Mike King is a Programmer and Chief Projectionist of the UW Cinematheque and Senior Programmer of the Wisconsin Film Festival. Top ten new films to play Madison in 2014, in alphabetical order: Cutie and the …
Jim Healy’s Favorites of 2014
Jim Healy is Director of Programming of the UW Cinematheque and the Wisconsin Film Festival. As a Cinematheque Curator and as a Wisconsin Film Festival Programmer, I usually have the great luxury of not having …
MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS: Notes on a Musical Classic
These notes on Vincente Minnelli's Meet Me in St. Louis were written by Jenny Oyallon-Koloski, Fellow in Film in the UW Communication Arts Department. A 35mm print of Meet Me in St. Louis will screen …
UW Student Blake Davenport on Hitchcock’s SPELLBOUND
This essay on Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound were written by UW Undergraduate student Blake Davenport. Spellbound will screen on Sunday, December 7 at 2 p.m. in the Chazen Museum of Art. By Blake Davenport “I like …
Support Alternative Cinema. Please Give to the UW Cinematheque.
By Jim Healy, UW Cinematheque Director of Programming During this season of giving, please take a moment to consider how the UW Cinematheque has enhanced our cinematic culture in 2014. This year, the Cinematheque has …
Mike King on the Resnais/Ayckbourn Collaborations
These notes on the working relationship between director Alain Resnais and writer Alan Ayckbourn were written by UW Cinematheque and Wisconsin Film Festival Programmer Mike King. The final Resnais/Ayckbourn movie collaboration, Life of Riley (Aimer, …
Mike King Prepares You for APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR
Appropriate Behavior will have its only Madison-area theatrical screening on Friday, November 21, at 7 p.m. in the Cinematheque's regular venue, 4070 Vilas Hall. By Mike King, UW Cinematheque Programmer & Chief Projectionist When Desiree …
A Video Game Fan on eXistenZ
This essay on David Cronenberg’s eXistenZ was written by former WUD Film committee member Victor Alicea (’14). A 35mm print of eXistenZ will screen on Thursday, November 20, 7 p.m., at the Chazen Museum of …
UW’s Jonah Horwitz on J’ACCUSE
This essay on Abel Gance's J'accuse was written by Jonah Horwitz, Ph.D Candidate in the Communication Arts Department at UW Madison. A recent DCP restoration of J'accuse will screen with a synchronous soundtrack on Saturday, …
UW’s Derek Long on THE BIG PARADE
This essay on King Vidor's The Big Parade was written by Derek Long, Graduate Student and Teaching Assistant in the Communication Arts Department at UW Madison. A restored 35mm print of the silent version of …