Discuss: Jimbo’s Wisconsin Film Festival Journal, Day One
James Kreul took notes and sent tweets throughout the first full day of the Wisconsin Film Festival. […]
Articles by James Kreul
Review: THE WELL at Wisconsin Film Festival, Fri Apr 15, 6:00pm
Review: Wisconsin Film Festival The Well | Leo Popkin, Russell Rouse | USA | 1951 | 86 minutes Chazen Museum of Art, Friday, April 15, 6:00pm» James Kreul argues that the sole screening of The […]
Review: BEHEMOTH at Wisconsin Film Festival, Sat Apr 16 at 1:30pm
Review: Wisconsin Film Festival Behemoth | Zhao Liang | China | 2015 | 91 minutes UW Cinematheque, 4070 Vilas Hall, Saturday, April 16 at 1:30pm» James Kreul looks at Behemoth, Zhao Liang’s visual essay that […]
Review: THE FEAR OF 13 at Wisconsin Film Festival, Sun Apr 17 and Mon Apr 18
Review: Wisconsin Film Festival The Fear of 13 | David Sington | UK | 2015 | 95 minutes Sundance Cinemas, Sunday, April 17, 4:15pm» Barrymore Theatre, Monday, April 18, 8:15pm» James Kreul suggests that you […]
Review: COSMOS at Wisconsin Film Festival, Fri Apr 15 and Tue Apr 19
Review: Wisconsin Film Festival Cosmos | Andrzej Żuławski | France, Portugal | 2015 | 103 minutes UW Cinematheque, Friday, April 15, 11:15am» Sundance Cinemas, Tuesday, April 19, 8:30pm» James Kreul kicks off our examination of Wisconsin […]
Categorical Buzz: The Big Indies at 2016 Wisconsin Film Festival
Festival Buzz: Part Two of Three 2016 Wisconsin Film Festival, April 14-21; Film Guide at wifilmfest.org» Film Guide print version available in this week’s Isthmus. Box Office Opens Saturday, March 19 at 12:00pm: Union South Box […]
Review: SON OF SAUL at Sundance Cinemas through Thu Mar 10
Review: Limited Run Son of Saul | Lázló Nemes | Hungary | 2015 | 107 minutes Now Playing at Sundance Cinemas through Thursday, March 10» James Kreul argues that Son of Saul works best when […]
Review: SOME BEASTS at Micro-Wave Cinema, Sun Feb 21, 7:00pm
Review: One Night Only Some Beasts | Cameron Bruce Nelson | USA | 2015 | 90 minutes Micro-Wave Cinema Series, 4070 Vilas Hall, Sunday, February 21, 7:00pm» James Kreul argues that, despite some missteps, the elliptical […]
Missed Madison: Screen Tests at 125th and Lexington, Khalik Allah’s FIELD NIGGAS
Field Niggas | Khalik Allah | USA | 2015 | 60 minutes Queue at GoWatchIt for availability updates James Kreul discusses Kahlik Allah’s Field Niggas, a vivid entry in the genre of on-the-street portraiture, shot […]
Missed Madison: India’s Academy Award Submission, COURT
Missed Madison Film Festival Court | Chaitanya Tamhane | India | 2014 | 116 minutes Madison Public Library | GoWatchIt A man is caught in the middle as rational logic and social prejudices clash in Chaitanya Tamhane’s Court. […]