Movies

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World vs. the media landscape

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World vs. the media landscape

The film adaptation of Bryan Lee O'Malley's cult comic is funny, visual and crowd-pleasing. Somehow, it is also less than stellar at the box office.

Take One: Milwaukee Children’s Film Festival
Take One

Milwaukee Children’s Film Festival

Milwaukee Film blends awesome kid’s films with important lessons in media literacy for the whole family.

ADversary: Gorge, Covet, Spend
ADversary

Gorge, Covet, Spend

One privileged, affluent white woman's search for everything.

Break a Leg

Break a Leg

Gal Friday Films, Acacia Theatre and the Over Our Head Players are holding auditions throughout the month of August. Got the acting bug? Read on for details.

Moving Pictures: The Kids Are All Right
Moving Pictures

The Kids Are All Right

Lisa Cholodenko’s film explores the family dynamic of same-sex parents and their children's desire to meet their father.

Moving Pictures: The Girl Who Played With Fire
Moving Pictures

The Girl Who Played With Fire

The second film adaptation in Stieg Larsson's trilogy finds salvation in the performance of lead actrees Noomi Rapace.

Zombies Set to Invade Landmark Lanes

Zombies Set to Invade Landmark Lanes

Angry Young Men premiere their take on the Romero classic "Night of the Living Dead" except there's one twist. It's also a puppet show. Say what?

Not your average Gal Friday

Not your average Gal Friday

After years in the industry, two local women combined their collective ambition to create a company committed to gender equality and local, sustainable filmmaking.

Review: Screen Dance at Danceworks
Review

Screen Dance at Danceworks

Dances for film, screened in the open air on a summer night by the river.

Moving Pictures: Coco & Igor
Moving Pictures

Coco & Igor

It's beautiful to look at, but watching this film is like thumbing through a coffee table book while waiting for dinner to be served at a boring party. Nothing happens.

Moving Pictures: MicMacs
Moving Pictures

MicMacs

MicMacs is stunning to look at and delightful to see. There is tenderness is right in the middle of the story, beneath the gloss and behind the shimmer.

Moving Pictures: Please Give
Moving Pictures

Please Give

Catherine Keener and Oliver Platt play a couple who sell what the dead leave behind. It's like something out of a Woody Allen film, but with less artfulness and subtlety.