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There’s something the matter with Dix Steele—the protagonist in Dorothy B. Hughes’ 1947 novel In a Lonely Place and in its 1950 adaptation of the same name directed by Nicholas Ray—and the women around him sense it.   You could call it feminine intuition. The detective in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rear Window” does so when Grace Kelly’s…

Milwaukee, like the rest of the contemporary American Midwest, is increasingly making a name for itself as a place that nurtures, showcases, and facilitates access to creative excellence. Most recently, it was announced that the city will be receiving the world-renowned Michelin Guide. Like Chicago, its stunning lakefront’s infrastructure centers cars over people, and its…

(Trigger warning: This film deals with suicide.) Emma Foley’s “Sound and Colour” presents an awkward and unnerving first fifteen minutes of a woman, Hannah (Alison Oliver), coming home to her family after spending days at a hospital following a failed suicide attempt. No one, including her, knows quite what to say, but everyone (including her…