In 2008, California voters were asked to weigh in on Proposition 8, a ballot measure that would amend the state constitution to specify that marriage was legal only between a man and a woman, effectively ending the drive to bring gay marriage to California. Proposition 8 was passed, the first time California voters had agreed to limit civil rights by law, and among its most vocal supporters were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-Day Saints, better known as the Mormons. Mormon groups
A family embraces the positive and negative sides of new freedoms that fate has brought their way in this drama from filmmaker Luca Guadagnino. Edoardo Recchi Sr. (Gabriele Ferzetti) is the patriarch of a wealthy Italian family who've amassed a significant fortune over the years through shrewd investments in manufacturing. Edoardo has a beautiful wife, Allegra (Marisa Berenson), and they have four grown children -- Tancredi (Pippo Delbono), Edoardo Jr. (Flavio Parenti), Gianluca (Mattia
During the Cannes Film Festival & Market last week, I enjoyed uploading daily video snippet on the Film Specific Facebook page to give people a real sense of what the infamous Cannes Market actually looks like. I know many of you got a kick out of those but I wanted to spend a few [ ... ] ...
Life doesn't offer many guarantees, but in the alternate universe of writer-director Jac Schaeffer's feature debut, the romantic comedy TIMER, people can get a digital clock implanted on their wrist which counts down to the second they meet "the one." It even sounds a little alarm the first time two soulmates look into each other's eyes. The device is not working too well for Oona (Emma Caulfield (Anya on BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER), because her Timer is blank. That means her soulmate, whoever he
For real horror film fans, Deadpit Radio, an Internet radio show, as been the ultimate authority on the genre since launching in 2005, and its hosts, "Uncle Bill" and "The Creepy Kentuckian," have, for the most part, been as mysterious as they've been influential to the film industry.
A visit by environmentalist and bestselling author Bill McKibben kicks off this week's Making It Home Film Festival, April 16-18 at the Urban Ecology Center, 1500 E. Park Pl., on Milwaukee's East Side.
For the first time since its inception in 2008, Milwaukee Film is hosting a smaller, mini festival as a complement to its annual event each fall. The Winter Edition, held March 12-18 at the Marcus North Shore Cinema, features nine critically acclaimed films that will be shown multiple times throughout the week.
"Milwaukee Film Festival -- Winter Edition" will be miniature version of the larger fest with nine films shown during the week of March 12-18 at Marcus North Shore Theaters, 17000 N. Port Washington Rd.
This Thursday, Discovery World, 500 N. Harbor Dr., hosts a screening of the film followed by a panel discussion featuring Rick Meyers, Recycling Specialist for the Milwaukee Department of Public Works and George T. Stone, MATC professor and co-chair of MATC's District Sustainability Committee. The discussion will be hosted by MPTV General Manager Ellis Bromberg.
When the fifth Found Footage Festival comes to the Oriental Theater this week, it will be a homecoming not only for founders Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett, but also for the festival, which got its start when Prueher and Pickett found an insipid McDonald's training video in the break room of a Stoughton fast food restaurant. Also, The Times hosts a stop on another nation-wide film tour.