Feb
07
Day 1 - Berlin Intl. Film Festival
Jonathan Jackson Alone in the DarkBerlin International Film Festival - Day 1
Feb. 7, 2008
There is nothing like throwing yourself into the sensory overload of a film festival when you have not slept in 28 hours! I have never been able to sleep on an international flight, so if anyone re
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Feb
03
Top Ten Films of the Year
Jonathan Jackson Alone in the DarkThe following is my Top Ten List for the year.
1. Zodiac: Sublimely methodical and equally eerie, David Fincher’s meditative thriller about the allure and pratfalls of obsession is itself obsessed, with information, just before our era of informati
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Jan
24
Sundance Daze
Jonathan Jackson Alone in the DarkSundance Film Festival
Park City Utah - Day 7
Only at a film festival can you have one of your best experiences watching 12 year-old children, and younger, in prison. Seriously.
Looking closely at children locked up inside an unnamed Russian prison,
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Jan
23
Sundance Daze
Jonathan Jackson Alone in the DarkSundance Film Festival
Park City Utah - Day 6
Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden renew our hope for American fiim with their newest collaboration, Sugar. The team behind Half Nelson and Gowanus, Brooklyn add to their sterling track record with this poetic a
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Jan
22
Sundance Daze
Jonathan Jackson Alone in the DarkSundance Film Festival
Park City, Utah - Day 6
I think Sundance should just shut down for the rest of the day. If you are not completely devestated by the news of Heath Ledger's death, then you are not a fan of contemporary cinema. Heath Led
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Jan
21
Sundance Daze
Jonathan Jackson Alone in the DarkSundance Film Festival
Park City, Utah - Day 5
Anvil Rocks Sundance!
The most moving experience I have had at Sundance so far was from a completely unexpected film. Some readers might know of Anvil, a heavy metal band that has been rocking out since
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Jan
18
Sundance Daze
Jonathan Jackson Alone in the DarkSundance Film Festival
Park City Utah - Day 2
Well, I lied in my last entry. I ended up seeing In Bruges last night and I have to say I was a bit perplexed. No matter what you think of the film, it seemed like a very curious opening night choice. The
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Jan
17
There Will Be Blood
Jonathan Jackson Alone in the Dark“I have a competition in me. I hate most people. I want no one else to succeed.”
- Daniel Plainview
One of the great American horrors is explored in There Will Be Blood, the dark side of capitalism, the dark side of our unbridled entrepren
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Jan
17
Sundance Daze
Jonathan Jackson Alone in the DarkSundance Film Festival
Park City, Utah - Day 1
It is not often that you leave Wisconsin to a new destination and find it colder. MUCH COLDER. As the tempature dips into the single digits I am beginning to think my hasty packing late last night is goin
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Jan
08
Must See Cinema
Jonathan Jackson Alone in the DarkFinally, this Friday will bring to Milwaukee the opening of There Will Be Blood.
The most critically acclaimed film of 2007 is described as a sprawling epic of family, faith, power and oil, set on the incendiary frontier of California's turn-of-the-cent
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Fall 2008 Human Trafficking Awareness Week
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Come Join Trafficking Ends with Action for Fall 2008 Human Trafficking Awareness Week. Monday Dec. 1st "Trafficking in South East Asia." Tuesday Dec. 2nd "Human Trafficking: Two Sides of the Same Coin." Thursday Dec. 4th "Gina Allende Speaks on Human Trafficking in Wisconsin." All events will be held in the UWM Fireside Lounge starting at 7pm an
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Although separated by an ocean and multiple time zones, the Australian Outback bears remarkable resemblance to the American West. Both encompass mesas towering over rocky, dusty deserts shimmering like a mirage under unforgiving sunlight. Whip-snapping co
It can't touch Harry Potter for scope of popularity but in some pockets of pop culture, the Twilight series has reached Beatlemania in intensity. The "young adult" novels about a handsome teenage vampire boy and the mortal girl who loves him have sold 17
No, we didn't ask for an album featuring another recording of "Breathe," leading into "Time," leading into "Breathe (Reprise)," as happens on tracks two through four on Live in Gdansk. But Pink Floyd completists (we are legion) will want it anyway. Howeve
Jorge "El Guero" Hernandez may be the best-known regional Mexican artist with Milwaukee roots. Most of a decade has passed since he and brother Rogelio moved to San Antonio, but El Guero's Banda Centenario still nurtures a unique take on the often-manic D
The last decade has not been kind to Milwaukee’s German restaurants, as names like Ritter’s Inn, the Bavarian Wurst Haus and even the venerable John Ernst have all closed their doors. In fact, only two of the old-timers remain: the oldest, Mad
If you’re not from Waukesha, you’ll want to check MapQuest for directions, but it’s worth the ride. The Rochester Deli (143 E. Broadway, 262-522-9611), wedged within the labyrinth of downtown Waukesha across from the Freeman offices, is
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