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Grant Phipps

A Madison transplant, Grant has been writing about contemporary and repertory cinema since his contributions to No Ripcord and LakeFrontRow; and he now serves at Tone Madison’s film editor. He also heartily indulges in art songs and avant-progressive music, which he showcased on WSUM 91.7 FM from mid-2016 thru early-2020. Ⓥ🌱

Grant's Latest Articles

Mezzo-soprano and actor Adriana Zabala, who portrays music teacher Nadia Boulanger, strikes an affective pose and gestures upward with her hands.

“NADIA” revives the life and times of a key musical figure in the contemporary landscape

By Grant Phipps ● Music ● May 30, 2023 May 30, 2023

Adriana Zabala portrays Nadia Boulanger in an imaginative chamber play at Hamel Music Center on June 3, part of the 2023 LunART Festival’s five-day celebration of women’s resilient contributions to the arts.

Tone Madison’s 2022 annual report charts a year of growth and challenges

By Scott Gordon, Christina Lieffring, Micaela Magel, Hayley Sperling, Grant Phipps & Steven Spoerl ● Misc ● May 15, 2023 May 12, 2023

Stories, lessons, and some key numbers from our eighth full year of publication.

A photo of 2023’s three Golden Badger Jurors (L to R: Abigail Kruger, Grant Phipps, and Kate Balsley) taken during the Wisconsin Film Festival's Opening Night Reception on April 13. Photo courtesy of Wisconsin Film Festival.

Movie notes and open-hearted discourse

By Grant Phipps ● Microtones ● May 5, 2023 May 7, 2023

From the desk of a juror: reflecting on past and present moviegoing ethos after this year’s Wisconsin Film Festival.

After introducing herself to the casting director, actor Yuying Tang, dressed in a white button-down shirt, "screams" the part of a humanoid robotic servant.

The dead ends of language in the open-ended short film, “Noise”

By Grant Phipps ● Film ● April 7, 2023 April 12, 2023

Julian Castronovo shares the particulars behind his latest microbudget project, which sees its world premiere at the Wisconsin Film Festival on April 14.

A screenshot displays a scene from the final level of the game, as the camera pans past a 3D model of Ava Wanbli's body posed like classic sculpture amidst a hazy sky and waterfall with pink and lavender-colored wings clipped off in the foreground.

Ava Wanbli builds a self-reflexive world of trans ecstatic kink in “Sertraline Dolls”

By Grant Phipps ● Culture ● April 3, 2023 April 3, 2023

The Chicago-based artist’s transgressive new media exhibition opened April 1, and runs through early autumn in MMoCA’s second-floor Imprint Gallery.

Shimmer Wince poses for a group photo (taken by Alice Plati) with a yellow and blue color palette. From L to R: Adam O'Farrill, Elias Stemeseder, Anna Webber, Mariel Roberts, and Lesley Mok.

Anna Webber’s music complexly connects the visceral and the intellectual

By Grant Phipps ● Music ● April 3, 2023 April 3, 2023

The modern creative avant-jazz composer and woodwindist performs with a new ensemble, Shimmer Wince, at Café Coda this Friday, April 7.

Treat yourself to the 2023 Wisconsin Film Festival

By Jason Fuhrman, Hanna Kohn, C Nelson-Lifson, Lewis Peterson, Grant Phipps & Steven Spoerl ● Film ● March 9, 2023 April 12, 2023

Our film team takes a first look at the gifts of this year’s festival guide.

Wisconsin Film Festival’s last picture show at Hilldale

By Lewis Peterson & Grant Phipps ● Film ● February 15, 2023 April 12, 2023

The WFF teams up with the Hilldale Mall to host one final fest at the former AMC Madison 6 space from April 14-20.

A poster collage of the six features in the new MMoCA Cinema winter series in chronological order. From top left, "Riotsville USA" (January 26), "Leonor Will Never Die" (February 2), "De Humani Corporis Fabrica" (February 9), "małni—towards the ocean towards the shore" (February 16), "Stand By For Failure: A Documentary About Negativland" (February 23), and "Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power" (March 2).

MMoCA Cinema refreshes its approach with a doc-heavy winter series

By Grant Phipps ● Film ● January 23, 2023 January 23, 2023

The six-week Thursday series, starting January 26, picks up where Spotlight Cinema left off.

An image collage of four films the UW Cinematheque is presenting this spring semester. Clockwise from top left: "Eo" (2022), "Cooley High" (1975), "Él" or "This Strange Passion" (1953), and "Los Conductos" (2020).

UW Cinematheque cements its status as Madison’s premier moviegoing hub

By Grant Phipps ● Film ● January 6, 2023 January 6, 2023

The campus program commences its winter-spring 2023 calendar on January 26 with Jerzy Skolimowski’s Eo.