Tag Archives: Film

Well, it’s been a while since the MSPIFF “Best of the Fest” series finished.  I did manage to see three films that I’d wanted to catch but couldn’t, due to work conflicts or sleep or whathaveyou.  All three were on … Continue reading →

Thursday was Day 14 of the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival, the last full day with 5 screens running.  It doesn’t seem like things have been running for two weeks now.  Louise was able to escape from grading long enough … Continue reading →

Wednesday was Day 13 of the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival. It was a day of contrasts, the concrete and the surreal. Pianomania, Austria.  This documentary follows a year in the professional life of Stefan Knüpfer, a piano technician and … Continue reading →

Tuesday was Day 12 of the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival. Mom left for home today, so I didn’t have a movie buddie today. Father and Guns, Canada.  I was expecting a comedy, and I got one.  “De père en … Continue reading →

Monday was Day 11 of the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival. Mom stayed with us for a few days, to catch up on the worst of jet lag before driving home on Tuesday.  Movies are a great cure for jet … Continue reading →

Sunday was Day 10 of the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival.  How does a person who’s just returned from vacation in Europe (asking hypothetically, of course) deal with jet lag?  Movies!  Today Mom and I saw two documentaries: The Unreturned, … Continue reading →

Saturday was Day 9 of the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival.  It was also concert day (with god-daughter Viveka and Ian singing) and pick-up-Mom-from-the-airport-returning-from-holiday-in-Europe day, so I only made it to one film: Forever Waiting, Spain.  The reviews at IMDB … Continue reading →

Friday was Day 8 of the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival.  The blossoms on the crab apple trees smelled even better than they did on Thursday, so I had to flee to the movies to escape them.  It turned out … Continue reading →

Thursday was Day 7 of the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival.  The blossoms on the crab apple trees were intolerably lovely, forcing me indoors to see movies instead.  Thursday got me to only one film, though. Skeletons, U.K.  The MSPIFF … Continue reading →

Wednesday was Day 6 of the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival.  The sudden burst of 58F cold weather forced me indoors for another day of cinema.  It turns out that it was “music and Islam” day; read on for the … Continue reading →