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2026 Milwaukee Film Festival – Day Thirteen – “You Had To Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution, Spread Love & Overalls, and Created a Community That Changed the World (In a Canadian Kind of Way)”

It’s becoming rarer, but some moments are truly lost to time. Important events too. The 1972 to 1973 production of Godspell in Toronto proved to be a landmark, being both a hit show and introducing people to the likes of Eugene Levy, Gilda Radner, Martin Short, Victor Garber, Andrea Martin, Dave Thomas, and Paul Shaffer. […]

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Still Watching the Skies: Episode 122 “The Secret of NIMH”

Nat, Cody, and Robert get animated as they discuss 1982’s THE SECRET OF NIMH. Don Bluth challenged Disney animation in the 1980s. And arguably won that decade, before THE LITTLE MERMAID changed Disney’s animated fortunes and set up a decade of triumphs in the 1990s. But, Don Bluth’s success started with THE SECRET OF NIMH.

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Invention for Destruction

Still Watching the Skies: Episode 115 “Invention for Destruction”

Robert, Nat, and Cody are pleased to have on Michael Lyons of Dis-Order: Every Disney Film and From Pencils to Pixels: The Animation Celebration Podcast to discuss the animation / live action mix Invention for Destruction a.k.a. The Fabulous World of Jules Verne on this episode. Invention for Destruction is the creation of the Czech

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Marcel the Shell With Shoes On

2022 Milwaukee Film Festival: Day Seven “Marcel the Shell With Shoes On”

The Secret Members Only screening is always a highlight of any Milwaukee Film Festival. The 2022 Milwaukee Film Festival brought the family film MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON to the Oriental Theatre for a packed crowd and clearly won the audience over this year. MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON is based off a

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