Film
Explore Madison’s art-house screenings and the adventurous corners of local cinema.
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Sam Peckinpah’s Westerns serve as autobiographies for a man out of time
UW Cinematheque celebrates the maverick director’s centennial throughout March with three Saturday features that kick off with “The Wild Bunch” on March 8.
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Cultural assimilation and reciprocity in Nathan Deming’s “February”
The Wisconsin native and his Golden Badger-winning film return to Madison for a special encore screening and Q&A at UW Cinematheque on March 2.
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The spellbinding, suspenseful adventure of “Sorcerer” is life-changing
William Friedkin’s undersung 1977 film screens in a DCP restoration at UW Cinematheque on February 7.
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Multisensory moviegoing, part deux: the gourmet’s digest
Celebrate the new year and start of Madison movie season with culturally enriching culinary adventures.
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The Horizon Line Madison assembles the big-screen picture, from top to bottom
Alex Lovendahl’s new Substack project offers Madisonians a centralized resource for weekly movie screenings.
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We contained multitudes: an uncontained year in cinema
In this inclusive diary compendium, 10 writers share their thoughts and experiences on the 2024 year in moviegoing.
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“Broken Spectre” reframes the Amazon as an urgent, revisionist Western
Richard Mosse’s experimental environmental film is showing in MMoCA’s main second-floor gallery through mid-February 2025.
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Centering and illuminating the film conversation
Our writers found common dialogue across a variety of film spaces.
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The splenetic slapstick and severe stakes of “Anora”
Sara Batkie and Edwanike Harbour discuss the twists and turns of Sean Baker’s latest award-winning dramedy.
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“Smooth Talk” steadily constructs a devastating portrait of the loss of innocence
Joyce Chopra’s 1985 film adaptation of a Joyce Carol Oates short story screens at the Chazen Museum of Art on November 17.
