Showtime! Milwaukee Film Festival opens tonight

Published Sept. 24, 2009 at 5:15 a.m.


It has been a long and difficult year, but the Milwaukee Film Festival is ready to rise from the ashes of its predecessor. Thanks to the hard work of Jonathan Jackson, Kyle Heller, TJ Fackelman and a board of directors that includes many of the smartest, most imaginative, active and important people in the community -- people with a deep passion for film, the creative world and Milwaukee -- this is a time to celebrate. The Milwaukee Film Festival opens today!

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Metcalf's DVD Screening Room: Men in the Movies

Published July 18, 2009 at 2:03 p.m.


A lot of men who grew up in the 1950s and '60s took their cues on manhood from movies. In this edition of the Screening Room, OnMilwaukee.com movie expert Mark Metcalf takes a look at some classics like "The Professionals," "The Magnificent Seven" and "The Wild Bunch," and what those films -- and the actors and characters contained within -- taught him about being a man.

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Madison Film Fest kicks off in grand style

Published April 3, 2009 at 10:11 a.m.


Despite the persistent grey and pestering rain, the 11th annual Wisconsin Film Festival kicked off in grand, if slightly wet, style Thursday. And the weather notwithstanding, if the turnout for the opening night special presentation of "500 Days of Summer" was any indication, this promises to be a big four days on the capital isthmus.

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