Posts Tagged 'AVAM'

MFF Tabling at AVAM’s Flicks From The Hill on 7-18!

pee-wees-big-adventure-1985-paul-reubens-pic-1Start off your Artscape 2013 weekend early with Maryland Film Festival at AVAM’s Flicks From The Hill screening of PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE on Thursday, July 18th!  Stop by the MFF table at the bottom of the hill to say hello and receive a FREE GIFT!

All of AVAM’s Flicks From The Hill screenings are FREE and the museum is free and open to the public from 5pm-9pm on Flicks nights.  Click here for the full Flicks From The Hill 2013 schedule and be sure to join us on 7/18!

More picks from Programmer Eric Allen Hatch!

It was great, but I was ready to come home. IT WAS GREAT, BUT I WAS READY TO COME HOME

May 8, 3pm, Charles Theatre 2

May 10, 1pm, Charles Theatre 2

Here we have an impressive feature debut, a novella-length character study directed by and starring Kris Swanberg (if the name sounds familiar, MFF regulars may know the work of her husband, Joe, including MFF ’07 title Hannah Takes The Stairs and this year’s Alexander the Last). It was great… concerns two female best friends who travel together through Costa Rica and the subtle ups-and-downs they experience together. This quiet, novella-length drama hones in on very specific emotions and thoughts with startling precision, leaving us with much to digest regarding best-friendship, culture shock, and lost love. If you appreciate delicate, character-driven, big-on-atmosphere films like Old Joy, Hamilton, and Wendy and Lucy, this one’s a must-see!

Click here to purchase tickets to It was great, but I was ready to come home.

ONE BAD CAT: THE REVEREND ALBERT WAGNER STORY

May 8, 6:30pm, Charles Theatre 3 One Bad Cat

May 9, 12:00pm, UB Student Center

Do you enjoy going to Baltimore’s own American Visionary Art Museum? Do you find yourself drawn not only to the artwork, but also to the fascinating biographies of the outsider artists behind AVAM’s startling collection? Then you’ll definitely want to see the documentary ONE BAD CAT: THE REVEREND ALBERT WAGNER story. Cleveland-based African-American artist Wagner, whose work is featured prominently at AVAM, experienced a religious conversion midway through life, and decided to devote the remainder of his life to preaching (which he does seated behind a drum kit, conveying his world view to a congregation largely consisting of his extended family) and his extraordinary artwork, which poses tough questions about race, sex, and the legacy of slavery. Narrated by Delroy Lindo, this is one of many can’t-miss docs in MFF 2009’s line-up.

Click here to purchase tickets to ONE BAD CAT: THE REVERAND ALBERT WAGNER STORY!