Treat yourself to the 2023 Wisconsin Film Festival
Our film team takes a first look at the gifts of this year’s festival guide.
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Making a last-minute 2022 Wisconsin Film Festival itinerary
A Courtney Barnett documentary, “107 Mothers,” “Ȋntregalde,” “Claydream,” and other recommendations, in brief, from our film writers.
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After perusing the film guide that is publicly unveiled today, our film team shares thoughts and ecstatic observations.
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A Four Star podcast, possessed
Before the UW Cinematheque presentation of Andrzej Żuławski’s 1981 film, “Possession,” on November 5, Hanna Kohn, Lewis Peterson, and Ian Adcock, and Grant Phipps talk about all the film’s lurking absurdisms and obvious horrors.
The “Circumstantial Pleasures” of a Four Star podcast
Ahead of the final Rooftop Cinema of the summer on August 27, Hanna Kohn, Lewis Peterson, and Grant Phipps chat about the experimental animations of Lewis Klahr.
Wisconsin Film Festival: “Operation Wolf Patrol” recounts the legal circus behind wolf conservation efforts in our state
Hanna Kohn looks at the Wisconsin’s Own documentary that puts the welfare of wolves into perspective.
A virtual Wisconsin Film Festival 2021 trailer teaser
We highlight 10 striking features as the race to digest the fest’s lineup begins.
