Movies
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Cinematheque is packed with new and old, premieres and restorations, and special guests
Okay, Madison. Here’s your chance to prove that there is interest in moviegoing besides commercial fare in Sun Prairie or Fitchburg. Read more
Courtesy Madison Parks
Where to find outdoor screenings around Madison this summer
Programs from the Madison Parks Division, the Wisconsin Union and more offer free films under the stars. Where can you find them? Read more
Jun 30, 2023
Wisconsin Film Festival
Wisconsin Film Festival update
The Wisconsin Film Festival has established some last-minute in-person box office locations on April 10 and 12. Here's the info on that, and what's sold out as of today. Read more
Apr 10, 2023
AP
‘We Are Not Ghouls’ follows an Air Force JAG lawyer and a Guantanamo prisoner
Madison native Chris James Thompson’s documentary We Are Not Ghouls examines the United States’ conduct during the War on Terror through the eyes of Yvonne Bradley, an Air Force JAG lawyer. Read more
Apr 8, 2023
'Mondale Courting' showcases one Madison woman's quest for community during social distancing
First-time director Mary Moskoff examins how some Madison neighbors fought back against isolation during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic — and the neighborhood unity that has grown since then. Read more
Apr 8, 2023
‘Friday Night Blind’ explores the world of three vision-impaired bowlers
Friday Night Blind ended up winning a Wisconsin Film Festival Golden Badger Award for Scott Krahn and Robb Fischer. Read more
Apr 8, 2023
‘Greener Pastures’ explores the mental health crisis among Midwestern farmers
‘Greener Pastures’ follows four farm families in the Midwest and explores why the profession has the highest rate of suicide in the U.S. Read more
Apr 8, 2023
Beth Skogen
What do you really know about the Monfils case?
The conviction and life sentences for the six men known as the Monfils six “split the city of Green Bay down the middle,” says filmmaker Michael Neelsen. Read more
Apr 8, 2023
8:00 AM
The forests of Wisconsin inspired the animated short ‘Of Wood’
The animated film ‘Of Wood’ was made by progressively carving through an 18-inch round of wood. “I don't know if anybody's ever done that,” says filmmaker Owen Klatte. Read more
Apr 8, 2023
8:00 AM
Beth Skogen
Wisconsin’s Own
They’re films with Wisconsin crews, Wisconsin stories, “willed out of nothing by Wisconsinites,” as one director put it. Here’s how six of this year’s state-centric films got to the screen. Read more
Apr 8, 2023
8:00 AM
Linda Falkenstein
Hilldale AMC gets one final run as a venue for the Wisconsin Film Festival
Hilldale becomes the genius loci of the 2023 Wisconsin Film Festival, with films being shown on three screens there for one last time. Read more
Feb 14, 2023
9:30 AM
20th Century Studios
Chuck at the end of the world
UW Cinematheque presents a series of films starring Charlton Heston, including a ‘Planet of the Apes’ double feature and the lesser-known ‘Two-Minute Warning’ Read more
Nov 3, 2022
3:40 PM
Swing shift
Filmmakers Nick Libbey and Zach Tomasovic were looking for an area that was split down the middle politically in which to work. They found it in Wisconsin’s Sawyer County. Read more
Apr 7, 2022
8:00 AM
