Alec Guinness Centennial Series at the UW Cinematheque Opening night comedy double feature reviewed by Jake Smith and James Kreul After the opening night premiere of Kelly Reichardt’s Night Moves (reviewed here), the UW Cinematheque begins […]
Streaming Quick Picks: Kelly Reichardt Unlike previous installments of our Artist of the Week feature, all of which have had more than 10 films available for streaming, this week’s spotlight is on a filmmaker far less prolific. When […]
Streaming Quick Picks: Luc Besson The next installment of our new Artist of the Week feature ties into this week’s Madfilm Meetup tomorrow, Luc Besson’s Lucy, starring Scarlett Johansson, at Marcus Point Cinema. Fortunately, most of Besson’s […]
Croupier (Mike Hodges, UK, 1998, 94 min.) “The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning. Then the soul-erosion produced by high gambling—a compost of greed and fear […]
Godzilla [Gojira] (Ishiro Honda, Japan, 1954, 96 min) UW Cinematheque @ Marquee Theater, Union South, Friday, July 4, 7pm» This Independence Day, instead of watching anything that has to do with Roland Emmerich, opt for another of […]
Alphaville (Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1965, 99 min) UW Cinematheque @ Union South Theater, , Saturday, June 28, 7pm “Yes, I’m afraid of death. But for a humble secret agent, that’s a fact of life, […]
They Live (John Carpenter, 1988, 93 min) Chazen Museum of Art, Thursday, June 19, 7pm» Note: I’ve offered a brief appreciation of They Live below, assuming that most have seen the film. In the event that […]
Violent Saturday (Richard Fleischer, 1955, 91 min) UW Cinematheque, Saturday, May 3, 7:00pm» If you’re going to screen a film with this title, shouldn’t it be on a Saturday? UW-Cinematheque thinks so, obliging us as […]
Borgman (Alex van Warmerdam, Netherlands, 2013, 113 min) WUD Film Mini_Indie Film Festival, Union South Marquee Theater, Saturday, April 26, Midnight» You know when a priest asks for a rifle and then joins a manhunt […]
For eight days out of the year, Madison plays host to a barrage of diverse and stimulating films, but those films don’t just end when the Wisconsin Film Festival does. Lucky for us, rare is […]
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