The Big Auteurs at the 2014 Wisconsin Film Festival
Whenever the schedule for the Wisconsin Film Festival surfaces, as excited as I am for the newer, smaller indie films that Jim discusses here, I am equally if not more excited for work by the […]
Articles by Jake Smith
Review: JOI BABA FELUNATH @CTEK FRI FEB 28, 7PM
Joi Baba Felunath: The Elephant God (Satyajit Ray, India, 1979, 112 min) UW Cinematheque, Fri Feb 28, 7pm» A detective, a writer, and a bodybuilder… You might expect a “walk-into-a-bar” kind of […]
Review: EXIT ELENA/SOFT IN THE HEAD @4070 Vilas Hall, Sun Feb 23, 7pm
Exit Elena (Nathan Silver, 2012, 72 min) Soft in the Head (Nathan Silver, 2013, 71 min) 4070 Vilas Hall, Sun Feb 23, 7pm» During this time of year, conventional wisdom holds that screens […]
Hitchcock Week: REAR WINDOW (1954)
Hitchcock Week: Part Four of Five This week the Madison Film Forum will present reflections on the next five films in the UW Cinematheque’s Hitchcock Masterworks series. These are not intended as reviews for readers who […]
Hitchcock Week: SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943)
Hitchcock Week: Part Two of Five This week the Madison Film Forum will present reflections on the next five films in the UW Cinematheque’s Hitchcock Masterworks series. These are not intended as reviews for readers who […]
Review: FILM NOIR DOUBLE BILL @CTEK Sat Feb 1, 7PM
Try and Get Me! (aka The Sound of Fury) (Cy Endfield, 1950, 85 min) UW Cinematheque, 4070 Vilas Hall, Sat Feb 1 @ 7pm» Crashout (Lewis R. Foster, 1955, 89 min) UW Cinematheque, […]
Review: FILM NOIR DOUBLE BILL @CTEK Sat Jan 25, 7pm
The Great Gatsby (Elliott Nugent, 1949, 92 min.) UW Cinematheque, 4070 Vilas Hall, Sat Jan 25 @ 7pm» Alias Nick Beal (John Farrow, 1949, 93 min.) UW Cinematheque, 4070 Vilas […]
Review: CUTIE AND THE BOXER @CTEK Fri Jan 17
Cutie and the Boxer (Zachary Heinzerling, 2013, 82 min.) UW-Cinematheque Fri Jan 17, 7PM» Painters often fight their blank canvases, but instead of a brush as his chosen weapon, Ushio Shinohara uses boxing gloves. Zachary […]