Reviews of upcoming films with one-night-only screenings, commercial theatrical runs, or recently released on home video.
James Kreul argues that Paul Taylor’s Driftwood, winner of the 2016 Slamdance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize, encapsulates all that is right and wrong with micro-budgeted independent features: intimate, thoughtful, well shot and acted, but also twee and predictable. […]
The Mandarin-language popular cinema arriving with greater frequency at AMC Fitchburg 18 continues to be generally ignored in local reviews, so James Kreul decided to take a look. Operation Mekong is an efficient and energetic, if unoriginal, action film with a healthy dose of Chinese nationalism. […]
Be sure to check out the Marquee Film Festival and the Driftless Film Festival this weekend. Both offer unique independent, international, and documentary fare. […]
James Kreul argues that London Road evokes a surprising range of emotions in what could have been a conceptual exercise: singing words taken from interviews about an infamous series of prostitute murders. […]
James Kreul suggests that while Ism is not a great film, it delivers a good balance of action, romance, and music as well as the star power of Nandamuri Kalyan Ram. […]
Emily Caulfield reminds us that John Waters’ Multiple Maniacs still has more than shock value after all these years. […]
Grant Phipps explores Bi Gan’s dream-like meditation, Kaili Blues, and savors its mysteries and complexities. […]
Programmer Jason Furman shares his program notes for David Lynch’s Mulholland Dr., which will screen at the October edition of his Cinesthesia series at the Madison Public Library. […]
James Kreul suggests that The Childhood of a Leader might have worked better as a genre film, rather than the art cinema that it aspires to be. […]
Grant Phipps examines the often overlooked feature debut from Jacques Rivette (L’amour fou, La Belle Noiseuse) […]
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