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1 month ago | tonemadison.com | Grant Phipps |Lewis Peterson |Jason Fuhrman |Edwanike Harbour

It’s that time of year again, when we try to find phrases that aren’t cliché to express the giddiness in expectantly turning the pages of the annual Wisconsin Film Festival (WFF) guide.

Jan 20, 2025 | tonemadison.com | Grant Phipps |Edwanike Harbour |Emily Mills |Sara Batkie

It may have taken a little longer, but we got Tone Madison‘s film gang together, virtually speaking, to meditate on their 2024 year in cinema. In recent years, partly by my own suggestion, we’ve moved year-end music coverage to the quieter (and more appropriate) month of January; and so it does feel suitable and more conclusive to aim for that same general publishing window for the musings of our eclectic film section.

Dec 2, 2024 | tonemadison.com | Sara Batkie |Edwanike Harbour

In our “Cinemail” columns, two writers exchange viewing notes on a recent theatrical or streaming experience and/or dig into something more broadly philosophical about the movies.

Apr 22, 2024 | tonemadison.com | Edwanike Harbour

It’s almost hard to put the spirit and essence of Walter Hill’s Streets Of Fire (1984) into words. The film really is something that has to be experienced, absorbed—inhaled, even. A loose cross between the urban Western adventure of The Warriors (1979) and the musical theater romance of Grease (1978), Hill’s “rock ‘n’ roll fable,” as he called it, soars above his previous releases.

Apr 4, 2024 | tonemadison.com | Edwanike Harbour

Music aficionados and casual listeners alike living in the Madison area will be well familiar with legendary bassist Richard Davis. He taught music at UW-Madison for nearly 40 years before retiring in 2016.