Five films from CFA’s Tom Palazzolo Collection will be highlighted in a program at the 2026 Wisconsin Film Festival in Madison.
WHEN: Sunday, April 12 at 11 am
WHERE: Bartell Theatre, 113 E Mifflin St, Madison, WI
TICKETS: Wisconsin Film Festival ticketing information can be found here.
Visit the Wisconsin Film Festival website for full program details.
Tom Palazzolo’s experimental documentaries have so embodied the spirit of Chicago that critic Roger Ebert dubbed him “Chicago’s filmmaker laureate.” Writing for the Sun-Times in 1977, Ebert described “[Palazzolo] doesn’t do straight documentary, and he doesn’t like to be objective; each film is also an essay on how Palazzolo feels about his subject. And because he’s fascinated by the foibles of human nature, by the way people can’t help revealing themselves, his work provides a real feeling for its subjects.” In these five films from the collection of Chicago Film Archives, Palazzolo sharply, tenderly, and very humorously captures so much of what is beautiful, ugly, and fascinating about America.
THE PROGRAM
Ricky and Rocky
(1972, Jeff Kreines & Tom Palazzolo)
Love It/Leave It
(1970, Tom Palazzolo)
Enjoy Yourself (It’s Later Than You Think)
(1974, Jeff Kreines, Bernie Caputo, Tom Palazzolo)
Marquette Park II
(1978, Mark Rance & Tom Palazzolo)
Hey Girls
(1990, Tom Palazzolo)