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Jason Fuhrman

An avid cinephile who remains immersed in the the rich film community of Madison, Jason Fuhrman previously contributed to Madison Film Forum. Since 2013, he has been the curator of the eclectic Cinesthesia film series at the Madison Public Library, a monthly program of alternative classic and contemporary movies.

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Out-of-the-way songs and a Coltrane celebration
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September 18, 2022

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

Little Earthquakes performing at AtwoodFest in July 2022. Photo by Steven Spoerl.
Little Earthquakes’ members are surprising each other as they go
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September 14, 2022

An emerging band full of familiar faces prepares for its first album.

The brightly illuminated façade of a sleazy roadside hotel on the fringes of civilization against a backdrop of impenetrable darkness.
“Lost Highway” boldly veers towards the intersection of beauty and terror
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August 29, 2022

David Lynch's time-warped neo-noir thriller screens in a new 4K restoration at UW Cinematheque on September 2.

The band Free Dirt performing at Madison's High Noon Saloon.
Outdoor blowouts on both Monona and Mendota
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August 28, 2022

Plus more events we recommend checking out in Madison, August 29 through September 4 edition.

(Don't) call them "before and after" shots. Before the podcast recording, Cap Times critic Rob Thomas (right) joins Grant Phipps (left) and Lewis Peterson (center) as they pose with sunglasses in front of the Four Star Video Rental counter. The bottom photo was taken after recording without Rob Thomas, with Jason Fuhrman taking his place on the right. Grant and Lewis assume similar poses and face the camera with sunglasses again.
The Four Star podcast on cinema in the great outdoors
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August 16, 2022

With special guest Rob Thomas, Jason Fuhrman, Lewis Peterson, and Grant Phipps share their thoughts on and a short history of the all-too-brief Madison outdoor movie season.

Richard Farnsworth as Alvin Straight wearing blue jeans, a cowboy hat, and a plaid shirt, with a package of Swisher Sweets cigars in his pocket. He proudly sits on his 1966 John Deere riding lawn mower against amber fields of grain somewhere in the rural Midwest.
The transcendental Midwestern journey of “The Straight Story”
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July 12, 2022

Co-writer and producer Mary Sweeney will introduce David Lynch's idiosyncratic 1999 biographical road movie at UW Cinematheque on July 15.

A promotional photo shows the two members of Anteloper, Jaimie Branch and Jason Nazary, standing on a tennis court and facing the camera.
A few Madison events, July 11 through 17, 2022
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July 10, 2022

Seething improvisation from Anteloper, dance heavyweights at Musique Electronique, and more music and film highlights.

Clockwise from top left: the dark silhouette of a man riding a lawn mower against an open sky imbued with the yellow ochre of a residual sunset in The Straight Story (1999); Alain Delon, wearing a fedora and a trenchcoat, directs an icy stare toward the camera in Le Samouraï (1967); Jackie Chan practices the art of intoxicated fighting amid a verdant, mountainous landscape in Drunken Master (1978); Laura Dern and Eric Stoltz share a tender moment by the beach in Mask (1985).
UW Cinematheque’s summer 2022 lineup offers stories both straight and strange
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May 31, 2022

The cinematic haven on UW-Madison campus kicks off with a newly acquired (and retitled) cut of Peter Bogdanovich's final feature on June 29.

Makaya McCraven is shown standing outdoors, against a background of palm trees and the roofs of houses. Photo by Michael McDermott.
Growing the phenomenon with Makaya McCraven
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May 17, 2022

The drummer/composer/producer plays the High Noon Saloon on May 26.

The 2022 Wisconsin Film Festival diaries
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April 27, 2022

Five writers detail their experiences of returning to the first in-person festival in Madison since April 2019.