ANOMALISA Madfilm Meetup at Sundance Cinemas, Tue Jan 26, 7:50pm (& post-screening chat at Great Dane Hilldale)

Join us for the first Madfilm Meetup of 2016 on Tuesday, January 26 at Sundance Cinemas for the 7:50 screening of writer/director Charlie Kaufman’s stop-motion film ANOMALISA, followed by an informal post-screening discussion at The Great Dane Pub Hilldale. Join Madison Film Forum contributors and other film fans to discuss the film.

WIN PAIR OF TICKETS to our Madfilm Meetup for ANOMALISA courtesy of Sundance Cinemas Madison.

To be eligible to win, simply do the following:
1. Make sure you can go on Tuesday night, and change your status on this Event Page to “Going.”
2. One person on the “Going” guest list will be selected on Monday, January 25 at noon.
3. The winner will be contacted by James Kreul directly through Facebook Messenger (be sure your settings allow this).

Synopsis: “Michael Stone, husband, father and respected author of “How May I Help You Help Them?” is a man crippled by the mundanity of his life. On a business trip to Cincinnati, where he’s scheduled to speak at a convention of customer service professionals, he checks into the Fregoli Hotel. There, he is amazed to discover a possible escape from his desperation in the form of an unassuming Akron baked goods sales rep, Lisa, who may or may not be the love of his life.” Written and co-directed by Charlie Kaufman (writer of BEING JOHN MALKOVICH; ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND; ADAPTATION)

With the Madfilm Meetups, the Madison Film Forum (madfilm.org) provides opportunities to attend great films and meet people doing the same. We don’t sponsor these screenings, we just support them by showing up.

ANOMALISA currently has a Tomatometer Rating of 96% at Rotten Tomatoes. You can find a collection of reviews at our Flipboard Magazine.

https://flipboard.com/@jimbosuave/madison-film-forum-20eamb8sy

Review highlights include:

“Charlie Kaufman teams with stop-motion wiz Duke Johnson to bring his conceptual stageplay to life, resulting in another uniquely cerebral yet satisfying bout of self-analysis.” Peter Debruge, Variety

“It’s Chekhovian screwball, a perfect little tale of love (or thereabouts) in bloom among the weeds of an ordinary life. It feels like a classic already.” Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

“ANOMALISA is a staggeringly inventive Trojan horse of a film. It dazzles our senses with a shock of the new.” Chris Nashwaty, Entertainment Weekly

Kaufman is taking our brains apart and showing us the gears.” Amy Nicholson, L.A. Weekly