Ian Adcock
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A double dose of Jackie Chan’s comedic martial arts auteurism
“Drunken Master” (1978) and “Police Story 2” (1988) screen back to back at UW Cinematheque on August 4 starting at 6 p.m.
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A few Madison events, July 18 through 24, 2022
Sinking Suns celebrate a new album, “Yojimbo” screens at UW Cinematheque, They Are Gutting A Body Of Water plays the Terrace, and more.
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“Point Break” is peak bromance
Kathryn Bigelow’s blockbuster action flick from 1991 screens at the Memorial Union Terrace on July 18.
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Stop-motion opus “Mad God” probes the darkest recesses of the subconscious mind
Phil Tippett’s painstakingly crafted apocalyptic vision screens as part of the Wisconsin Film Festival on April 10 at the Wisconsin Union Theater.
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Warts-and-all marathon “These Fists Break Bricks” salutes kung fu movies’ golden age
From March 4 through 6, UW Cinematheque presents six 1970s kung fu flicks, with authors and genre aficionados Grady Hendrix and Chris Poggiali in attendance.
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Stuart Gordon, locally groomed master of theatrical science fiction
From January 30 through April 24, UW Cinematheque at the Chazen presents a one-Sunday-per-month 35mm retrospective of the offbeat and imaginative playwright, screenwriter, and director.
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“The Apartment” captures the romantic melancholy of the holiday season
Billy Wilder’s 1960 classic concludes the UW Cinematheque fall calendar, screening in a new 4K restoration on December 17.
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A Four Star podcast, possessed
Before the UW Cinematheque presentation of Andrzej Żuławski’s 1981 film, “Possession,” on November 5, Hanna Kohn, Lewis Peterson, and Ian Adcock, and Grant Phipps talk about all the film’s lurking absurdisms and obvious horrors.










