“No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough.” — Roger Ebert
Time can play tricks on a moviegoer when sitting in a darkened theater. A good story ends too soon, while sometimes it’s challenging to remain in your seat until the closing credits. It already seems like the 2016 Wisconsin Film Festival was a long time ago. Daily life has a way of altering time. Years pass and some memories seem like they happened yesterday. Days go by and recent experiences often feel like they existed in the distant past. Hopefully this dispatch from the 18th Wisconsin Film Festival will help preserve the experience for me and other cinephiles of sitting in darkened movie theaters with filmgoing friends in Madison, Wisconsin from April 14 -21. Continue reading