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Clay that blows you away

Clay that blows you away

UWM film student Isaiah Wells gets a shot at the big time during the Milwaukee Short Film Festival.

FREE SCREENING: The Devil and Daniel Johnston
FREE SCREENING

The Devil and Daniel Johnston

88Nine's own Scott Mullins will host a screening of "The Devil and Daniel Johnston" Wednesday August 5th at 8pm at the Turner Hall Ballroom.

Selig Family gives $200k to Milwaukee Film

Selig Family gives $200k to Milwaukee Film

Peep this -- way to go, Milwaukee Film. And for the rest of you, now you know what it costs to get an award named after you. Yep, apparently right around the 200k mark. Not bad.

MKE Short Film Fest Trailer Is Alive!

MKE Short Film Fest Trailer Is Alive!

MSFF Trailer Sept 11-13 @ Eisner / MAM

Frankie Latina: Milwaukee Filmmaker named Top 25 To Watch
Frankie Latina

Milwaukee Filmmaker named Top 25 To Watch

Top 25 New Faces in Independent Film included one of our own in 2009

NO GOD, NO MASTER Films In Milwaukee This Summer

NO GOD, NO MASTER Films In Milwaukee This Summer

Chicago area based film production company, Strata Productions, Inc., in association with Sacco & Vanzetti, LLC and NGNM, Inc. is gearing up for production this summer on the feature film No God, No Master. Milwaukee, Wisconsin has been a first choice location for Chicago Writer/Director Terry Green since the inception of the script. The city's rich history, vintage architecture and Lake Michigan's horizon are the perfect backdrops for the 1919 period locations, which simulate old world New York City.

BONNAROO 2009: Howie interviews David Byrne, asks Haley Dekle to marry him
BONNAROO 2009

Howie interviews David Byrne, asks Haley Dekle to marry him

In this edition: NYC love, 19-year-old stoners, watching David Byrne's stuff, The Dirty Projectors, a high school reunion of sorts - and so much more.

BONNAROO: The 36-Hour Report
BONNAROO

The 36-Hour Report

The TCD Editorial staff found this crazed dispatch, like a signal from a jam-band-packed corner of outer space, buried at the bottom of the email heap upon arrival at the office this morning. Sounds like quite a time. We've also taken the liberty of bringing you highlights from Howie's Twitter feed, so you can enjoy the madness, even if you're not the Twittering kind.

BONNAROO: Twitter recap
BONNAROO

Twitter recap

For those of you who just can’t find it in your heart to Tweet, we present you with our favorite selections from Howie’s live coverage of Bonnaroo on the internet’s most adorable social media platform. If you’re one with the Twitternation, follow him now at twitter.com/easyotis or join your TCD friends at twitter.com/TCDigest. –Ed. June 11 1:44 AM #bonnaroo. We have arrived http://twitpic.com/73tu5 4:45 AM Feel good after an @magichat n 2 hrs sleep. Everyone who works at this Wal Mart hates hipsters n hippies alike. http://twitpic.com/73zkz 7:23 AM Unbridled enthusiasm abounds in #bonnaroo press office @bonnaroonews, where u at? http://twitpic.com/747qq 4:23 PM Alberta Cross: vocals like My Morning Jacket, lazy bass n kick drum like The Verve. UK accents like Arctic Monkeys http://twitpic.com/75jk7 4:33 PM @carlinkacarlota and a dude with parrot on his shoulder watching #alberta cross http://twitpic.com/75ki4 4:55 PM On top of ferris wheel…..aahhhhjh http://twitpic.com/75mmz 9:07 PM My fav port o poop http://twitpic.com/768y9 June 12 5:20 AM Good morn! Day 2 @bonnaroo. Press meeting at fri 11am, Girl Talk at sat 2am. What should we do in between? 7:35 AM Just overhead: dude, ” dude, I’ll trade u a pabst for a cigarette.” “dude, I’ll totally do that” #bonnaroo 7:37 AM Randomly seeing parrot guy again kicking it with Biker hippies n blow up doll #bonnaroo http://twitpic.com/772is 9:31 AM These walls were blank yesterday. #bonnaroo http://twitpic.com/77c7c June 13 7:00 AM Bon iver justin vernon (center) talks strategies used at fests to engage peeps: “ask the crowd to be your chorus” http://twitpic.com/7a6ly 7:03 AM Um, ground control to major tom, I think we’ve lost him #phish http://twitpic.com/7a6w2 11:03 PM Glowstick war at NIN. Ha June 14 5:02 PM RT @bonnaroonews: Trent Reznor says Bonnaroo his last US concert #bonnaroo ^JL http://bit.ly/1c4BxK 5:02 PM RT @SpinnerTweet: Final day #Bonnaroo. Did life ever exist before this? Is there still an outside world? Are showers still around? 5:03 PM RT @stereogum: Bonnaroo Sat. recap: Trent says goodbye, Bruce says Merry XMas. Lots of pics + video of new MGMT tune http://is.gd/11UdC

Milwaukee Film rolls out first round of announcements for 2009 Festival

Milwaukee Film rolls out first round of announcements for 2009 Festival

Here they are: the first five film announcements for the first-ever, breathlessly-anticipated 2009 Milwaukee Film Festival. Who knows what we can tell from five films out of what's likely to be more than 100, but this diverse and cosmopolitan selection of screenings: a supermarket comedy from Uruguay, a clandestine documentary about the 2007 uprising in Burma and an exciting frame-by-frame restoration of Akiro Kurosawa's Rashomon.

TCD @ BONNAROO! Manchester TN, June 11-14

TCD @ BONNAROO! Manchester TN, June 11-14

Easy Otis & ThirdCoast Digest are going gonzo style deep into Bonnaroo, posting Twitter and blog updates 24/7 from June 10-15. Who know's who we'll meet: artists and filmmakers from the Third Coast? Lifer waitresses at road side diners? Scary people at 3am? I can't wait either. It's all going down, live and direct. Set the guns to stun.

Milwaukee Film Needs Volunteers!

Milwaukee Film Needs Volunteers!

Milwaukee Film is getting ready to launch its grassroots volunteer program to help spread the word about the upcoming Milwaukee Film Festival!