Month: January 2016

This essay on Bob Fosse's film of the Broadway musical Sweet Charity was written by Cinematheque staff member Amanda McQueen. A screening of a 35mm print of Sweet Charity will kick off three weeks of …

By J.J. Murphy, Professor of Film, Department of Communication Arts, UW Madison & Director, UW Cinematheque 1. Tangerine (Sean Baker) 2. Heaven Knows What (Josh and Benny Safdie) 3. Uncle Kent 2 (Todd Rohal) 4. …

By Amanda McQueen, UW Cinematheque & Wisconsin Film Festival Programmer Once again, I didn’t get to see as many new films over the course of the year as I would have liked, but I did …

By Ben Reiser, Wisconsin Film Festival Coordinator and UW Cinematheque Programmer (POTENTIAL SPOILERS BELOW) Movies I saw in a theater more than once and what I learned the second time: Mad Max: Fury Road – …

By Mike King, Senior Programmer, Wisconsin Film Festival & UW Cinematheque Programmer Top ten new films to play Madison in 2015: Carol (2015, Todd Haynes) Girlhood (2014, Céline Sciamma) Heaven Knows What (2014, Josh and …

By Jim Healy, Director of Programming, UW Cinematheque & Wisconsin Film Festival Of the many movies I saw for the first time in 2015, I've selected 20 that were my favorites. In alphabetical order they …