Cairo Drive (Sherief Elkatsha, Egypt, 2013, 77 min) Wisconsin Film Festival, April 8, 6:30pm & April 9, 3:45pm» Cairo Drive captures the streets of Cairo, Egypt from 2009, before the first Egyptian revolution, to 2012, […]
I think we’ve all had the “Oh, yeah, that guy” moment regarding Dick Miller, the subject of That Guy Dick Miller at the Wisconsin Film Festival. He’s in so many films that we almost instantly […]
Documentaries! The Wisconsin Film Festival will showcase documentaries with subjects that range from films about scientific discoveries, to small town problems, to inspirational stories of surprising heroes. Here is a quick survey of some highly […]
It’s that time of year again. Time to pour over the 2014 Wisconsin Film Festival schedule and start planning your festival strategy. Which films will be the hot tickets? Which films will be the overlooked […]
Madison-based filmmaker Wendy Schneider has been working on an interesting documentary project: The Smart Studios Story. For the younger whipper-snappers out there, Smart Studios was a recording facility in Madison founded in 1982 by Butch […]
The Act of Killing (Joshua Oppenheimer & Christine Cynn, Denmark/Norway, 2013, 115 min) Union South Marquee Theater Thu Jan 30 @ 9:30pm; Fri Jan 31 @ 6:00pm» Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing is a […]
Cutie and the Boxer (Zachary Heinzerling, 2013, 82 min.) UW-Cinematheque Fri Jan 17, 7PM» Painters often fight their blank canvases, but instead of a brush as his chosen weapon, Ushio Shinohara uses boxing gloves. Zachary […]
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