Eight Is Never Enough: The Weekend After #wifilmfest
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 […]
Articles by Jake Smith
Jake’s Take: Wisconsin Film Festival at the Halfway Point
Unlike my partner in crime Jim, I haven’t had the chance to put together daily dispatches on the festival thus far, unfortunately. Now that we’re four days in, I wanted to share some thoughts on […]
Review: JODIE MACK: LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE @ Wisconsin Film Fest, Apr 6, 7:00 PM
Jodie Mack: Let Your Light Shine (Jodie Mack, 2013, 74 min) Wisconsin Film Festival, Sunday April 6, 7:00pm» Running my fingers along the foil stamping of a hardcover book. The colorful glint of a […]
Streaming before #wifilmfest: Other Films by Festival Directors, Part 2
The Madison Film Forum is committed to providing you with opportunities to stream interesting movies and provide a wider context around the area’s theatrical screenings. With an eye toward this year’s Wisconsin Film Festival, we thought […]
Review: NOBODY’S DAUGHTER HAEWON @ Wisconsin Film Fest, Apr. 5 & 8
Nobody’s Daughter Haewon (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea, 2013, 90 min) Wisconsin Film Festival, Saturday April 5, 9:15pm & Tuesday April 8, 3:00pm» As I mentioned in my post covering some of this year’s Wisconsin Film […]
Streaming before #wifilmfest: Other Films by Festival Directors, Part 1
The Madison Film Forum is committed to providing you with opportunities to stream interesting movies and provide a wider context around the area’s theatrical screenings. With an eye toward this year’s Wisconsin Film Festival, we […]
Capsule Review: Nandan Rao DODGE CITY Double Feature
The Men of Dodge City (Nandan Rao, 2012, 93 min) The Other Men of Dodge City (Nandan Rao, 2014, 77 min) 4070 Vilas Hall, Sun Mar 16, 7pm» Rumor has it that after Terrence Malick finished The Thin […]
Sneaky Auteurism: Interview with Brandon Colvin, Micro-Wave Cinema
While our Wisconsin Film Festival coverage is in full swing, we will continue to cover Madison’s many other film offerings. The Micro-Wave Cinema Series, run by Brandon Colvin, is perhaps one of the lesser known […]
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 […]
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 […]