Movies

LGBT Film/Video Festival Preview: Children of God
LGBT Film/Video Festival Preview

Children of God

Equal parts romance and arthouse thinkpiece, the festival's closing night film from the Bahamas is methodical, though challenging and intimate.

LGBT Film Fest preview: Ghostlight
LGBT Film Fest preview

Ghostlight

Equal parts history and fiction, story and impression, "Ghostlight" offers a worthy homage to legendary dancer/choreographer Martha Graham.

LGBT Film Fest preview: Le Tigre On Tour
LGBT Film Fest preview

Le Tigre On Tour

With a riotous live show, Le Tigre makes public the pain of sexual/gender inequality and incites their audience to overcome it.

LGBT Film Fest Preview: I Killed My Mother
LGBT Film Fest Preview

I Killed My Mother

Part autobiography, part coming-of-age story, "I Killed My Mother" explores the tenuous and often exalted relationship between mother and gay son.

LGBT Film Fest preview: Undertow
LGBT Film Fest preview

Undertow

"Undertow" masterfully illustrates the conflicting dichotomy between being a man – as defined by rigid tradition – and recognizing the true nature of oneself.

Food for thought at the LGBT Film & Video Festival

Food for thought at the LGBT Film & Video Festival

The vitriol aimed at the gay community lately is almost unbearable.Thankfully, the 2010 LGBT Film Fest is packed with plenty of cinematic cures to heal the soul.

Cardinal Stritch offers a French connection

Cardinal Stritch offers a French connection

The Fox Point campus opens its incarnation of the national Tournees Film Festival with a full month of innovative French cinema.

Moving Pictures: A Woman, a Gun, and a Noodle Shop
Moving Pictures

A Woman, a Gun, and a Noodle Shop

Acclaimed Chinese director Yimou Zhang takes a Coen Brothers classic and turns it on its head. I just can't tell whether or not that's a good thing.

MFF’10 review: No One Knows About Persian Cats
MFF’10 review

No One Knows About Persian Cats

A clandestine tour of of Tehran's underground music scene, providing a glimpse into the heart and soul of Iran's youth culture.

MFF’10: The Milwaukee Show!
MFF’10

The Milwaukee Show!

This year's festival has offered much to impress. But for some of us, even Susan Sarandon's face pales in comparison.

MFF’10: Metropolis with the Alloy Orchestra
MFF’10

Metropolis with the Alloy Orchestra

We couldn't help but sneak in and capture some images from this special presentation of the restored masterpiece scored live at the Oriental.

PODCAST: MFF’10 – Buried
PODCAST

MFF’10 – Buried

Mark talks to Executive Director Jonathan Jackson about the final night of the MFF, featuring a film that Variety calls "an exercise in sustained tension."