WISCONSIN FILM FESTIVAL
 Wisconsin Film Festival announces 2009 audience awards, attendance up once againBusy days over, more ahead for fest director Meg HamelKenneth Burns on Thursday 04/09/2009 5:00 pm, (4) RecommendationsWhat is Meg Hamel's most vivid memory of this year's festival? It's the audience members who enthusiastically sang along with the Wisconsin Film Festival trailer. That kind of participation is a good sign. "It's hard for any festival to create a trailer people won't mock," she says. >More  2009 Wisconsin Film Festival, Day Four: As the snow fliesEllen Meany on Monday 04/06/2009 8:48 am, (9) RecommendationsNothing more Wisco than a blizzard in April, but clutching a handful of festival tickets, we bundle up and get moving. We like it here, remember? The snow never materializes in any significant way, but birds and buildings do, memes that have popped up in all the movies we've seen this weekend. >More 2009 Wisconsin Film Festival, Day Three: The wisdom of crowdsLinda Falkenstein on Sunday 04/05/2009 9:00 am, (13) RecommendationsThe campus seemed a little empty Saturday as I hopped from film to film, all west of the Library Mall. All three films were about art and artists: Chuck Close, Between the Folds, and Immortal Cupboard: In Search of Lorine Niedecker. The greatest concentration of excitement was at the showing of Between the Folds at the Chazen Museum, and the auditorium was sold out, with ushers hunting down every last seat. >More 2009 Wisconsin Film Festival, Day Two: 'We Like It Here'Dean Robbins on Friday 04/03/2009 11:33 pm, (11) RecommendationsStephen Jarchow, distributor of Oscar-winning Departures, is impressed with the Wisconsin Film Festival’s interest in foreign films. "Madison is a sophisticated film town. It’s one of the best cities for foreign films in the U.S., outside the major markets." >More 2009 Wisconsin Film Festival, Day One: Recession proof? Waterproof?David Medaris on Friday 04/03/2009 9:07 am, (13) RecommendationsFrom the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art's rooftop sculpture garden, the sight was impressive -- people dashing across State Street at mid-block between the cross-traffic of bikes and Madison Metro buses, and growing numbers of pedestrians crossing the Dayton and Johnson street intersections as if drawn by some cinematic gravity. >More Do you know your Wisconsin Film Festival 2009 character?Paul Hoppe on Thursday 04/02/2009 12:00 pmCelebrating the fest, are you a member of the audience, or one of the characters? >More Join the crowd: The Wisconsin Film Festival entertains onscreen and offAmelia Cook on Friday 03/27/2009, (26) RecommendationsThe films at this year's festival, April 2-5, are risky, hilarious, devastating and so fascinating that you might sacrifice a popcorn refill to stay in your seat. >More Wisconsin Film Festival 2009: What to watch?Tips for picking your moviesDean Robbins on Sunday 03/22/2009 8:00 am, (1) RecommendationThe Wisconsin Film Festival can be daunting. It features close to 200 movies at 10 venues over four days from April 2-5. Most of the movies are unknown quantities. How are we supposed to pick the ones we'd like best? I don't agree with festival director Meg Hamel, who simply suggests throwing a dart at the schedule. >More In lean times, Wisconsin Film Fest still goes for brokeThe bigger the betterDean Robbins on Friday 03/20/2009It’s a lean year for local arts organizations, with Madison Ballet canceling performances, the Overture Center laying off staff and the Madison Repertory Theatre shutting down altogether. By contrast, the 11th annual Wisconsin Film Festival will be as big as ever. It features close to 200 films at 10 venues over four days, April 2-5. There will be even more talks and panels than in previous years. >More Wisconsin Film Festival 2009 trailers -- Idiots and AngelsKristian Knutsen on Saturday 02/14/2009 6:00 am, (5) RecommendationsIndependent animation has become readily accessible with the popularization of online video, but there's still nothing like seeing this visual art on the big screen. Fans get a special treat in Idiots and Angels, the new feature-length work by legendary cartoonist and animator Bill Plympton about a jerk forced to confront his good side after growing wings. >More |
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