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The Premieres series continues with more early and exclusive looks at the very best in current arthouse cinema—on the big screen where they belong! Our 2025 calendar kicks off with The Brutalist, a must-see epic from visionary auteur Brady Corbet (veteran Cinemathequers may recall our packed screening of his first feature, Childhood of a Leader, back in 2016). Similarly, several of this spring’s selections are second films by up-and-coming directors making good on the promise of debut features that were featured in past Wisconsin Film Festivals: Payal Kapadia (All We Imagine as Light), Rungano Nyoni (On Becoming a Guinea Fowl), and Matthew Rankin (Universal Language). This series was made possible by a generous donation from an anonymous cinephile. (MK)