Wisconsin Film Festival
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Epic melodrama “The Best Years Of Our Lives” honestly chronicles three World War II veterans
William Wyler’s 1946 film screens at UW Cinematheque on April 8 as part of the Wisconsin Film Festival with special guest Mike Pogorzelski from the Academy Film Archive.
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Sleaze and haywire hippies have the upper hand in “Death Game”
The exploitation thriller from 1977 screens at AMC Madison 6 as part of the Wisconsin Film Festival on April 11.
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Writer-director Adrian Murray on fragile truth and tragic humor in “Retrograde”
The Wisconsin Film Festival presents the Toronto-based filmmaker’s latest film on Friday, April 8, at the Chazen Museum Of Art.
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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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“Witness Underground” pays tribute to Nuclear Gopher and the liberating music of ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses
The unlikely pairing of Scott Homan’s rousing documentary and Johnny Zeller’s narrative short, “SCARS,” pulls the ramifications of dishonesty into focus.
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A Wisconsin Film Festival shorts extravaganza!
Grant Phipps considers a plethora of short films included in a few of the virtual fest’s programs—”Birth And Rebirth,” “Do Not Adjust Your Sets,” and “Only The Lonely.”
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“My Darling Supermarket” finds the everyday within the profound
Maxwell Courtright tours this Brazilian documentary that praises the lives of those who are now seen as essential workers.
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“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.
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Black inspirations and aspirations for a better future
Jason Fuhrman celebrates two prominent narrative features by Black directors—”The Inheritance” and “This Is My Desire”—included in the 2021 virtual fest.
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Burhan Qurbani’s adaptation of “Berlin Alexanderplatz” keeps its stylized stride in the present
This new three-hour update to Fassbinder’s famous 1980 miniseries is an ever-evolving journey.
