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Five aging players on a recreational baseball league team named "Adler's Paint" sit in their dugout and look toward the ball field off screen. The catcher sits in the foreground near the center with protective gear on.
The measured rhythms of “Eephus” offer a remedy to the turbulence of the modern world
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July 16, 2025

Carson Lund's wistful indie baseball comedy makes its Madison premiere at the Bartell Theatre on July 19.

In the foreground of an image in a forested area, a woman in a white lab suit lays on the grass in the fetal position. Behind her, yellow tape that faintly reads "crime scene do not enter" is wrapped in a semi-triangular shape around a cluster of trees.
Mortal and moral inquiries at the 2025 Wisconsin Film Festival
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April 3, 2025

Our writers ponder four incisive, formidable documentaries (and essay films) screening as part of the fest from April 4 through 10.

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.

Five high school students, wearing white button-down uniforms, press themselves against the windows of their classroom. They all look startled and attempt to peer at something below that's off-screen.
“Typhoon Club” candidly captures the whirlwind of adolescence
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July 8, 2024

Shinji Sōmai's 1985 resonant coming-of-age drama screens in a new 4K restoration at UW Cinematheque on July 11.

A black-and-white image from the film shows a thirtysomething woman with long blonde hair in profile at a medium shot. She blows a bubblegum bubble while operating a steering wheel with her right arm.
Gig workers the world over, “Do Not Expect Too Much From The End Of The World”
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April 1, 2024

Romanian postmodernist director Radu Jude's newest film premieres locally at the Wisconsin Film Festival on April 6 and 7.

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.

Images from the musical melodramas in a simple collage. At the top, Violeta (Ninón Sevilla) from "Victims Of Sin" strikes a wide-armed pose while singing in front of a nightclub band. On the bottom, Ray (Raul Julia) and Franny (Teri Garr) from "One From The Heart Reprise" strike a wide-armed pose with their backs to the camera while holding hands on a balcony overlooking the ocean at sunset, with a cruise ship to their right.
Melodramatic emotions in your Heart aren’t a Sin at UW Cinematheque
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February 6, 2024

The musicals "Victims Of Sin" (1951) and "One From The Heart Reprise" (1982/2024) screen at 4070 Vilas Hall in new restorations on February 9 and 10.

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.

A young woman in a grey, long-sleeved dress shirt looks through a magnifying glass on her right eye at a watch mechanism.
Anarchist watchmakers change the tick of history in period drama “Unrest”
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November 13, 2023

Swiss director Cyril Schäublin's latest film premieres locally at MMoCA on November 16.