Welles Week: OTHELLO (1952)
Welles Week: Part Two of Five The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice | Orson Welles | USA, Italy, Morocco, France | 1952 | 92 min UW Cinematheque, 4070 Vilas Hall, Saturday February 7, 7:00pm» While Welles’ […]
Articles by Jake Smith
Jake’s Take: 2014 in Review
‘Tis the season for list-making, and Jim and I are wrapping up the first full year of the new Madison Film Forum with our “best of” lists. Jim posted his Top 20 yesterday, and now it’s […]
Streaming Quick Picks: Bong Joon-ho
Streaming Quick Picks: Bong Joon-ho As Jim and I have begun to discuss our “best films of the year” list (it’s never too early, right?), we have also been evaluating our selections for our Madfilm Meetups. […]
Reviews: THE UNKNOWN KNOWN and A MOST WANTED MAN at WUD Mini Indie Film Festival
Reviews: One Screening Only The Unknown Known (Errol Morris, USA, 2013, 103 min) WUD Film Mini-Indie Fest, Union South Marquee Theater, Saturday, November 22, 9:00pm» A Most Wanted Man (Anton Corbijn, UK/USA/Germany, 2014, 122 min) WUD Film […]
Reviews: Short Film Programs at Sundance Cinemas (Through Nov 6)
Reviews: Limited Runs Sundance 2014 Live Action Shorts Program (100 min.) Sundance 2014 Animated Shorts Program (89 min.) Sundance Cinemas through Thursday, November 6» Invariably I find short film programs rewarding, oftentimes regardless of their […]
Streaming Quick Picks: Christopher Nolan & Matthew McConaughey
Streaming Quick Picks: Christopher Nolan & Matthew McConaughey This week, with Interstellar as our Madfilm Meetup, we here at the Madison Film Forum are giving you two artists for the price of one. Christopher Nolan We’ll […]
Streaming Quick Picks: Johnnie To
Streaming Quick Picks: Johnnie To While we often tie these posts into our Madfilm Meetups or any number of programs from other local venues, there are times when we want to highlight other filmmakers outside of events […]
Streaming Quick Picks: David Fincher
Streaming Quick Picks: David Fincher As David Fincher’s newest film Gone Girl has taken first place at the box office for two weeks in a row, we here at the Madison Film Forum can think of no […]
Review: HAWAIIAN PUNCH at Micro-Wave (4070 Vilas), Sun Oct 12, 7pm
Hawaiian Punch (Nandan Rao, 2013, USA, 68 min) Micro-Wave Cinema Series, 4070 Vilas Hall, Sunday, October 12, 7pm» Anyone who has read my reviews on this website can probably tell that I enjoy genre films. […]
Review: ALIVE INSIDE (Sundance Thru Oct 2)
Alive Inside (Michael Rossato-Bennett, USA, 2014, 78 min) Sundance Cinemas through Oct 2» No one would fault you for being emotionally overwhelmed by Alive Inside within its first two minutes. I certainly was, and quite […]