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In a white room lit by fluorescent lights, Tae-Ju (Kim Ok-bin) feeds on an unsuspecting victim while her paralyzed mother-in-law (Kim Hae-sook) watches to their left.
“Thirst” blends eroticism, horror, and black comedy in a twist-filled take on the vampire genre
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February 20, 2023

Park Chan-wook ambitiously adapts Émile Zola's novel "Thérèse Raquin" in his 2009 film, screening at the Union South Marquee on February 24.

Eve Fallon (Joan Bennett) hands detective Danny Barr (Cary Grant) his gun back. Both coquettishly smile at one another.
“Big Brown Eyes” and “Hot Saturday” highlight the range of leading man Cary Grant’s early work
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January 31, 2023

UW Cinematheque curates a double feature of 1930s Hollywood on February 4.

A simple image collage that depicts (at top left) a Monday night screening of "Sharknado" at Memorial Union Terrace in Madison with three other film stills. To its right, an shot of actress Katia Pascariu in "Bad Luck Banging Or Loony Porn;" below that, a shot of Kristen Stewart, Viggo Mortensen, and Léa Seydoux in "Crimes Of The Future;" and to its left, a still of Michelle Yeoh, a looming Jamie Lee Curtis, and reflection of Ke Huy Quan in "Everything Everywhere All At Once."
Everyone everywhere all at once: a Tone Madison year-end film thread
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December 20, 2022

The bulk of our film team imparts their highs and lows of 2022.

Actor Jeffrey Combs is shown in a mutated, glowing-pink form in the film From Beyond.
Stuart Gordon, goblins, and moths
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October 23, 2022

Plus more events we recommend checking out in Madison, October 24 through 30 edition.

Heavy Looks performing live at the closed Art In. Photo by Heidi E Johnson.
Release shows from Heavy Looks, Cribshitter, and Mr. Chair
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October 16, 2022

Plus more events we recommend checking out in Madison, October 17 through 23 edition.

A black-and-white publicity photo of the band Slow Pulp shows the band's four members standing closely together and facing the camera.
Slow Pulp returns, a Dream House appears
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October 9, 2022

Plus more events we recommend checking out in Madison, October 10 through 16 edition.

An image collage featuring the October series' four films. Clockwise from top left, Thomas Bardo (Stephen Rea) is covered in blood, hanging halfway through a shattered windshield in Stuck; Maria (Rona De Ricci) pleads to the Grand Inquisitor Torquemada (Lance Henriksen) in The Pit And The Pendulum; Dr. Edward Pretorius (Ted Sorel) is transformed into a hideous monster in From Beyond; and Uxía (Macarena Gómez), dressed in a gold ceremonial outfit in Dagon, brandishes a gold dagger shaped like a spine.
Discover Stuart Gordon’s transgressive, bloody genre films this October
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October 4, 2022

UW Cinematheque concludes its 2022 Stuart Gordon retrospective at the Chazen with a horror-tinged Sunday matinee lineup.

A photo shows percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani using a bow to coax sound from a gong. He is surrounded by a drumkit and another, larger gong hangs from a frame behind him.
Tatsuya Nakatani, “Stuck,” and Mad Lit’s season finale
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October 2, 2022

Plus more events we recommend checking out in Madison, October 3 through 9 edition.

Out-of-the-way songs and a Coltrane celebration
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September 18, 2022

Plus more events we recommend checking out in Madison, September 19 through 25 edition.

A photo shows the members of music duo Good Corners seated and performing in a warehouse-like setting.
A country-ambient release show and on-screen heroics
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September 11, 2022

Plus more events we recommend checking out in Madison, September 5 through 11 edition.