Today is April 26, 2012. On this date in 1986, the Chernobyl Nucleur Plant melted down. * WSJ "A state appeals court says it won't hear the state's request to lift an injunction blocking Wisconsin's new voter identification law." * CP "[Wisconsin State... »
The City of Madison is known for its conspicuous characters, but Republican gubernatorial candidate Arthur Kohl-Riggs’ impersonation of Abraham Lincoln is striking enough to turn heads. Coming from a Tea Party rally last week in a top hat and typical, ... »
As the Union South Marquee opened up Friday night for animator Don Hertzfeldt's screening and Q&A, the screen showed sketches and storyboards full of chicken-scratch instructions and cryptic calculations. Some showed blurry scribbles of nothing in part... »
The Madison Plan Commission met April 23, 2012 to vote on, among other agenda items, the Madison Park and Open Space Plan and the Urban Land Interests’ E. Washington Avenue redevelopment.E. Washington Avenue RedevelopmentThe sale of the 800 Block of Ea... »
The Wisconsin Film Festival released its attendance numbers this morning, showing a steep decline in ticket sales after at least six years of growth. (Data from pre-2005 festivals are not readily available.) The red line above shows ticket sales since ... »
Compliance USA | 2012 | 90 min | HD projection narrative | section: New International Cinema I did not know what I was getting myself into when I stepped inside the Union South theatre to view the film Compliance. Based on the number of people I saw wa... »
A Labor of Love Sun, Apr 22 | 4:15 PM Union South Marquee In the first five minutes of the 1976 documentary A Labor of Love, about the making of the forgotten 1976 indie drama The Last Affair, its subjects unselfconsciously name-drop Fellini, Truffaut,... »
Points of Interest USA | 2011 | 75 min | Blu-ray Thu, Apr 19 | 9:30 PM Union South Marquee From the Wisconsin Film Festival website: In the summer of 2010, a group of filmmakers accompanied Milwaukee-based indie rock band Juniper Tar and Pennsylvania's... »
Putin's Kiss Denmark | 2011 | 82 min | HDCam | In Russian with English subtitles Union South Marquee, April 20, 1:15 p.m. Sundance Cinema 2, April 21, 4:45 p.m. Putin’s Kiss is not only a remarkable snapshot of politics in modern Russia, it’s a fascina... »
Sabine Gruffat has lived and worked all over the world, but still misses Madison after a four-year stint as an Assistant Professor in the Communication Studies department at the UW. She's back in town for this year's Wisconsin Film Festival, where she'... »
One of the many exciting facets of the Wisconsin Film Festival is the Restorations and Rediscoveries series. Many of the films that make it into this popular series haven't been viewed by a mass audience in years, sometimes decades. And very often you ... »
It's another lazy Sunday, the perfect day to mix movie trailers with politics. Thus today's trailer-a-day is for Putin's Kiss. From the Wisconsin Film Festival website:A dramatic and very public coming-of-age tale, Putin's Kiss is the story of Masha, a... »
After tickets for the Wisconsin Film festival went on sale Saturday, I took an impromptu survey on my Twitter account. What movies were people buying tickets for and excited to see. Once that popped up numerous times was Kill List. Unfamiliar with the ... »
*NPR: Bird flu studies get another round of scrutiny by panel.*LCT: Wisconsin company makes jet fuel from pine tree waste.*WallStreetJournal: Warm weather cuts short US maple sugaring season.*MJS (paywall): Clintonville mystery solved: mini-earthquake.... »
Today is March 27, 2011. On this day in 1976 the Washington Metro subway system opened.* WSJ: Union sues Monona Library Board over use of collective bargaining law* Reuters: Spending cuts bite in Paul Ryan's home town* TDP: Bartell Theatre could close ... »
