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Category Archives: #wifilmfest

Review: REVENGE at the Wisconsin Film Festival

A hyperstylized, subversive and empowering rape-revenge fantasy, Coralie Fargeat’s assured debut feature is all about the execution.

Posted byJason FuhrmanApril 12, 2018May 1, 2018Posted in#wifilmfest, Review: Wisconsin Film Festival

Review: WINTER BROTHERS at the Wisconsin Film Festival

An intoxicating audiovisual experience, Hlynur Pálmason’s Winter Brothers combines a variety of daringly innovative techniques to explore the depths of an unstable young man’s fractured psyche.

Posted byJason FuhrmanApril 12, 2018May 1, 2018Posted in#wifilmfest, Review: Wisconsin Film Festival

Review: GOOD MANNERS at the Wisconsin Film Festival

The bizarre relationship between two Brazilian women establishes the foundation for a mind- and genre-bending cinematic odyssey in Good Manners.

Posted byJason FuhrmanApril 9, 2018May 1, 2018Posted in#wifilmfest, Review: Wisconsin Film Festival

Review: THE DAY AFTER at the Wisconsin Film Festival, April 6 & 7

In The Day After, South Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo employs stylish monochromatic photography and an intoxicating variety of artful techniques to tell a self-reflexive, modern moral tale with shades of gray.

Posted byJason FuhrmanMarch 31, 2018April 13, 2018Posted in#wifilmfest, Review: Wisconsin Film Festival, Reviews

Review: BEAUTY AND THE DOGS at Wisconsin Film Festival, April 6 & 8

In Beauty and the Dogs, Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania employs innovative cinematic techniques to tell a vital and uncompromising tale of female empowerment, but an overall lack of subtlety detracts from the bite of her film.

Posted byJason FuhrmanMarch 28, 2018April 13, 2018Posted in#wifilmfest, Review: Wisconsin Film Festival, Reviews

International Women: The Big Auteurs at the 2018 Wisconsin Film Festival

Jason Furhman kicks off the Madison Film Forum tradition of breaking down the “Big Three” categories at the 2018 Wisconsin Film Festival. This year, Jason focuses on the particularly strong contingent of international films made by female directors.

Posted byJason FuhrmanMarch 13, 2018March 18, 2018Posted in#wifilmfest, Movie Journal, Notebook

Review: NOCTURAMA at the Wisconsin Film Festival

A stylistic tour de force, Bertrand Bonello’s audacious Nocturama captures the alluring emptiness of modernity with extreme realism and clever experimental flourishes. Jason Fuhrman shares his response to the Wisconsin Film Festival screening.

Posted byJason FuhrmanApril 19, 2017Posted in#wifilmfest, Festivals, Review: Wisconsin Film Festival, Reviews

Review: GOLDEN EXITS at the 2017 Wisconsin Film Festival

Edwanike Harbour looks at Alex Ross Perry’s interweaving portrait of Brooklynite malaise, Golden Exits, screened at the 2017 Wisconsin Film Festival.

Posted byEdwanike HarbourApril 7, 2017Posted in#wifilmfest, Festivals, Review: Wisconsin Film Festival, Reviews

Review: Jason’s Journal, 2017 Wisconsin Film Festival Opening Weekend

Jason Fuhrman shares his notes on Maria (and Everybody Else) and The Donor, two films screened during the opening weekend of the 2017 Wisconsin Film Festival.

Posted byJason FuhrmanApril 5, 2017April 5, 2017Posted in#wifilmfest, Festivals, Notebook, Review: Wisconsin Film Festival, Reviews

Discuss: Jimbo’s 2017 Wisconsin Film Festival Halftime Report

James Kreul shares some preliminary thoughts on the first half of the 2017 Wisconsin Film Festival. Topics include admitting what he missed in his previews; applauding students for affirming their own brand; and spinning a “tale of two festivals.”

Posted byJames KreulApril 4, 2017April 4, 2017Posted in#wifilmfest, Discussions, Festivals, Notebook, Reviews

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