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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.

Still image from the film "The Annihilation Of Fish" shows a rainy park scene in Los Angeles with geese along the grass and paved trail. A man in a tuxedo and black trenchcoat carries a black umbrella in the foreground. His facial expression appears pensive and perhaps a bit upset. In the middleground, a woman in a blue floral dress and red and orange floral umbrella stands still and looks at him with a sense of sympathy and concern.
“The Annihilation Of Fish” wholeheartedly renders the enchanting eccentricities of a senior romance
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December 3, 2025

Charles Burnett's long-lost love story from 1999 screens on 35mm at UW Cinematheque on December 5.

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.

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.

A rectangular collage of film stills in different colors and intensities. A black-and-white image from "Do Not Expect Too Much From The End Of The World" appears at the top left; the top right displays a character close-up from "Red Rooms" in luminescent red; bottom left displays archival footage in "So Unreal" digitally distorted in shades of green and blue; and the bottom right is a table read from "Ghostlight" in a room with a dark background.
A 2024 Wisconsin Film Festival preview in full bloom
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March 12, 2024

Nine of our writers offer their picks and advice on the annual cinematic rite of spring that runs between April 4 and 11.

A basic four-image collage collects colorful stills from different movies mentioned in this compilation piece. At top left is "Barbie," in shades of pink, as Margot Robbie's Barbie drives her convertible and harmonizes with Ken (Ryan Gosling) in the backseat. To its right, a dark red-toned still of "Sanctuary" shows the co-leads, Margaret Qualley and Christopher Abbott, during a moment of respite. Below that, Tanya Tagaq sings into a microphone on a neon blue-lit stage during a performance scene in "Ever Deadly." On the bottom left, neighbors Lizzy (Michelle Williams) and Jo (Hong Chau) stare up towards the sky from a Portland, Oregon, sidewalk.
Getting closer to fine cinema: our year in Madison moviegoing
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December 20, 2023

In 2023, Tone Madison's film writers went to some interesting places, and unearthed some new favorites.

Inspectors Jessica Yang (Michelle Yeoh) and Chan Ka Kui (Jackie Chan) stand side by side with fists and a gun at the ready.
“Police Story III: Supercop” is a standalone speedway of antics and action
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April 24, 2023

Experience death-defying thrills of the film's original international version at UW Cinematheque on April 28.

An image collage of the five 2023 Wisconsin Film Festival selections. Clockwise from top left: Disaffected 16-year-old Eva (Daniela Marín Navarro) and her unstable father, Martín (Reinaldo Amien Gutiérrez) stare one another in the face while riding an elevator in "I Have Electric Dreams." Adam (Tawfeek Barhom) places his hand on the shoulder of an unseen man in a black shirt; both stand in the courtyard of Al-Azhar University in Cairo in "Cairo Conspiracy." A group of pink flamingos take refuge inside an enclosure during a spring rainstorm in "Zoo Lock Down." Mukunda Angulo from "The Wolf Pack" sports a pair of dark sunglasses as he leans back with his arms behind his head in "Subject." Taeko (Kimura Fumino) and Park (Sunada Atom) reconnect after a tragic accident forces them to examine their failed marriage and relationship in "Love Life."
Searing themes and fleeting presences in five 2023 Wisconsin Film Festival selections
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April 13, 2023

As the festival gets underway, a quick look at a quintet of compelling international documentaries and narrative features.

An image collage features the Wisconsin Film Festival logo and 2023 dates at top right. Underneath, a shot of Isaiah Lehtinen from Chandler Levack's "I Like Movies." Below that, Nyeisha Prince in Alison O'Daniel's "The Tuba Thieves." To her left, a shot of Jesse Wang in Andy Yi Li's short film, "After Sunset, Dawn Arrives." The top left features a shot of Nacho Sánchez in Carlos Vermut's "Manticore."
Treat yourself to the 2023 Wisconsin Film Festival
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March 9, 2023

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

Actor Jeffrey Combs is shown in a mutated, glowing-pink form in the film From Beyond.
Stuart Gordon, goblins, and moths
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October 23, 2022

Plus more events we recommend checking out in Madison, October 24 through 30 edition.