Firstly is Spotlight Cinema at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Arts. It's a five film series that features indie and art films – narrative and documentary. One each September through November and two in December. It begins on the 16th of this month with Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench:
I heard someone on WORT a week or two ago talking about Spotlight. The guy said the idea was that they'd be bringing in some films that area cinemas had decided to take a pass on. One of those films is Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives which won the Palme d'Or this year at Cannes. I can see movie theaters in Rhinelander taking a pass on it but it's disappointing that someone apparently had to start a new film series from scratch to get a film that won such a prestigious award shown here in Madison. Then again, I am not familiar with the movie's distribution history.
Regardless, more movies are always welcome.
In other news, it looks like we'll be getting the two Mesrine films here this month. Part 1 on the 17th and part 2 the following week. Oh – at Sundance.
There is going to be a sneak preview of Freakanomics: The Movie at the Union on Wednesday the 22nd of this month.
On 20 October there's going to be a special showing of NoNAMES. The movie was shot here in Wisconsin and played at the WI Film Festival this past spring. Producer Robin Van Ert, co-producer Nicholas Langholff, and actor Darron Burrows will be in attendance.
Sorry about this… Here's some highly disconcerting news: Uwe Boll has made a film about Auschwitz. Please tell me it's not based on a video game.
Lastly, I want to admit that I just could never do this.
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