Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s MEMORIA was a hot ticket at the 2022 Milwaukee Film Festival with a packed Oriental Theatre. And MEMORIA is a one of a kind film that cast its spell on me and also left me puzzling over some of its meanings. It’s no surprise that Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s film unfolds almost like a dream […]
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Day three of the 2022 Milwaukee Film Festival was spent watching THE VELVET QUEEN, a spectacular nature documentary. It’s a film that’s easy to recommend, its strengths being plenty and evident in every frame. THE VELVET QUEEN documents a trip to the Tibetan highlands as nature photographer Vincent Munier is assisted by writer Sylvain Tesson
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It didn’t take long to spot one of the big swings of the 2022 Milwaukee Film Festival, NEPTUNE FROST. NEPTUNE FROST was described as an “Afro-futurist, sci-fi musical” from Rwanda. If that doesn’t get the adventurist filmgoer’s blood pumping, nothing will. And, for the most part, NEPTUNE FROST lives up to its promises. Set in
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Spring felt like it had finally arrived in Milwaukee yesterday. And, after 903 days, the Milwaukee Film Festival returned in person for its 14th annual run. People showed up for a sold out Oriental Theatre for an opening night screening of THE PEZ OUTLAW. THE PEZ OUTLAW is a documentary based on the real life
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It’s been a long few years since the Milwaukee Film Festival was held in person. The 2022 Milwaukee Film Festival returns from April 21 to May 5 in hybrid fashion with virtual and in person events, albeit in slightly slimmed down form with only three venues, the Oriental Theatre, the Avalon theater, and the Times
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The closing night offering of the 2021 Milwaukee Film Festival was the highly anticipated documentary, SUMMER OF SOUL (…OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED). During the summer of 1969, a series of free concerts were staged at Harlem’s Mount Morris Park as part of the Harlem Cultural Festival. And the talent of the