Reviews of upcoming films with one-night-only screenings, commercial theatrical runs, or recently released on home video.
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Hey, kids, want to meet your favorite Madison Film Forum critic? Well, we want to meet our favorite readers! Below I’ve embedded a Google Calendar listing all the films we plan to attend during the […]
Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, USA, 1958, 128 min) Wisconsin Film Festival, Saturday, April 5, 1:45pm» Vertigo (1958) has recently been placed at the top of Sight and Sound’s list of 100 top movies, ending Citizen Kane’s domination […]
Our friend Jacob Mertens has posted a review of David Gordon Green’s Joe, which he attended at the South By Southwest Festival in Austin. Joe is also one of the opening night features at this […]
Yes, I know what I said at the beginning of our Wisconsin Film Festival coverage about capsule reviews. We followed through on that pledge with some roomy discussions of seven feature films or programs (and […]
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 […]
You’ve been refreshing your podcast app all week, and finally here it is! This past weekend, our Wisconsin Film Festival coverage partners, Scott Gordon at Arts Extract and David Klein at LakeFrontRow, were kind enough to invite Jake […]
I had the opportunity to contribute to this week’s Isthmus coverage of the Wisconsin Film Festival with four capsule reviews: The Rocket, Shooter and Whitley, A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness, and Village at […]
Particle Fever (Mark Levinson, USA, 2013, 99 min) Wisconsin Film Festival, Saturday April 5 at 11:00am & Sunday April 6 at 3:15pm» “Fever” is perfectly used in the title. From talking to the people in […]
This weekend, our Wisconsin Film Festival coverage partners, Scott Gordon at Arts Extract and David Klein at LakeFrontRow, were kind enough to invite Jake Smith and myself to join them in recording a Festival Preview […]