By Amanda McQueen We at UW Cinematheque are pleased to announce the release of a new book from our founder and former director Dr. Lea Jacobs, entitled Film Rhythm After Sound: Technology, Music, and Performance. …
NINJA III – Screening Date Changed
Due to a scheduling conflict, the screening date for Ninja III: The Domination, part of our Marquee Mondays: Cannon Fodder series, has been changed from Monday, March 2 to Monday, March 9, 7 p.m. The …
Amanda McQueen’s Favorites of 2014
Amanda McQueen is a Programmer and Project Assistant of the UW Cinematheque. She is also a Programmer and Print Traffic Coordinator of the Wisconsin Film Festival. I’m often behind on new releases, as I somehow …
Ben Reiser’s Favorites of 2014
Ben Reiser is a Programmer and Accounts Manager of the UW Cinematheque, as well as the Coordinator of the Wisconsin Film Festival THE GUEST The only film I saw twice in a theater this year. …
Mike King’s Favorites of 2014
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, …