SCREENS
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Hanging in there
Determined to keep the store open, Four Star Video Cooperative’s Lewis Peterson has been training volunteers to help run the store at a new, smaller location. Read more
Feline flicks
Here, kitty! Isthmus staff and freelancers share their favorite onscreen cat characters. Read more
Nov 27, 2019
Lessons from Fred Rogers
“A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” is not just an uncynical movie. It directly confronts the cynicism and despair of today’s world by bringing the essence of Fred Rogers back to the big screen. Read more
Nov 21, 2019
Accidental genius
Stoughton natives Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett return to their stomping grounds with the 15th annual Found Footage Festival, a celebration of good intentions that go bad. Read more
Nov 21, 2019
A study in contrasts
Both entertaining and wickedly satirical, Bong Joon-ho’s “Parasite” demonstrates the South Korean director is at the top of his game. Read more
Nov 14, 2019
Trouble in paradise
“The Pollinators” is a new film that documents the work of commercial beekeepers, showing the devastating impact of modern agricultural practices on our insect collaborators. Read more
Nov 14, 2019
About damn time
Director Kasi Lemmons provides an important historical corrective with “Harriet,” the origin story of the original badass American hero, Harriet Tubman. It stars a towering Cynthia Erivo. Read more
Oct 31, 2019
Salty conflict
The supernatural elements of “The Lighthouse” are less successful than the dramatic conflict between two seafaring characters played by Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe. Read more
Oct 31, 2019
4:59 AM
Electric drama
Film critic MaryAnn Johanson revisits the critically maligned “The Current War.” A new director’s cut is in theaters now. Read more
Oct 24, 2019
5:00 AM
The future of cinema
Zia Anger’s first film was labeled “abandoned.” Find out what really happened at “My First Film,” the director’s groundbreaking multimedia presentation at MMoCA on Oct. 23. Read more
Oct 17, 2019
5:00 AM
Punk and circumstance
Punk rock lives, and it’s captured in a new independent documentary, “Punk the Capital,” screening at Communication on Oct. 12. Bonus: It’s touring with Jeff Nelson, former drummer of Minor Threat and Teen Idles. Read more
Oct 10, 2019
5:00 AM
Roger Turner
Street fighting town
Glenn Silber, one of the directors of the groundbreaking “The War at Home,” visits Madison for a special screening of the restored documentary Oct. 13 at the Orpheum Theater. Read more
Oct 10, 2019
5:00 AM
Special Screenings
Home for the Holidays
QCinema: Nothing is going right for Claudia Larson. PG-13, 1995. Free. Read more
Dec 11, 2019
6:30 PM
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1
The final chapter of the wizard saga. PG-13, 2011. Free. Read more
Dec 11, 2019
7:00 PM
Dec 11, 2019
7:00 PM
Elephant Path
Thursday Night Movie Club screening of 2019 Wisconsin Film Festival Wisconsin's Own selection. Free. Read more
Dec 12, 2019
6:30 PM
