Reviews of upcoming films with one-night-only screenings, commercial theatrical runs, or recently released on home video.
Review: Home Video Heaven Knows What | Benny and Josh Safdie | USA | 2015 | 94 min Coming to DVD and Blu-Ray in September» UW Cinematheque, 4070 Vilas Hall, Friday, November 20, 7:00pm» The latest […]
Currently in its third week at Point Cinemas (at $20 a pop, no matinees), Baahubali: The Beginning has set box-office records for Telugu-language Indian cinema. This Tollywood epic has something for everyone—melodrama, romance, music and action—even if these elements are not distributed equally across the film. And those already missing Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings adaptations should enjoy its climactic 40-minute battle sequence. […]
Review: One Screening Only Miami Blues | George Armitage | USA | 1990 | 97 min UW Cinematheque, 4070 Vilas Hall, Friday, July 3, 7:00pm» Edwanike Harbour finds the 1990 George Armitage adaptation of the […]
Review: One Night Only Port of Shadows (Le Quai des brumes) | Marcel Carné | France | 1938 | 90 min UW Cinematheque, 4070 Vilas Hall, Wednesday, July 1, 7pm» About 28 minutes into Port of Shadows, […]
Review: On Demand Streaming Crimes Against Humanity | Jerzy Rose | USA | 2014 | 77 min Now Streaming on Fandor» If you missed Crimes Against Humanity at the 2014 Wisconsin Film Festival (and you probably […]
Review: One Night Only Goldfinger | Guy Hamilton | UK | 1964 | 110 min Goldfinger said, “Mr. Bond, they have a saying in Chicago: ‘Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, the third time it’s enemy […]
Review: Limited Run Bombay Velvet | Anurag Kashyap | India | 2015 | 149 min Now Playing at AMC Star 18 Fitchburg through May 28» More Hollywood than Bollywood (songs yes, dancing no), Bombay Velvet is […]
Review: Limited Run The D-Train | Jarrad Paul, Andrew Mogel | USA | 2014 | 98 min Queue title at GoWatchIt for streaming and home video release updates» Despite typically strong work from Jack Black, the […]
Review: Missed Madison Mommy | Xavier Dolan | Canada | 2014 | 140 min Amazon Instant | GoWatchIt | Four Star | Madison Public Library Xavier Dolan’s fifth film shows that he is a talented young filmmaker. The […]
Review: One Night Only Uncertain Terms | Nathan Silver | USA | 2014 | 75 min Micro-Wave Cinema Series, 4070 Vilas Hall, Sunday, April 26, 7pm» To those of you who enjoyed Stinking Heaven at the […]
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