A friend of mine and I saw Soul Kitchen, a German comedy about... well, a guy who owns a restaurant. It was quite good. Quite funny. Definitely a raunchy comedy but it had a bit of brains behind it.
And then last night, we rented Me and Orson Welles, and all I have to say is... how the hell did this get by my radar?! This was awesome!!! Apparently it was a critical and film festival darling, but it had a hard time drumming up distribution? I mean, I figured the whole Zac Efron thing would secure it a decent release. Anyway, it's about a young actor (Efron) who, through wonderful serendipity, secures a small part in Welles's production of Julius Caeasar at the Mercury. Christian McKay does a brilliant job as Orson Welles, and I walked away from that film feeling extremely disgusted with Welles for being an unmitigated asshole, but... at the same time it's hard not to like the guy or at least respect him for being just all kinds of awesome and charismatic in spite of himself. Highly recommended.