Dave Luhrssen
Film CriticDavid Luhrssen is arts and entertainment editor of the Shepherd Express, co-founder of the Milwaukee International Film Festival and co-author of A Time of Paradox: America Since 1890. He is the winner of the Pace Setter Award for contributions to Milwaukee's film community from the Milwaukee Independent Film Society. David Luhrssen has taught at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design and Milwaukee Area Technical College.
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With a title like Disobedience, you might expect a film full of intense conflict. And while there is certainly conflict, it's much more internal - at…
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard that the 19th installment in the Marvel universe is on screens around the world. Avengers:…
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Many science fiction movies qualify as visual spectacles, but there are only a select few that bring up the essential question of what it means to be…
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This weekend marks the 90th Academy Awards – or what Lake Effect’s Audrey Nowakowski and Milwaukee film critics Ryan Jay and Dave Luhrssen call the Super…
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A few years ago, the film The Post may have been simply another historical drama by director Steven Spielberg. However, today’s political climate has…
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From Rebel Without a Cause, to The Breakfast Club, to 10 Things I Hate About You, coming-of-age movies have been around for almost as long as the film…
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When Ridely Scott's Blade Runner hit theaters in 1982, its shocking, dystopian future world alienated audiences. It didn't do well at the box office and…
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There are hundreds of heist films in cinematic history. From How to Steal A Million, to Reservoir Dogs, The Italian Job, and the aptly named film…
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Over five days during the summer of 1967, rioting and civil unrest tore apart the city of Detroit, Michigan. The riots left 43 people dead, thousands…
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Sophia Coppola's latest film, "The Beguiled," is set at a Confederate girls school in Virginia, where a group of sheltered young women take in a union…