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Edwanike Harbour

Edwanike Harbour is a film writer for Tone Madison. She has contributed to sites such as Madison Film Forum and Taste Of Cinema. She’s also an indie-rock aficionado and lover of mild, semi-soft white cheese.

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Angled photo at a medium shot of five people seated at a table in a theater lobby. Four people sit on the far side, while one person sits closest to the camera on the other side. They are all absorbed in the news-printed 2026 Wisconsin Film Festival guides on the table. The table contains numerous beverage glasses, a couple plates of food, and a small table lamp towards the center.
Continuity and expressive experimentation in the 2026 Wisconsin Film Festival
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March 11, 2026

Eight writers share their initial insights on the eight-day extravaganza, April 9 through 16, across UW campus and Madison.

Simple rectangular image collage of four film stills. At the top left, teenager Willa (Chase Infiniti) practices shooting an assault rifle in an open field in "One Battle After Another." At the top right, thirtysomething parent J.B. Mooney (Josh O'Connor) scopes out the Framingham Art Museum before he plans a robbery in "The Mastermind." At the bottom left, teenager Kyle (Jackson Sluiter) skates through the suburbs of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. At the bottom right, frazzled mother Linda (Rose Byrne) stops for a moment at her motel after visiting the convenience store in "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You."
One movie meditation after another: toiling through 2025
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January 21, 2026

Nine writers processed these trying times through cinema, at the theaters and at home.

A modified still from the film "Weapons" shows several third-grade children running away from their suburban homes in the dead of night. The color-grading renders everything in a blue-ish grey, with the children running in a strange formation down a street into the distance. The children's arms are all held out to their sides to form an arrow-like shape.
Balancing acts in the multifaceted mystery of “Weapons”
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August 30, 2025

Edwanike Harbour and Jason Fuhrman swap responses to Zach Cregger's late-summer hit, an adaptable network narrative of psychological horror and black comedy.

Five people sit at an elongated table in a moviehouse lobby. Two are seated on the right side, closer to or in the foreground, while the three on the left sit further away in the middle ground. All of them carefully pore over printed materials on the table. Other attendees mill about in the background.
The sights and shape(s) of the 2025 Wisconsin Film Festival
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March 9, 2025

Seven writers size up the programming patterns in the eight-day celebration of movies, which runs April 3 through 10 across UW–Madison campus and beyond.

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The spellbinding, suspenseful adventure of “Sorcerer” is life-changing
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February 5, 2025

William Friedkin's undersung 1977 film screens in a DCP restoration at UW Cinematheque on February 7.

A simple rectangular image collage that features stills from four films. At top left, a man observes the royal treasures of Benin in "Dahomey." At top right, Patrick (Josh O'Connor) and Tashi (Zendaya) share a heated moment at night in "Challengers." At bottom right, Elizabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) observes herself in the bathroom mirror in "The Substance." And at bottom left, gym rats Jackie (Katy O'Brian) and Lou (Kristen Stewart) contemplate something serious in "Love Lies Bleeding."
We contained multitudes: an uncontained year in cinema
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January 20, 2025

In this inclusive diary compendium, 10 writers share their thoughts and experiences on the 2024 year in moviegoing.

The main character of Anora is centered in the frame, dancing joyously with her eyes closed. She wears a sparkling red dress in a room with others bathed in a magenta-colored light.
The splenetic slapstick and severe stakes of “Anora”
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December 2, 2024

Sara Batkie and Edwanike Harbour discuss the twists and turns of Sean Baker's latest award-winning dramedy.

A woman in her late 20s stands in a darkened room peering out the window in horror at something unseen. She covers her mortified expression with her left hand while reaching for a holstered gun on her waistband with her right hand. The daylight from the window softly illuminates the room.
The short shelf life of “Longlegs”
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August 12, 2024

Edwanike Harbour and Jason Fuhrman consider the issues that define and afflict Osgood Perkins' recent horror hit.

Three leather-clad men sit on motorcycles under a metal bridge at a medium shot. They look forward off-screen into the city streets in daylight.
The reckless, Springsteen-inspired revelry of “Streets Of Fire”
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April 22, 2024

Walter Hill's wild "rock 'n' roll fable" from 1984 screens on 35mm at UW Cinematheque on April 26.

A close-up of double bassist Richard Davis from an archival performance recorded on video. Davis wears a red long-sleeve shirt and smiles widely. Only the neck of his instrument is in view. Stage light streams on him from the top right of the image.
In “String Theory: The Richard Davis Method,” the storied jazz bassist takes the lead
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April 4, 2024

Michael Neelsen's new documentary on the late musician and UW-Madison professor premieres at the Wisconsin Film Festival on April 7.