Screening Room: "Tulpan" and "Tony Manero"

Published Sept. 5, 2009 at 11:29 a.m.


In this installment of the Screening Room, OnMilwaukee.com film expert Mark Metcalf looks at "Tulpan," the first narrative feature of a Kazakh documentary filmmaker named Sergey Dvortsevoy. "Tony Manero" is about a Chilean man who earns his meager living as a dancer but is trying to make it up and out of his existence by entering a John Travolta lookalike contest.

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Helping Oscar handicap the Best Actor nominees

Published Feb. 19, 2009 at 12:33 p.m.


Will Brad Pitt win a statue for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"? Will Frank Langella's portrayal of Richard Nixon carry the day? Can Sean Penn break through for "Milk"? What about Richard Jenkins (pictured in "The Visitor")? OnMilwaukee.com movie expert Mark Metcalf considers all the candidates for Best Actor and makes his selection inside.

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