By Brandon Labecki, Current Staff
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East Grad Worked Behind the Scenes at the Milwaukee Film Festival
Twenty short film collections are included in this year’s Milwaukee Film Festival
By Samantha Dietel, Editor in Chief
Moviegoers may have a West Bend graduate to thank for the forthcoming Milwaukee Film Festival’s setlist of short films. Continue reading
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MFF Reviews: “High Fantasy” and “My Name is Myeisha” Will Challenge Teen Viewers
Milwaukee Film Festival has new program just for young adults
By Grace Peplinski, Current Staff
There are not many things teenagers enjoy more than sitting down in front of the television and watching a movie.
Those who run the Milwaukee Film Festival surely know that, so this year, to mark the festival’s 10th anniversary, they have decided to add a brand new category. This category, called Teen Screen, focuses on movies for young adults around the world. I watched two of the four films featured in this category, one called “High Fantasy” and the other “My Name is Myeisha.” Continue reading
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Welcome to the Dollhouse
WBHS graduate designed the artwork for this year’s Milwaukee Film Festival
By Samantha Dietel, Editor in Chief
For Melissa Johnson, working with the Milwaukee Film Festival meant designing a dollhouse. Continue reading
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Milwaukee Film Festival Review: Jasper Jones
By Grace Peplinski, Current Staff
In “Jasper Jones,” a young man balanced on the edge between childhood and adolescence discovers a dark secret in his pristine hometown of Corrigan, Australia.
This interesting, impactful movie is just one of the many foreign and domestic films playing in this year’s Milwaukee Film Festival, which started Sept. 28. Continue reading
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Milwaukee Film Festival Review: Right Now, Wrong Then
By Kara Conley, Current Staff
There’s nothing like watching the same story become a completely different one in a matter of moments.
“Right Now, Wrong Then,” a South Korean film that played at this year’s Milwaukee Film Festival, differentiates itself from those in its genre with the original idea of blending the same story into two separate ones, transformed by adjustments in a few subtleties. Continue reading
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The Long Walk: In Conversation with Anthony Anderson
Local veteran will appear at Monday’s film screening at UW-WC
By Allison Trampe, Current Staff
Some people know Anthony Anderson as a neighbor, some as a war veteran. Others know him as a lead in the new documentary “Almost Sunrise.” Continue reading
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Milwaukee Film Festival Review: Kaili Blues
By Kara Conley, Current Staff
Last week I was transported to a small town in China.
“Kaili Blues,” a movie playing at this year’s Milwaukee Film Festival, is a terrific work of art that evokes emotion and engulfs audiences with an emphasis on visualization. I was entranced by the images floating across the screen as a complicated story unfolded in front of my eyes. Continue reading
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Milwaukee Film Festival Review: Extraordinary Tales
If you’re like me, Edgar Allan Poe is one of your favorite authors. His style of writing and description is so uniquely grotesque, that when filmmakers bring his stories to life, I’m sure they have a tough time getting it all exactly right.
That said, the producers of Extraordinary Tales, a movie playing at this year’s Milwaukee Film Festival, did a great job honoring Poe’s work. Continue reading
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Film Festival Review: The Nightingale
Personally, watching movies that are not big-budget cinematic experiences has never appealed to me. But when I heard about the Milwaukee Film Festival, I became intrigued.
The festival, which ended Thursday, is a great way to experience new and alternative movies that will never play at the Paradise Theater. Each year the Milwaukee Film Festival has hundreds of different movies showing at different times, even late into the night (or morning, if you will). Continue reading
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