David Luhrssen

The Oriental Theatre's Cinematic Sisterhood series continues with Horsegirls, an indie film about a 22-year-old autistic woman who finds her lane through a hobbyhorse contest.

The Milwaukee International Short Film Festival returns to the Avalon in September, reminding us that like a good short story, a good short film has no room for extraneous digressions. But this may be the event's last year.

Leo XIV's encyclical is also directed at problems beyond the potential misuse of AI. Magnifica calls out the war-mongering military-industrial complex, the erasure of history (Holocaust, huh?), “the polarizing media narrative … amplified by algorithms,” the neoliberal blind faith in the market and our obliviousness to the working conditions behind our devices.

Madison was never known as “the City that Means Beer.” However, onetime Isthmus beer columnist Robin Shepard makes the case that our state capital began brewing in the territorial days and continues to be home to small brewers.

Jason Statham stars in Mutiny as a man framed for murder out to prove his innocence.

(Adams Media) By some measures, Agatha Christie was the world's best-selling author.

(W.W. Norton) In his review of Exit Stalin , a Wall Street Journal critic made some doubtful assertions. He claimed that the author, Cambridge history professor Mark B.

Milwaukee's Trolley transforms ‘60s influences into a distinctive sound. The ‘60s are a vague influence on a lot of recent rock.

The Last Picture Show (1971) was one of the cinematic triumphs of the “New Hollywood,” the generational cohort that brought new values to an industry that was ossified and out of touch as the ‘60s ended.

The organization is celebrating 40 years of presenting visual and performing artists of Latino heritage to Milwaukee.