Festival of Films in French at UWM
February 6, 2013Events

Festival of Films in French at UWM

Still from film Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bête) by Jean Cocteau. Courtesy of Blu-ray (The Criterion Collection) It’s one thing to gather the latest movies from a country and call it a festival, but that’s never been enough for UW-Milwaukee’s Festival of Films in French. Programmed by UWM professors, it reaches far and wide, presenting films from several countries, cultures and eras. This year, there’s a focus on our frigid northeast neighbor, Quebec, with four films documenting its shifting cultures. There is also an animated feature by Michel Ocelot and two films about the Jewish experience…

BY Paul Kosidowski

Still from film Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bête) by Jean Cocteau.
Courtesy of Blu-ray (The Criterion Collection)

It’s one thing to gather the latest movies from a country and call it a festival, but that’s never been enough for UW-Milwaukee’s Festival of Films in French. Programmed by UWM professors, it reaches far and wide, presenting films from several countries, cultures and eras. This year, there’s a focus on our frigid northeast neighbor, Quebec, with four films documenting its shifting cultures. There is also an animated feature by Michel Ocelot and two films about the Jewish experience in World War II-era France. We’re eager to see Donoma, a guerrilla feature by Haitian filmmaker Djinn Carrénard. And El Dorado, Marcel L’Herbier’s 1921 silent romance set in Spain and shown with live musical accompaniment. A robust menu for the bel esprit.

➞ UW-Milwaukee Festival of Films in French (Feb. 8-17). UWM Union Theatre. 2200 E. Kenwood Ave., 414-229-4070, uwm.edu/cie/frenchfilm.

Paul Kosidowski
Paul Kosidowski is a freelance writer and critic who contributes regularly to Milwaukee Magazine, WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio and national arts magazines. He writes weekly reviews and previews for the Culture Club column. He was literary director of the Milwaukee Repertory Theater from 1999-2006. In 2007, he was a fellow with the NEA Theater and Musical Theater Criticism Institute at the University of Southern California. His writing has also appeared in American Theatre magazine, Backstage, The Boston Globe, Theatre Topics, and Isthmus (Madison, Wis.). He has taught theater history, arts criticism and magazine writing at Marquette University and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

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