different kinds of films this coming Sunday, March 29, 2015, which share a presenter (me) in common? If so, then head on down to the Charles Theatre in central Baltimore to see the first one, Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (David Zellner, 2014), at the Cinema Sundays series, at 10:30am, […]
March 22, 2015
SXSW 2015 Review #7: Friday, March 20
I am back home in Baltimore after a crazy week of 29 screenings (27 features + 1 episodic series + 1 collection of title sequences)! After 4 days in a row of 4 films a day – Monday through Thursday – I spent my final day at SXSW topping that crazy rhythm by seeing 6 films in […]
March 20, 2015
SXSW 2015 Review #6: Thursday, March 19
I saw four films (again, my usual pace) at SXSW on Thursday, March 19 – Day 6 for me – and enjoyed something in each of them, though one documentary (out of three plus one narrative) stood out from the crowd, and that was Twinsters. It tells the story of how Samantha Futerman – born in South Korea and adopted by […]
March 19, 2015
SXSW 2015 Review #5: Wednesday, March 18
Wednesday, March 18 – Day 5 for me at SXSW – was the last day of the Trade Show, which had a lot of really cool vendors and products, including the two I highlight, below: Interesting stuff, don’t you think? The future is now! But what I really came to see at SXSW are the movies, […]
March 18, 2015
SXSW 2015 Review #4: Tuesday, March 17
Yesterday was St. Patrick’s Day, and though I feared the possibility that Austin would turn into a drunken madhouse (SXSW and St. Patty’s Day crowds!), it did not, and a good time seemed to be had by all, in a wonderful variety of ways. SXSW Music kicks off for real today – Wednesday, March 18 – as […]
March 16, 2015
SXSW 2015 Review #3: Monday, March 16
On Monday – my third day at SXSW – I saw four documentary films, all of which had something to recommend them, even if they were not all of equal quality. Check out my post about Saturday or my post about Sunday to see how I spent our first two days on the ground. Raiders!: The Story of the […]
SXSW 2015 Review #2: Sunday, March 15
Sunday was Day 2 at SXSW for my students and me. Check out my post about Saturday to see how I spent our first day on the ground. I am tired, already (as you can see from the lines in my face, below), but am still going, going, going: I saw two films, one network series premiere, […]
March 15, 2015
SXSW 2015 Review #1: Saturday, March 14
I am back in Austin, Texas, for another SXSW! I came here in 2014 to check it out for myself, with an eye to coming back a year later with Stevenson students in tow, and lo and behold, that is what I have done. I am teaching a course this semester entitled “Emerging Trends in […]
March 13, 2015
Fourth Episode of “Reel Talk” Now Available
The fourth episode of Reel Talk with Christopher Llewellyn Reed, on HCC-TV, is now available. My guest this time was Michael Giuliano, Associate Professor of Film/Interdisciplinary Studies at Howard Community College (where we record the show). We started off with a discussion of this year’s Oscar winners (and losers). We followed that with reviews of two relatively current films: Fifty Shades of Grey and McFarland, USA. In Howard […]
