By Jim Healy, UW Cinematheque Director of Programming In the U.S. today, Jean-Paul Belmondo is still recognized as an iconic superstar of international cinema, but American audiences of today might not be quite as aware …
Even More Hitchcock!
by Amanda McQueen, UW Cinematheque Programmer and Project Assistant Not only is Alfred Hitchcock one of cinema's most popular directors, he is also one of the most studied and analyzed. It has helped, of course, …
The Slaprobatics of Denis Lavant
By Amanda McQueen, UW Cinematheque Programmer and Project Assistant Denis Lavant is an incredibly physical actor. Though also known for his distinctive face – interesting, but not really classically handsome – Lavant has become associated …
Music in Friedkin’s Movies : Aint’ No Mickey Mouse-ing Going On Here!
By Jim Healy, Director of Programming In a terrific interview with Vulture last month, complete flim-maker John Carpenter (whose action masterpiece, Escape from New York will have a Cinematheque/WUD Film screening next month) answers a …
Some Things to Know About MARKETA LAZAROVA
By Jim Healy From Professor David S. Danaher in UW Madison's Slavic Languages Department comes word of a new, NEA-funded translation of Vladislav Vancura's epic 1931 Czech novel Markéta Lazarová. You can read more on …
Levitation Test Footage from THE EXORCIST
By Ben Reiser Writer Mike McPadden currently resides in Chicago, where his encyclopedic knowledge of exploitation movies of all types and his winning way with double entendres and sex-based puns had served him well as …
UW Student Blake Davenport on Hitchcock’s LIFEBOAT
This essay on Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat was written by UW Madison student Blake Davenport. A 35mm print of Lifeboat will screen as part of the Cinematheque's 'More Hitchcock!' series on Sunday, October 5 at 2 …
Leo Rubinkowski Prepares You for 2 X Carax/Lavant
This essay by Leo Rubinkowski, Graduate Student and Teaching Assistant in UW Madison's Communication Arts Department, discusses the first two features of Leos Carax, Boy Meets Girl and Mauvais Sang, both of which star Denis …
An Early Film Role for BUG Star Michael Shannon
by Jim Healy In his memoir, The Friedkin Connection, Oscar-winning film director William Friedkin heaps praise on the leading man of his 2006 creepfest, Bug. Before he turned Tracy Letts's play into a movie, Friedkin …
UW MADISON’S MAUREEN ROGERS ON ‘MS. 45’ AND THE RAPE AND REVENGE MOVIE
These notes on Abel Ferrara's Ms. 45 were written by UW Madison's Maureen Rogers, Ph.D candidate and Teaching Assistant in the Department of Communication Arts. Ms. 45 screens as the Cinematheque's first 'Marquee Monday' for …