Brief dispatches on recent viewings and ongoing projects.
On the Web: Listen to Episode One of the new WUD Film Presents Podcast WUDCast at Soundcloud» Here at the Madison Film Forum we’re going deep down the rabbit hole of the Wisconsin Film Festival […]
Streaming Quick Picks: David Koepp The Wisconsin’s Own portion of each year’s Wisconsin Film Festival puts the spotlight on films from Wisconsin filmmakers. Before the Festival releases its schedule later this week, UW Cinematheque will be paying […]
Quick Picks: 10 Espionage Films Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens. Avengers: Age of Ultron. Jurassic World. For many, these are the most anticipated blockbusters of the year. For me, they all take a back […]
Quick Picks: Cannon Films, 1980-1989 Catch Cannon Fodder series at Union South Marquee Theater» Catch The Cannon Canon series at 4070 Vilas Hall» This semester the UW Cinematheque will present not just one but two concurrent series […]
Streaming Quick Picks: Michael Mann His is a cinema of the sly and the stylish, and whether it’s in the form of the sprawling Heat and Public Enemies or the sleeker Thief and Collateral, the arrival […]
Welles Week: Part One of Five Streaming Quick Picks: Directed by Orson Welles The Madison Film Forum will focus on the UW Cinematheque’s year-long Orson Welles: A Centennial Celebration series this week with articles and reviews […]
‘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 […]
Jimbo’s Top 20 Films Screened in Madison in 2014 With a few caveats, cheats, honorable mentions, and home video links As we all know, lists are silly. And it is particularly silly for me to suggest […]
Streaming Quick Picks: Tilda Swinton As I watched Terry Gilliam’s The Zero Theorem for an upcoming “Missed Madison Review” entry, I realized that 2014 was a good year for Tilda Swinton’s costume and makeup teams. […]
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. […]
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