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UW-Madison Alumnus David Zucker directed the comedy classic, “Airplane!”
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Director David Zucker talks “Airplane!”, comedy, getting his start on campus

By Jake Skubish | Mar. 30, 2017

Surely you’ve seen, or at least heard of, David Zucker’s movies. The 1971 UW-Madison alumnus is a giant in the film industry. He directed “Airplane!” and “The Naked Gun,” and helped start the careers of South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker as well as “Dumb and Dumber” directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly. In town for a campus tour with his son, I sat down with Zucker to talk about his time at UW-Madison and everything that followed.

From left: Ryan Reynolds, Rebecca Ferguson and Jake Gyllenhaal at the premiere of "Life" at ZACH Theatre.
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SXSW 2017: ‘Life’ lacks originality but delivers thrills

By Ben Golden | Mar. 19, 2017

SXSW finished its film festival with the star-studded space thriller, “Life.” The film begins with a team of astronauts, lead by Ryan Reynolds, Jake Gyllenhaal and Rebecca Ferguson, planning to return to earth after collecting samples from Mars that may contain the first signs of extraterrestrial life.

From Left: Emily Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani co-wrote "The Big Sick," a story about their own relationship.
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SXSW 2017: ‘The Big Sick’ captures a compelling, real-life love story

By Samantha Marz | Mar. 18, 2017

The final premiere I attended at SXSW ended on a high note with “The Big Sick.” Directed by Michael Showalter and produced by Judd Apatow, the rom-com depicts the real-life love story between Kumail Nanjiani, a comedian who comes from a traditional, Muslim Pakistani family, and Emily Gordon, a therapist who meets Kumail at one of his shows.

From Left: David Leitch, Charlize Theron and James McAvoy talk about "Atomic Blonde."
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SXSW 2017: Style cannot overcome substance in ‘Atomic Blonde’

By Samantha Marz | Mar. 14, 2017

Sunday night kicked off with “Atomic Blonde,” a film based on the graphic novel, “The Coldest City.” Set in Berlin before the collapse of the Berlin Wall, the film stars Charlize Theron as Lorraine Broughton, an MI6 agent who teams up with Berlin spy David Percival, played by James McAvoy, to take down a group of spies who assassinated an undercover agent.

"Toni Edrmann" will be one of the films screened at the Directress Film Festival this weekend.
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Directress Film Festival looks to highlight female directors

By Jake Skubish | Mar. 9, 2017

For all the praise this year’s Oscars field garnered for being diverse and inclusive, the awards show still featured a familiar shortcoming: zero women nominated for Best Director. This isn’t unusual: in 85 of the show’s 89 ceremonies, the category has been all male, and only four females have ever been nominated (Kathryn Bigelow is the lone winner for “The Hurt Locker”).

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'Hunger Games' finale leaves fans feeling bittersweet

By Samantha Marz | Dec. 7, 2015

The release of “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2” on Nov. 20 marked the end of another popular series of film adaptations—and that was evident in the theater. As I sat in my plush Marcus Theatres movie chair, I could practically feel the anticipation and bittersweet emotions floating through the air as friends and families alike shuffled into the already-crowded theater to see Katniss, Peeta and Gale in action one last time. Although “Part 2” may not live up to some of its predecessors, it is undeniably the emotional, unsettling and suspenseful conclusion that this series deserves.

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The Marquee hosts variety at upcoming film festival

By Zach Druckrey | Nov. 10, 2015

This Friday marks the beginning of the Marquee Film Festival, and the main connection between the movies on display will be their unbelievable high quality. The genre and tone of these films range from the deadpan and quiet artfulness brought by “Amour Fou” to the utterly insane gorefest that is “Dude Bro Party Massacre III,” and everything in-between.

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Characters spring to life on screen in book-to-movie adaptations

By Samantha Marz | Nov. 4, 2015

“Harry Potter.” “Twilight.” “The Hunger Games.” “The Martian.” What do all of these have in common? The obvious answer is that they are all wildly popular young-adult books, but there is much more to it than that—they are also movie adaptations. They have also hit the big screen in the last two decades.  

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