Movies
To qualify as an American, see these movies (Part 2)
Mark Metcalf's 45-film American Filmology course: Start by earning your "High School Diploma" and graduate all the way to "Doctorate."
Nov 13th, 2012 by Mark Metcalf
To qualify as an American, see these movies (Part 1)
Mark Metcalf's 45-film American Filmology course: Start by earning your "High School Diploma" and graduate all the way to "Doctorate."
Nov 13th, 2012 by Mark Metcalf
Juried shorts are sweet at MKE Short Film Fest
"Love and Germaphobia" beat out eight other flicks for the top prize, and "Yellow Hill: The Stranger's Tale" made its world premiere.
Nov 12th, 2012 by Matthew Reddin
“Color Me Obsessed” captures the essence of The Replacements
Turner Hall mounted Milwaukee’s first screening of the long-awaited, definitive Replacements documentary as part of its BAAM series on Saturday night.
Nov 11th, 2012 by Jon Anne Willow
“Smashed”
Starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Aaron Paul, "Smashed" explores the couple's drunken downward spiral. Opening tonight at the Downer Theatre.
Nov 9th, 2012 by Mark Metcalf
Milwaukee Short Film Festival, past and present
Mark Metcalf talks with Ross Bigley, president of the Milwaukee Independent Film Society, about the 14th annual Milwaukee Short Film Festival.
Nov 8th, 2012 by Mark Metcalf
At UWM, an immense Year of the Arts
UWM chancellor Mike Lovell, Peck School dean Scott Emmons on the year-long celebration of the School of the Arts' 50th.
Nov 1st, 2012 by Tom Strini
“Fun Size”
This extra-complicated Nickelodeon TV-esque flick is tailored only for the most simplistic of sensibilities.
Oct 29th, 2012 by Mark Metcalf
“The Other Dream Team”
This doc on Lithuania's ragtag 1992 Olympic basketball team, supported by unlikely allies the Grateful Dead, is a powerful allegory for their struggles with the USSR.
Oct 26th, 2012 by Mark Metcalf
MADACC brings documentary “Beyond the Myth” to the Oriental
"Beyond the Myth," a documentary addressing negative stereotypes about pit bulls and Breed Specific Legislation, screens tonight at the Oriental Theatre.
Oct 25th, 2012 by Callie Koller
Musical gems, unsettling theater, and falling dancers
Present Music, Natalie Merchant and Siberian Virtuosi power up, while the theater re-visits disturbing history.
Oct 23rd, 2012 by Danielle McClune
“The Invisible Men,” at the LGBT Film/Video Festival
Documentary "The Invisible Men" tells the story of three gay Palestinians who are forced to live lives of secrecy. The film screens Sunday at the Union Theatre.
Oct 20th, 2012 by Andy Hartman
