Reviews of upcoming films with one-night-only screenings, commercial theatrical runs, or recently released on home video.
Her (Spike Jonze, USA, 2013, 126 min.) Union South Marquee Theater, Saturday, May 3 at 9:30pm and Sunday, May 4 at 6:00 pm» Our friend and colleague at Film International, Jacob Mertens, is looking forward […]
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 […]
[Click here to jump to correction to this post] This is part three of a five part series of suggestions for the 2015 Wisconsin Film Festival. If you haven’t done so already, please read at […]
This is part two of a five part series of suggestions for the 2015 Wisconsin Film Festival. If you haven’t done so already, please read at least the first half of part one as a reminder […]
The list of things the Wisconsin Film Festival does very well is a long one. In his Arts Extract article, “What We Can Learn From the Wisconsin Film Festival,” Scott Gordon points out many of […]
Mood Indigo (Michel Gondry, France, 2013, 131 minutes) WUD Mini-Indie Film Festival, Union South Marquee Theater, Friday, April 25, 9:15pm» There is more visual inventiveness in any five minutes of Michel Gondry’s Mood Indigo than […]
The Broken Circle Breakdown (Felix van Groeningen, Belgium, 2012, 111 min) WUD Film Mini-Indie Film Festival, Union South Marquee Theater, Saturday, April 26, 2pm» The Broken Circle Breakdown takes place in Belgium and lays out […]
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 […]
A Field in England (Ben Wheatley, UK, 2013, 90 min) WUD Film Mini-Indie Film Festival, Union South Marquee Theater, Thursday, April 24, 9:30pm» In many ways A Field in England is an ideal historical costume-drama […]
Donkey Skin (Jacques Demy, France, 1970, 90 min) UW Cinematheque, Friday, April 25, 7pm» Donkey Skin (Peau d’Ane) is the classic fairy-tale as told by the French New Wave filmmaker, Jacques Demy. It is the over told story […]
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