I don’t particularly like cradle to the grave films. They inevitably end up as a highlight reel and never dig too deeply into the interesting stuff as they have to keep moving on. While Joan Baez isn’t in the grave yet, JOAN BAEZ: I AM A NOISE uses the end of her performing career as […]
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Women’s sports are having a moment right now with the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament outperforming the Men’s tournament in many ways. Which makes THE HERRICANES remarkably topical, looking back at some of the earliest days of women’s sports in a sport that’s still very much considered a man’s game. It’s been a remarkable journey in
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After the pandemic and its drawn out aftermath, the Milwaukee Film Festival soldiered on and has returned to its non-virtual roots with an impressive lineup of films. I don’t know if we’ll ever return to pre-Covid normalcy, but this seems to be a sense of a new normal. Last night was the gala opening on
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As the Milwaukee Film Festival winds down, the documentary WE FEED PEOPLE about World Central Kitchen and chef José Andrés, seemed like a good bet with Ron Howard at the helm. And, for the most part, it is. The work of World Central Kitchen, providing good meals to people affected by disasters, is hard to
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With the last days of the 2022 Milwaukee Film Festival coming up, it was time to virtually catch up on some of the bigger profile films still left. THE CONSERVATION GAME, which seems to have been filmed before TIGER KING as it intersects with some of the events, fit the bill and certainly had an
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