Film
Explore Madison’s art-house screenings and the adventurous corners of local cinema.
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“Anyone But You” depicts anyone but the working class
Will Gluck’s semi-charming, but oblivious romantic comedy screens at the Memorial Union Terrace on July 29.
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What will the future of cinema look like?
Film editor Grant Phipps and contributor Maxwell Courtright effusively ponder a question suggested by filmmaker Gina Telaroli.
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“Laura” is a haunting portrait that looms over cinema to this day
Otto Preminger’s classic 1944 noir mystery screens on 35mm at UW Cinematheque on July 17.
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Action vehicles on America’s sentimentally skewed open road
UW Cinematheque presents a trio of wildly varied 1970s car-centric features across three Fridays in July—”Vanishing Point” on July 12, “Race With The Devil” on July 19, and “Damnation Alley” on July 26.
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“Typhoon Club” candidly captures the whirlwind of adolescence
Shinji Sōmai’s 1985 resonant coming-of-age drama screens in a new 4K restoration at UW Cinematheque on July 11.
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The free-roaming “Vagabond” is a character study as empathy test
Agnès Varda’s powerfully elusive drama from 1985 screens on 35mm at UW Cinematheque on July 10.
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“Fallen Leaves” records a lasting love letter to the movies and to romantic well-being
Aki Kaurismäki’s latest brisk, endearing feature screens at UW Cinematheque on July 4.
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“Blood Simple” exudes giddy nihilism in its sordid existential entanglements
A 35mm presentation of the Coen brothers’ 1984 neo-noir debut feature kicks off the UW Cinematheque’s summer series on June 19.
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Woody Allen is not an “international discovery”
Asking UW Cinematheque staff to reconsider their June 20 screening of Allen’s latest movie, “Coup De Chance.”
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The revolutionary lesbian gaze of “Desert Hearts”
Donna Deitch’s 1985 road-movie romance screens at the Chazen on May 29 as part of Cat Birk’s “Becoming Horse Girl” movie series.
