Film
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For ‘After Hours’ star Griffin Dunne, family matters
Griffin Dunne has captured all the smile-inducing highs and grief-stricken lows of his life and career in his memoir with a stark frankness. He talks with WPR’s “BETA” about “The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir.”
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David Duchovny’s philosophy of learning through failing
As a native New Yorker, David Duchovny was fascinated by the legend of Bucky Dent from the perspective of Boston fans. He thought it would make a potent backdrop to his story.
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A new documentary details the Bad River Band’s fight for tribal sovereignty
A new documentary called “Bad River” chronicles the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa’s ongoing fight for sovereignty.
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Acclaimed filmmaker Ed Zwick aims for authentic in his memoir, ‘Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions’
Ed Zwick is one of the few writers, producers and directors in Hollywood to win both the Academy award and the Emmy. He’s been at the forefront of groundbreaking television series like “Thirtysomething” and “My So-Called Life” and has been behind the camera for legendary epics like, “Glory,” “Legends of the Fall,” and “The Last…
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Film critic Katharine Coldiron tells us why bad movies matter
As film critic Katharine Coldiron’ points out in a talk with WPR’s “BETA,” we can learn a lot about filmmaking by watching bad movies and noticing their flaws.
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‘Immediate Family’ documentary is like a musical ‘Band of Brothers’
Film director Denny Tedesco talks with WPR’s “BETA” about a documentary film about Danny Kortchmar, Russ Kunkel, Waddy Wachtel and Leland Sklar, four of the hardest-working session players in the 1970s and ’80s.
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Francis Ford Coppola’s utopia that begat ‘Apocalypse Now’
Film author Sam Wasson tells WPR’s “BETA” that he believes the story of Francis Ford Coppola and American Zoetrope, a community he built for artists to workshop their craft, is worth reading about.
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Ho-Chunk filmmakers receive tribe’s first Emmy for documenting the life of artist Truman Lowe
A new short film documenting the life of artist Truman Lowe has won a Midwest Regional Emmy Award. It’s the first time a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation has won […]
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This historic Milwaukee movie theatre houses a 1925 Wurlitzer pipe organ
During the early part of the 20th Century, at the height of the silent movie era, the Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company built over 2,200 pipe organs. One hundred years later, […]
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‘Airplane!’ creators say Madison is where they learned to make people laugh
Long before lines like “Don’t call me Shirley” became part of classic film culture’s lexicon, the men behind the movie “Airplane!” were busy hammering and nailing a stage together for […]