SECRET MALL APARTMENT taps into a lot of today’s hot button issues like gentrification, privatization of once public spaces, corporate control, white privilege, public art, and just sticking it to the man. It’s also a larger than life tale that is very funny in turns. Back in the early 2000s, a group of artists found […]
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Some nights at a film festival are easier than others for a reviewer. Case in point, the Milwaukee Film Festival screened NOSFERATU A SYMPHONY OF HORROR on its largest screen with live accompaniment was instantly a must see for me. What’s anyone going to say about a 100+ year old classic, even if there’s a
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I like to take chances on films at film festivals, but I confess that ART SPIEGELMAN: DISASTER IS MY MUSE was pretty much a slam dunk. So no need to beat around the bush, I had a great time. ART SPIEGELMAN: DISASTER IS MY MUSE is a PBS documentary. So, yes, it’s not going to
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One of the continuing features of the Milwaukee Film Festival is an emphasis on music documentaries, courtesy of its Sound Vision program. And music documentaries are unlikely just to be a dry recitation of facts, but get into the cultural and geographic aspects of where the music comes from. And that’s one of the principal
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Kiyoshi Kurosawa has been exploring the horrors of modern existence since at least the late ’90s with CURE and PULSE. His latest, CLOUD, is a continuation of some of those themes. CLOUD certainly derives its title as a reference to life on the internet, such as it is. And undefined miasma where human connection and
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It’s been a whole year since the last Milwaukee Film Festival. There’s been some changes, a smaller geographic footprint mostly and they’re hosting a block party outside the Oriental Theatre on Opening Night, but it’s positioning itself as the kickoff of the Milwaukee Festival Season and there’s good buzz as always. This year’s kickoff film
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