Nat, Cody, and Robert are joined by Angela Fabbrini to look back at High School and the horror of being a teenaged girl with CARRIE (1976), GINGER SNAPS, and JENNIFER’S BODY. We sure hope your prom was better. First up is 1976’s CARRIE. CARRIE was Stephen King’s debut novel which was a best seller. And […]
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It comes a time in every film festival where you reach the point where a film just doesn’t work for you. For me, it was THE ‘VOUS despite I presume genuine effort by all involved. Here’s what Milwaukee Film had to say about the film. “In its seventh decade of business, the famed Memphis alleyway
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Some documentaries don’t need an angle, the material is so compelling that getting out of the way of the subject is enough. ENNIO, a film about composer Ennio Morricone, most famous for his film scores, is proof that just presenting a story in a straightforward way is sometimes the best approach. Here’s how Milwaukee Film
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What do you get when you combine a Looney Tunes sensibility, an endless capacity for gags, visual inventiveness on a shoestring budget, a love for silent film, and no concern that a joke may be too juvenile? Something like HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS from the folks who brought LAKE MICHIGAN MONSTER which played like gangbusters to
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The Members only screening at the Milwaukee Film Festival is always one of the highlights of the festival. Frequently, the best film that will play at the festival will find its way to the secret screening. This year’s screening was the anticipated BLACKBERRY by director Matt Johnson (THE DIRTIES). BLACKBERRY, in the tradition of something
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BAND is one of those films where it’s hard to tell what is literally true in its documentary-like presentation. I suspect very little. Conversely, it’s easy to tell what’s emotionally true, practically all of the film. Milwaukee Film describes BAND as follows: “Icelandic performance art meets THIS IS SPINAL TAP in this wickedly fun look
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