In matters of entertainment we tend to prefer familiar favorites. And not without reason. To squander precious leisure time on a dud is a fate worse than work – at least then we could have enjoyed the satisfaction of productivity.
One of the many wonderful things about the Milwaukee Film Festival is that careful curation offers a modicum of assurance that whatever we elect to see – no matter how unfamiliar – odds favor a few hours well spent. As Artistic and Executive Director Jonathan Jackson has said “The most general criterion of selecting films is that we try to present the best fifteen days of cinema possible. Lots of festivals make it their goal to discover or premiere new films. We simply want to screen the best films. It’s not disqualifying if they have already been seen. The quality of the film is most important.”
If I might make a few humble recommendations…
