If you have not experienced the charming and sincere pleasures of the Wisconsin-made documentary American Movie, you are surely in for a treat. It will be screening this Friday, July 18th, in the Marquee Theater at Union South at …
A CLOSE-UP LOOK AT ‘CLOSE-UP’
These Notes on Abbas Kiarostami's Close-Up were written by Hamidreza Nassiri, a Teaching Assistant and Ph.D candidate in UW Madison's Communication Arts Department. The UW Cinematheque will present a 35mm print of Close-Up on Thursday, …
RYAN WAAL ON DAVID GORDON GREEN’S ‘GEORGE WASHINGTON’
This essay reflecting on David Gordon Green's George Washington (2000), was written by UW Madison student Ryan Waal (class of 2015). Green personally presented George Washington at the 2001 Wisconsin Film Festival. Green will appear …
Leo Rubinkowski on MARJOE
These notes on Howard Smith and Sarah Kernochan's 1972 documentary Marjoe, were written by Leo Rubinkowski Ph.D candidate, Film Studies, Communication Arts Department. Marjoe screens Friday, March 7 at 7 p.m. in the Cinematheque's regular …
RYAN WAAL ON ZEMECKIS’ ‘USED CARS’
This essay, on Robert Zemeckis' Used Cars, was written by Ryan Waal, UW Madison class of 2015. Zemeckis' I Wanna Hold Your Hand screens as part of the Cinematheque and WUD Film Committee's 'Marquee Monday' …
RYAN WAAL ON JIA ZHANGKE’S ‘STILL LIFE’
These notes on Jia Zhangke's Still Life were written by UW student Ryan Waal ('15). Jia Zhangke's newest film, A Touch of Sin, will have its only area theatrical screening at the Cinematheque on Friday, …
2ND SCREENING OF ‘INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS’ ADDED! – DECEMBER 12
UW CINEMATHEQUE ADDS 2ND PRE-RELEASE SCREENING OF JOEL AND ETHAN COEN’S ‘INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS’ DECEMBER 8 & DECEMBER 12 SCREENINGS OF NEW FILM ABOUT 60S NYC FOLK MUSIC SCENE WILL BE SHOWN ON 35MM The …
A GIRL IN EVERY PORT: THE BIRTH OF LULU?
Program Notes by Thomas Gladysz Howard Hawks' A Girl in Every Port is a well-crafted and entertaining "buddy film" widely considered the director's best silent. It's also a film with a special legacy. A Girl …
Just added! NEW FACES OF INDEPENDENT FILM program
CINEMATHEQUE PRESS RELEASE — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 13, 2013 CINEMATHEQUE PRESENTS “NEW FACES OF INDEPENDENT FILM” 3 SHORT FILM DIRECTORS TO APPEAR IN PERSON ON NOV. 16 On Saturday, November 16 at 3 p.m., …
AFTERNOON DELIGHT – Jill Soloway in person!
CINEMATHEQUE PRESS RELEASE — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 13, 2013 UW CINEMATHEQUE & WUD FILM COMMITTEE WELCOME JILL SOLOWAY TO CAMPUS FOR SCREENING OF HER FILM “AFTERNOON DELIGHT” NOVEMBER 14 SCREENING AT UNION SOUTH WILL …