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Outdoor cinema continues, and Mad Lit DJ Block Party lights up State Street
Plus more events we recommend checking out in Madison, August 22 through 28 edition.
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A few Madison events, July 11 through 17, 2022
Seething improvisation from Anteloper, dance heavyweights at Musique Electronique, and more music and film highlights.
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“Jane: An Abortion Service” is an instructive oral history of the Chicago group’s activism
Kate Kirtz and Neil Lundy’s 58-minute abortion rights documentary from 1995 screens at Madison Public Library’s Central branch in Room 301 on July 12.
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“What We Left Unfinished” poses tough, relevant questions about the relationship between propaganda and true art
Mariam Ghani’s insightful, archival documentary sees a Madison premiere at UW Cinematheque on July 8.
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A few Madison events, July 4 through 10, 2022
Baby Tyler with Soot, power-pop, and a whole lot of good film offerings.
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“Notre Musique” and “The Dante Quartet” cerebrally expand upon studies of the “Divine Comedy”
In conjunction with UW-Madison’s “Dante After Dante” symposium, UW Cinematheque presents two experimental films by Jean-Luc Godard and Stan Brakhage that riff on the “Divine Comedy” on April 30.
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The sensual catalyst of literature in “A Tale Of Love And Desire”
The Wisconsin Film Festival hosts the Wisconsin premiere of Leyla Bouzid’s literally (and literarily) poetic coming-of-age film on April 9 at Wisconsin Union Theater.
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Getting personal with an in-person 2022 Wisconsin Film Festival
After perusing the film guide that is publicly unveiled today, our film team shares thoughts and ecstatic observations.
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La Movida Madrileña celebrates a period of radical invention in Spanish film
UW Cinematheque’s annual co-presented LACIS series kicks off on February 11 with the art-horror trip “Arrebato,” and continues with a groundbreaking trans documentary and an early satire from Pedro Almodóvar.
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Wrapping up 2021 with a sense of cinematic possibility
Seven of “Tone Madison’s” film crew reflect on changes to their viewing habits, thrills, and anxieties of the pandemic year(s).
