Mike King is a Cinematheque Programmer and Senior Programmer for the Wisconsin Film Festival Top ten new films to play Madison in 2019, in alphabetical order: The Beach Bum (2019, Harmony Korine) …
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Favorites of 2019: Zachary Zahos
Zachary Zahos is a Programmer and Project Assistant for the UW Cinematheque and Wisconsin Film Festival. He is also a Ph.D candidate in the Department of Communication Arts at UW Madison. My favorite new films …
Favorites of 2019: Ben Reiser
Ben Reiser is a Programmer and administrator for both the UW Cinematheque and Wisconsin Film Festival. 19 Favorites For 2019 American Factory (2019, Julia Reichert, Steven Bognar) Climax (2018, Gaspar Noe) Crawl (2019, Alexandre Aja) …
Favorites of 2019: Jim Healy
Jim Healy is the Director of Programming for the UW Cinematheque and the Wisconsin Film Festival. 2019 was a great year for movie watching. Of the 648 features that I saw and were new to …
Cinematalk Podcast #3: James Runde
On Saturday, December 14th, at 7pm, UW Cinematheque will present the Communication Arts Showcase at the Marque Theater at Union South. Highlighting works produced in Communication Arts Media Production courses at UW Madison, this program is …
DIE HARD: Ode to Joyful Mayhem
The following notes on Die Hard (1988) were written by David Vanden Bossche, PhD student in UW-Madison’s Department of Communication Arts and co-organizer of the Antwerp Summer Film School. A 35mm print of Die Hard …
QUICK MILLIONS: Brains & Brown
These notes on Rowland Brown's Quick Millions were written by Casey Long, PhD candidate in UW-Madison’s Department of Communication Arts. A newly restored 4K DCP of Quick Millions will screen as part of a double …
Cinematalk Podcast #2: Schawn Belston
On March 20, 2019, 20th Century Fox ceased to exist when the Walt Disney Co. completed its acquisition of what was once one of Hollywood’s six major studios. Although their catalogue stretches back more than …
Notes on Kurosawa and SEVEN SAMURAI
The following notes on Akira Kurosawa's career and Seven Samurai were written by David Vanden Bossche, PhD student in UW-Madison’s Department of Communication Arts and co-organizer of the Antwerp Summer Film School. A 35mm print …
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As we close the curtains on our 2019 programming calendar, let us reflect back on what has been another remarkable year at UW Cinematheque. Our Spring 2019 slate opened with a Premiere Showcase screening of …