Existenz
Mini Indie Film Festival
UW Union South-Marquee Theater
Thursday, Nov. 20 through Sunday, Nov. 23
Wisconsin Union Directorate's film committee wisely moved this celebration of recent foreign and independent films to the fall, reducing competition with the Wisconsin Film Festival. Highlights include A Most Wanted Man (Saturday, 9 pm), an espionage thriller featuring Philip Seymour Hoffman's final performance, and Listen Up Philip (Sunday, 5:30 pm), which stars Rushmore's Jason Schwartzman as a self-obsessed writer.
Chazen Museum of Art
Thursday, Nov. 20, 7 pm
A blend of sci-fi and horror, this late-'90s David Cronenberg film depicts a world where videogamers explore virtual reality. Unfortunately, some of the players' methods can be deadly, as one game designer (Jennifer Jason Leigh) discovers.
4070 UW Vilas Hall
Friday, Nov. 21, 7 pm
Writer, director and lead actor Desiree Akhavan became a breakout star at the 2014 Sundance Film Fest when this witty film was deemed an audience favorite. The plot revolves around a bisexual woman who tries to hide her sexual orientation from her conservative Persian family.
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
4070 UW Vilas Hall
Saturday, Nov. 22, 7 pm
British directors Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger chronicle a military general's rocky career in this 1943 film, using Technicolor technology and an ample dose of humor.
Chazen Museum of Art
Sunday, Nov. 23, 2 pm
French and American agents join forces to spy on Russia and Cuba in this 1969 Hitchcock thriller based on Leon Uris' bestselling novel.
UW Union South-Marquee Theater
Monday, Nov. 24, 7:30 pm
Tuesday, Nov. 25, 7:30 pm
Photographer, filmmaker and mountaineer Dennis Burkhart guides viewers through the breathtaking sights of Mesa Verde and the Grand Canyon.
