It’s Friday, which means the 2013 Wisconsin Film Festival has finally come to a close. It was another fantastic (and expanded!) year of programming filled with new surprises, old favorites, local filmmakers, disturbing culinary concoctions, and gastrointestinal battles.
Now that said, it’s physically impossible to be in two places at once, so there’s a good chance you didn’t catch every single movie on your list this year. Luckily, Madison’s talented writers and bloggers did some phenomenal work in the event that you couldn’t get out of your Boggle tournament last night for Much Ado About Nothing. The following are the collected reviews from the many fine writers at The Isthmus, Dane101, The Capital Times (and 77 Square) as well as Rob Thomas’ own blog, Madison Movie. We’ve tried to be as inclusive as possible but if we missed something, let us know. And for the record, we hold no grudges against Mr. Whedon or Boggle:
Awful Nice – Madison Movie
Augustine – 77 Square
BALDR – Dane101
The Bellboy – Dane101
Berberian Sound Studio – Dane101
Blancanieves – Madison Movie, Dane101
Brewster McCloud – 77 Square
“Comrade Kim Goes Flying”
Cheap Thrills – Madison Movie, LakeFrontRow
Citizen Koch – Capital Times, Isthmus
Computer Chess – Dane101
Comrade Kim Goes Flying – Dane101
Consuming Spirits – Dane101
Dear Mr. Watterson – Dane101, 77 Square , Isthmus
Either Way – 77 Square
Everybody in Our Family – Isthmus
The Final Member – Madison Movie
Gears – Dane101
Gideon’s Army – Capital Times
“A Hijacking”
A Hijacking – Madison Movie
The Institute (Q&A Notes) – Dane101
I Used to Be Darker – Dane101
In the House – Dane101
Jerry & Me – Isthmus
Key of Life – Madison Movie
Leviathan – Dane101
The Librarian and the Banjo – Dane101, Wisconsin State Journal
Little Red – Dane101, Isthmus (+ Interview with writer-director Tate Bunker)
Long Distance – Dane101
“Moo Man”
Manhattan with Michael Murphy – Madison Movie
La méduse rouge – Dane101, Isthmus (Interview with writer-director Michael Wellenreiter)
Moo Man – Dane101
Much Ado About Nothing – 77 Square
Only the Young – Isthmus
The Painting (Le Tableau) – Dane101
Paradise: Love – Dane101
Phase IV with Michael Murphy – Madison Movie
Post Tenebras Lux – Isthmus
Present Tense – 77 Square
Room 237 – Dane101, LakeFrontRow, Isthmus (Interview with director Rodney Ascher)
“Shepard and Dark”
Shepard and Dark – Madison Movie
The Smart Ones – Dane101
Stories We Tell – Madison Movie
Street Pulse – Isthmus
The Thief of Baghdad – Dane101
Tiger Tail in Blue – LakeFrontRow
A Touch of Zen – Dane101
Unfinished Song – Dane101
The Unspeakable Act – Isthmus