Celebration and RemembranceFor the 11th year, Jewish Cinema Mississippi presents the best films of the year to explore Jewish culture. Out of 60 films screened, the selection committee chose four to bring to Madison's Malco Grandview.
Creativity Over Razzle-DazzleMy favorite films of the past year are not the prettiest, but the ones where my perspective shifted in some way or where something new was added to the cinematic vault.
Are We There, Yet? What makes Peter Jackson’s films different from the work of other directors is an extraordinary combination of visual richness and visual freedom.
'Lincoln' Leads Golden Globes with 7 NominationsSteven Spielberg's Civil War epic "Lincoln" led the Golden Globes on Thursday with seven nominations, among them best drama, best director for Spielberg and acting honors for Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones.
Elevator Muzak“Playing for Keeps” is a blasé work spiked with trifling comic bits and smoothed out with a mellow dilemma that works to limp the film to a predestined conclusion of awkward family bliss.
Blurring Lines It's a work so powerfully felt and so intensely expressed that somewhere along the way you feel better about the world.
The Consummate PoliticianIt’s an enormous pleasure to see a movie that’s really about something and that doesn’t water down the subject to make it easier to ingest.
Bloody Good Show“Skyfall” is an exquisite film that teams suspense, remorse, and dysfunction in the MI6 family with snappy banter and inventive direction.
Landing a Miracle The unspoken question, a bit more tangible as the investigation develops, bobbles up again: Is Whitaker to blame?
For the 11th year, Jewish Cinema Mississippi presents the best films of the year to explore Jewish culture. Out of 60 films screened, the selection committee chose four to bring to Madison's Malco Grandview.
My favorite films of the past year are not the prettiest, but the ones where my perspective shifted in some way or where something new was added to the cinematic vault.
What makes Peter Jackson’s films different from the work of other directors is an extraordinary combination of visual richness and visual freedom.
“Playing for Keeps” is a blasé work spiked with trifling comic bits and smoothed out with a mellow dilemma that works to limp the film to a predestined conclusion of awkward family bliss.
It's a work so powerfully felt and so intensely expressed that somewhere along the way you feel better about the world.
It’s an enormous pleasure to see a movie that’s really about something and that doesn’t water down the subject to make it easier to ingest.
“Skyfall” is an exquisite film that teams suspense, remorse, and dysfunction in the MI6 family with snappy banter and inventive direction.
The unspoken question, a bit more tangible as the investigation develops, bobbles up again: Is Whitaker to blame?
“Cloud Atlas” has oracular power on a cosmic scale.