SCREENS
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Gaga reborn
Bradley Cooper’s directorial debut, “A Star is Born,” is a cinematic marvel. With loads of onscreen chemistry between him and the astonishing Lady Gaga, this is why we go to the movies. more
The return of Making a Murderer and other spooky Netflix options
Isthmus TV critic Alex Claiborne highlights some spooky movies and TV shows coming out this month. more
Oct 8, 2018
Listening carefully
The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art has launched its fall Spotlight Cinema series. Don’t miss the amazing documentary, “Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda,” which screens on Oct. 10 at the museum. more
Oct 3, 2018
Nicholas Cage unhinged
Nicholas Cage plays a completely unhinged version of himself in Pano Cosmatos’ “Mandy,” a psychedelic horror flick that fails to live up to its promise. more
Sep 27, 2018
Alarmed and motivated
Michael Moore is still Michael Moore, but the agitprop of his new “Fahrenheit 11/9” manages to leave the viewer with some hope of mitigating Trump’s harm. more
Sep 27, 2018
Doing nothing amid turmoil
“In the Last Days of the City” suffers from some self-conscious filmmaking techniques, but director Tamer El Said presents a moving mosaic of a tumultuous time in his native Egypt. more
Sep 20, 2018
Massachusetts death trip
Chloë Sevigny and Kristen Stewart team up for a cinematic take on the legendary double murder case in “Lizzie.” more
Sep 20, 2018
Corey Rich
Friends in high places
Madison band Searchlights featured in “The Dawn Wall,” a film documenting a near-impossible ascent of El Cap in Yosemite National Park. more
Sep 13, 2018
5:00 AM
September television preview: The return of “BoJack Horseman,” “American Vandal” and “The Good Place” – and “Murphy Brown” is back!
Remember Murphy Brown? Isthmus TV critic Alex Claiborne highlights some of September’s television highlights, including the Sept. 27 reboot of the groundbreaking show featuring an outspoken TV news reporter . more
Sep 10, 2018
2:20 PM
Real World
“Documentaries aren’t just one thing!” Cinematheque’s “Spotlight on Documentary” series explores the wide-ranging possibility of documentaries and alums’ sweeping achievements more
Sep 6, 2018
5:00 AM
Haunted Wisconsin
For decades strange reports of a wolf-like creature have been surfacing on the outskirts of Elkhorn. A new documentary, “The Bray Road Beast,” explores the legend. more
Aug 30, 2018
5:00 AM
Facing racism
Spike Lee’s new film, “BlacKkKlansman” offers up deft comedy, along with the cold hard truth about racism, in the 1970s and now. more
Aug 23, 2018
5:00 AM
When formula works
“Crazy Rich Asians” is a satisfying romantic comedy that balances the needs of the formula while providing significant cultural representation of Asians and Asian Americans. more
Aug 23, 2018
5:00 AM
Special Screenings
Oct 16, 2018
1:00 PM
Big Man Japan
Wisconsin Film Festival screening: At times, a man must defend Tokyo from giant monsters. PG-13, 2007. more
Oct 16, 2018
7:00 PM
The New Barbarianism
UW International Division screening of documentary about medical/humanitarian aid workers targeted by violence; discussion follows with co-directors Stephen Morrison & Justin Kenny. more
Oct 17, 2018
4:30 PM
Notes on an Appearance
Spotlight Cinema: When a man goes missing in New York City, his art world friends try and piece together clues to his disappearance. NR, 2018. $7. more
Oct 17, 2018
7:00 PM
