A claustrophobic, surprisingly funny thriller from the Wisconsin Film Festival
By Spencer Ball | May. 25And you thought your hangover was rough.
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‘We Are Not Ghouls’: A must-watch testament to US war on terror horrors
By Ian Wilder | Apr. 27Wisconsin director Chris James Thompson masterfully chronicles military attorney Yvonne Bradley’s efforts to find the truth in the trial of Binyam Mohamed.
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‘Good Guy With A Gun’ is a shallow parable but compelling drama
By Spencer Ball | Apr. 20A timely festival film from “Wisconsin’s Own” John Mossman.
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The Wisconsin Film Festival exhibits the unifying power of cinema
By Kennan Chojnacki | Apr. 17The Wisconsin Film Festival — a joyous celebration of film 25 years in the making — returns to Madison.
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‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ is a breath-taking bullseye
By Kennan Chojnacki | Apr. 8The latest installment in the ‘John Wick' franchise is as well-crafted and action-packed as ever before.
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Roaring romp ‘Babylon’ is amusing, if half-baked
By Kennan Chojnacki | Mar. 31Damien Chazelle’s latest film “Babylon” doesn’t reach the heights of his previous work.
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This is a review of a movie about a bear that does cocaine
By Jeffrey Brown | Mar. 9Like cocaine from the 1980s you find in the woods, “Cocaine Bear” is a fun time with friends yet mildly disappointing and unlikely to cause immediate addiction — but I do recommend it.
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‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ is the MCU at its worst
By Spencer Ball | Mar. 2Or: The unexpected virtue of the Phase 2 formula.
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Oscar nominee ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ screams modern masterpiece
By Kennan Chojnacki | Feb. 16Martin McDonagh’s latest drama film is a masterclass in excellent cinematography and compelling characterization.
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Gambling on gold: Here are the nominees for best picture at the 95th Academy Awards
By Tyler Katzenberger , Athena Kafkas , Noah Fellinger , Alicia Zilch , Annika Bereny , Kai Wen Li , Spencer Ball and Kennan Chojnacki | Jan. 26The Daily Cardinal staff review a few of the year’s most anticipated and acclaimed Best Picture nominees.
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The 2022 movie showdown
By Spencer Ball | Dec. 18I went through films released this year, found spurious connections between them and pitted them against each other. Let’s go.
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Student feature film to premiere Thursday night at Union South
By Sylvia Miller | Dec. 14The Badger Film Group made action-comedy “Watch Out” in an effort to raise filmmaking presence at UW-Madison.
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‘Glass Onion’ shows Rian Johnson is good at his job, Netflix isn’t
By Jeffrey Brown | Dec. 5With a theatrical run limited to just one week and in under 700 theaters, Netflix prevented one of the year’s best films from the reception it deserved.
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Gangubai: from pawn to player
By Sanjeev Anand | Nov. 15Bollywood film "Gangubai Kathiawadi" reminds us that legends can emerge from society’s castaways.
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Florence Pugh dazzles in otherwise dull ‘Don’t Worry Darling’
By Noah Fellinger | Nov. 15Olivia Wilde’s feminist thriller is flawed but doesn’t deserve its abysmal reputation.
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The Daily Cardinal’s stoner art recommendations
By Matthew Neschis , Seamus Rohrer , Jeffrey Brown , Drake White-Bergey , Shu Lan Schaut , Kai Wen Li , Sylvia Miller and Ace Filter | Nov. 10Recreational cannabis use is illegal in the state of Wisconsin and punishable by up to six months in prison.
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‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’ is smart, entertaining satire for the digital age
By Spencer Ball | Nov. 3The premise of “Bodies Bodies Bodies” is simple enough: A group of 20-somethings gather at a mansion for a “hurricane party” in which a natural weather phenomenon is sufficient excuse to consume copious amounts of alcohol and other drugs. The group soon decides to play the film’s titular game, a cross between Mafia and hide-and-seek, in which a “killer” picks people off in the dark. When one of the players is found with their throat slashed, however, the partygoers realize a real-life murderer is among them.
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‘The Worst Person In The World:’ A story of how the boundaries we draw come to define us
By Spencer Ball | Oct. 6The 2021 Oscar nominee is a refreshingly modern tale of life and love.
