The 2026 Milwaukee Film Festival is moving into its final days, but there were still some traditions that needed to be carried out. One of them was the Super Secret Members Only Screening for Milwaukee Film members. It’s always a mystery movie which the audience doesn’t know until moments before it starts. This year they […]
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.
The 2026 Milwaukee Film Festival entered its second weekend with a Spotlight Presentation on a subject that Wisconsinites clearly love, cheese. Or in this case, a movie about competing in the world championship of cheesemongering, THE BIG CHEESE. If it didn’t sellout every seat at the Oriental Theatre, it came awfully close. To ensure that
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Day six of the Milwaukee Film Festival was catch up day. My choice for today was the political documentary GASLIT about the liquified natural gas and petrochemical industries in Texas and Louisiana and their effects on the surrounding environment and people featuring Jane Fonda. Jane Fonda is a divisive figure as a political
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Robert, Nat, and Cody are joined by returning guest Jim Laczkowski of Directors Club and Angela Fabbrini as we throw our eleventh annual Secret Santa party. Who gave what to whom is the mystery of the episode as we take turns discussing five movies especially chosen for their recipients by their secret Santas in our
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Sometimes you don’t have to reach too deep to figure out the pleasures of a film. WOOLLY is one such film which combines beautiful landscapes, meaningful but not easy work, personal relationships, and cute animals to create a portrait of a way of life. A way of life that may be on its way out.
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