This essay on Alfred Hitchcock's Torn Curtain was written by Cinematheque Programmer and Project Assistant Amanda McQueen. A 35mm print of Torn Curtain will screen at the Chazen Museum of Art on Sunday, November 2 …
Month: October 2014
How to Watch HOW I WON THE WAR
How to Watch How I Won the War By Amanda McQueen, UW Cinematheque Programmer and Project Assistant I'll admit, the first time I sat down to watch How I Won the War, I didn't make …
Sights Unseen in THE WICKER MAN: FINAL CUT
This essay on Robin Hardy's The Wicker Man was written by Jenna Stoeber, Media and Cultural Studies Grad Student and Teaching Assistant in the Department of Communication Arts at UW, Madison. The Wicker Man: Final …
A Glimpse at SABOTEUR
This essay on Alfred Hitchcock's Saboteur was written by UW Madison student Blake Davenport. A 35mm print of Saboteur will screen on Sunday, October 26, 2 p.m. in our Sunday Cinematheque at the Chazen 'More …
A Strange Soundtrack for Your Body’s Ears
This essay on the music featured in Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani's The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears was written by UW Cinematheque Programmer and Chief Projectionist, Mike King. The Strange Color will have …
JUST ADDED: BENEFIT SCREENING OF NEW GODARD 3D MOVIE, ‘GOODBYE TO LANGUAGE’
November 13, 3:30 p.m., UPDATE: Online ticket sales for this event have ended. A very limited number of tickets will be available at the will call table in the Point Cinema lobby beginning at 6 …
THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY: Hitchcock’s Surrealist Romance
By Amanda McQueen, UW Cinematheque Programmer and Project Assistant The Trouble With Harry is a bit of an outlier in Alfred Hitchcock's oeuvre. Though ostensibly about the discovery of a dead body, the film is …
UW Cinematheque’s Ben Reiser on DON’T LOOK NOW
DON'T READ NOW By Ben Reiser, UW Cinematheque Programmer and Accounts Manager (There are some mild spoilers below, but if you want to experience this film the way it should be experienced, maybe wait ‘til …
Belmondo: Cascadeur
By Jim Healy, UW Cinematheque Director of Programming In the U.S. today, Jean-Paul Belmondo is still recognized as an iconic superstar of international cinema, but American audiences of today might not be quite as aware …
Even More Hitchcock!
by Amanda McQueen, UW Cinematheque Programmer and Project Assistant Not only is Alfred Hitchcock one of cinema's most popular directors, he is also one of the most studied and analyzed. It has helped, of course, …