Program Notes for the Cinesthesia screening series at the Madison Public Library’s Central Branch, programmed by Jason Fuhrman.
Lars von Trier’s apocalyptic experimental horror film Antichrist pushes the envelope of human emotions and takes filmmaking to another level. […]
Thirty years after Steven Soderbergh’s provocative feature debut changed the face of American independent film, sex, lies, and videotape clearly resonates with the present era of internet porn, post-truth politics, and social networking. […]
A hard-hitting exposé of the perpetual American media circus, Billy Wilder’s Ace in the Hole is dark for 2019, let alone 1951. […]
A poetic, timeless, and entrancing meditation on teenage angst and inexpressible loss, Sofia Coppola’s confident debut feature, The Virgin Suicides, dresses up 1970s upper-middle-class suburban existential horror with lush visuals, pitch-perfect period detail, and plenty of verve. […]
A deliriously stylized, exceptionally provocative, and revolutionary adaptation of the controversial 1920 novel by D.H. Lawrence, Ken Russell’s Women in Love probes the complexities of human sexuality through the lens of late-sixties free love. […]
At once a meticulously crafted action thriller, a finely nuanced character study, a bold exercise in formal aesthetics, and a gritty, visually explosive look at the underbelly of advanced industrial society, Michael Mann’s groundbreaking first feature, Thief, is a true gem. […]
Robert Altman’s highly original, amusing adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s The Long Goodbye casts a critical eye on the classic hard-boiled detective noir genre, while offering trenchant commentary on the shift in American values after the 1960s. […]
Spike Lee’s overlooked 2000 satire Bamboozled remains in constant dialogue with the world of today, while demonstrating that media representation of race has never been a black and white issue. […]
Director Jonathan Demme gives the psychological horror thriller a distinctively feminist twist in his acclaimed adaptation of Thomas Harris’s bestselling novel, The Silence of the Lambs. […]
A stately satire of modern media consumption and American politics, Hal Ashby’s Being There feels more prescient than ever. […]
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