Ian Adcock

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A simple image collage of the three grindhouse films at this year's Wisconsin Film Festival. Clockwise from top left: Looking debonair, Matt Stone (William Shatner) smokes a cigarette in "Impulse." Mark (Christopher Augustine) stares intensely at the camera in "Hollywood 90028." Vincenzo Moretto (Tomas Milian), in a grey cabbie cap, points a gun off-screen in "The Tough Ones."

The 2023 Wisconsin Film Festival goes grindhouse galore

By Ian Adcock ● Film ● April 11, 2023 April 12, 2023

Grindhouse Releasing’s co-founder Bob Murawski presents three obscure, unflinching genre gems—”The Tough Ones,” “Hollywood 90028,” and “Impulse”—on April 15, 17, and 18.

A simple image collage featuring Michael Mann's "Thief" and "Heat." On top, Frank (James Caan) points a gun at plating company boss Attaglia (Tom Signorelli) in "Thief." Below that, Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) and Chris Shiherlis (Val Kilmer), armed with assault rifles, face off against the police on the Los Angeles streets in "Heat."

Michael Mann’s gruff humanism characterizes his best heist films

By Ian Adcock ● Film ● March 28, 2023 March 28, 2023

“Thief” and “Heat” get the 35mm treatment at UW Cinematheque on April 1 and 8.

A simple image collage that depicts (at top left) a Monday night screening of "Sharknado" at Memorial Union Terrace in Madison with three other film stills. To its right, an shot of actress Katia Pascariu in "Bad Luck Banging Or Loony Porn;" below that, a shot of Kristen Stewart, Viggo Mortensen, and Léa Seydoux in "Crimes Of The Future;" and to its left, a still of Michelle Yeoh, a looming Jamie Lee Curtis, and reflection of Ke Huy Quan in "Everything Everywhere All At Once."

Everyone everywhere all at once: a Tone Madison year-end film thread

By Grant Phipps, Lewis Peterson, Edwanike Harbour, C Nelson-Lifson, Steven Spoerl, Alisyn Amant, Ian Adcock, Maxwell Courtright & Jason Fuhrman ● Film ● December 20, 2022 December 21, 2022

The bulk of our film team imparts their highs and lows of 2022.

Actor Jeffrey Combs is shown in a mutated, glowing-pink form in the film From Beyond.

Stuart Gordon, goblins, and moths

By Ian Adcock, Emili Earhart, Scott Gordon, Hanna Kohn, Lewis Peterson & Grant Phipps ● Music ● October 23, 2022 October 26, 2022

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

Heavy Looks performing live at the closed Art In. Photo by Heidi E Johnson.

Release shows from Heavy Looks, Cribshitter, and Mr. Chair

By Ian Adcock, Jason Fuhrman, Scott Gordon, Lewis Peterson & Grant Phipps ● Music ● October 16, 2022 October 18, 2022

Plus more events we recommend checking out in Madison, October 17 through 23 edition.

A black-and-white publicity photo of the band Slow Pulp shows the band's four members standing closely together and facing the camera.

Slow Pulp returns, a Dream House appears

By Ian Adcock, Scott Gordon, Grant Phipps & Steven Spoerl ● Music ● October 9, 2022 October 11, 2022

Plus more events we recommend checking out in Madison, October 10 through 16 edition.

An image collage featuring the October series' four films. Clockwise from top left, Thomas Bardo (Stephen Rea) is covered in blood, hanging halfway through a shattered windshield in Stuck; Maria (Rona De Ricci) pleads to the Grand Inquisitor Torquemada (Lance Henriksen) in The Pit And The Pendulum; Dr. Edward Pretorius (Ted Sorel) is transformed into a hideous monster in From Beyond; and Uxía (Macarena Gómez), dressed in a gold ceremonial outfit in Dagon, brandishes a gold dagger shaped like a spine.

Discover Stuart Gordon’s transgressive, bloody genre films this October

By Ian Adcock ● Film ● October 4, 2022 October 5, 2022

UW Cinematheque concludes its 2022 Stuart Gordon retrospective at the Chazen with a horror-tinged Sunday matinee lineup.

A photo shows percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani using a bow to coax sound from a gong. He is surrounded by a drumkit and another, larger gong hangs from a frame behind him.

Tatsuya Nakatani, “Stuck,” and Mad Lit’s season finale

By Ian Adcock, Maxwell Courtright & Scott Gordon ● Music ● October 2, 2022 October 7, 2022

Plus more events we recommend checking out in Madison, October 3 through 9 edition.

Out-of-the-way songs and a Coltrane celebration

By Scott Gordon, Jason Fuhrman & Ian Adcock ● Music ● September 18, 2022 September 19, 2022

Plus more events we recommend checking out in Madison, September 19 through 25 edition.

A photo shows the members of music duo Good Corners seated and performing in a warehouse-like setting.

A country-ambient release show and on-screen heroics

By Ian Adcock, Maxwell Courtright, Emili Earhart, Scott Gordon, Edwanike Harbour, Steven Spoerl & Lewis Peterson ● Music ● September 11, 2022 September 12, 2022

Plus more events we recommend checking out in Madison, September 5 through 11 edition.

Ian Adcock

The 2023 Wisconsin Film Festival goes grindhouse galore

Michael Mann’s gruff humanism characterizes his best heist films

Everyone everywhere all at once: a Tone Madison year-end film thread

Stuart Gordon, goblins, and moths

Release shows from Heavy Looks, Cribshitter, and Mr. Chair

Slow Pulp returns, a Dream House appears

Discover Stuart Gordon’s transgressive, bloody genre films this October

Tatsuya Nakatani, “Stuck,” and Mad Lit’s season finale

Out-of-the-way songs and a Coltrane celebration

A country-ambient release show and on-screen heroics

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