• All Is Forgiven at UW Cinematheque

    UW Cinematheque 821 University Ave / 4070 Vilas Hall, Madison, WI, United States

    As Mia Hansen-Løve's directorial debut, All Is Forgiven (2007) is the logical birthplace of the cinematic tone that becomes distinct in her later films, like Bergman Island (2021).

    Free
  • Sonata (2021) at Union South Marquee

    The Marquee Cinema 1308 W Dayton St #245, Madison, WI, United States

    Coming-of-age biopic Sonata (2021) closes out the Polish Film Festival at the Union South Marquee, which begins on Sunday, November 13, with Illusion (2022), and then continues the following Sunday, November 20, with a triple feature.

    Free
  • When You Read This Letter at UW Cinematheque

    UW Cinematheque 821 University Ave / 4070 Vilas Hall, Madison, WI, United States

    Its atmospheric cinematography, stylistic complexity, and haunting ambiguities bring When You Read This Letter (1953) into alignment with director Jean-Pierre Melville's most sophisticated creations.

    Free
  • After Yang at Union South Marquee

    The Marquee Cinema 1308 W Dayton St #245, Madison, WI, United States

    Kogonada retools futuristic technological conventions into a poignant tale of connection in After Yang (2021), a filmic tone poem, a metaphysical chamber play...

    Free
  • White Noise at Marcus Point Cinema

    Marcus Point Cinema 7825 Big Sky Drive, Madison, WI, United States

    White Noise (2022) is a project that greatly expands director Noah Baumbach's visual ambitions while addressing the only subject that's a universal concern for our species burdened with sapience. We are going to die.

    $5.28 – $13.72
  • Tokyo Godfathers at Union South Marquee

    The Marquee Cinema 1308 W Dayton St #245, Madison, WI, United States

    Satoshi Kon may be best known for his animated, surrealistic, psychological thrillers, so Tokyo Godfathers (2003) may stand out in writer-director-character designer's oeuvre as a rollicking buddy adventure that just happens to be Christmas-themed.

    Free
  • “Or… (night)” Solstice Celebration at Common Sage

    Common Sage 934 Drake St, Madison, WI, United States

    As Common Sage continues to get back into the swing of more regular hosting, they're planning a send-off to 2022 in the form of a Winter Solstice celebration, "Or... (night)," as a tribute to another boundary-pushing composer, James Tenney (and to the longest night).

    $10
  • Sex Ed Disco Dance Party at Crucible

    Crucible 3116 Commercial Avenue, Madison, WI, United States

    Consider the colorful cure for those midwinter blues at the Crucible's Sex Ed Disco Dance Party this Thursday night, which unites a number of Madison creatives in a fundraiser for a new, vital documentary by videographer and filmmaker Gracie K Wallner.

    $5 – $10
  • Ghost Wars at MMSD Planetarium

    MMSD Planetarium 201 South Gammon Road, Madison, WI, United States

    Video artist Aaron Granat and multi-hyphenate BlueStem Jazz co-founder Thomas Ferrella's newest project "Ghost Wars" returns to the MMSD Planetarium here, on the nights of January 6 and 7, with a decidedly incendiary political angle.

    $20
  • Ghost Wars at MMSD Planetarium

    MMSD Planetarium 201 South Gammon Road, Madison, WI, United States

    Video artist Aaron Granat and multi-hyphenate BlueStem Jazz co-founder Thomas Ferrella's newest project "Ghost Wars" returns to the MMSD Planetarium here, on the nights of January 6 and 7, with a decidedly incendiary political angle.

    $20
  • Skinamarink at Marcus Point Cinema

    Marcus Point Cinema 7825 Big Sky Drive, Madison, WI, United States

    As with many of the most enduring horror movies, Skinamarink is more about cultivating a vibe, dispensing with all but the barest trappings of a plot, which could theoretically be described as what’s happening on the other side of the TV in Poltergeist (1982).

    $5.28 – $13.72

Please note: For now, this is a listing of events that Tone Madison is hosting—including our quarterly-ish Office Hours meetups and occasional shows and workshops. We do not currently produce a listing of events around town, though we would like to in the future. But we do still preview shows, screenings, and other events around town in our stories.

If you are looking for a good local events calendar, we strongly recommend visiting our friends at Madison Minutes.

Want to send us info about an event? Email editor@tonemadison.com; please include all of the acts involved in the event, date, venue, showtime, ticket information, and any other information you think we should know. Send this information at least three weeks before the date of the event. We try to give everything fair consideration, but we do not and cannot preview all events, and we do not run submitted promotional copy.