Humpday
Ben & Andrew, both early 30’s, reunite as Andrew unexpectedly shows up at Ben’s door after perhaps ten years. College friends of the wild variety, Ben has gone “white picket fence” (wife, home, “Where’s that baby?!”) while Andrew resides in the globetrotting, poor, arty, free polar opposite. Andrew represents, instantly, a challenge to [...]
Posted at 2:33 am on November 12, 2009 | leave a comment | Filed Under: Film reviews, Uncategorized | Tagged: 2009, alycia delmore, amateur porno, bromance, bromantic comedy, joshua leonard, lynn shelton, male bonding, mark duplass, Milwaukee film festival | read on
Terribly Happy (Milwaukee Film Festival)
A morose screw-up policeman finds himself demoted to the position of Sheriff in a very distant, very tiny bog town, far far from the hustle and bustle of Copenhagen. There is nothing to see over the totally flat landscape in any direction. The town’s inhabitants – the same eight or so that we [...]
Posted at 6:01 pm on October 20, 2009 | leave a comment | Filed Under: Uncategorized | Tagged: 2008, academy award, frygtelig lykkelig, henrik ruben genz, jakob cedergren, Milwaukee film festival, noir, offbeat, terribly happy, twin peaks, weird | read on