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"The Marksman" premieres (again)
"When we set out to write this many years ago, we had no idea it would go on to overtake "Wonder Woman 1984" at the box office," says Chris Charles of Sun Prairie, who wrote the script with screenwriting partner Danny Kravitz, a UW-Madison alum. Read more
Enda Bowe/courtesy Hulu
The shows and movies that got me through 2020
The best way to find solace during quarantine is in many of the TV shows and movies we stream from the comfort of our living rooms. Read more
Jan 8, 2021
Determined
Brains and hearts
“Determined” is a powerful new documentary about UW-Madison’s groundbreaking Alzheimer’s study. Its Wisconsin Film Festival premiere was cancelled due to COVID-19, but it will be available for free starting Dec. 10. Read more
Dec 8, 2020
Zoom/Catherine Capellaro
The soul of Wisconsin
The new documentary “Can You Hear Us Now?” shows how Wisconsin is a laboratory for both anti-democratic forces and a passionate resistance in the form of down-ballot activists. Actor and Wisconsin native Tony Shalhoub is an executive producer. Read more
Sep 30, 2020
Ned Piyadarakorn
Editing our future
“Human Nature” is a new documentary featuring UW-Madison bioethicist Alta Charo. It looks at the ethical implications of the gene-editing technology known as CRISPR. Read more
Sep 7, 2020
Upper East Films
"Bedlam" at the drive-in
Thanks to Downtown Madison Inc. and a number of mental health organizations, a Madison audience got to experience “Bedlam,” a compelling new documentary on a national crisis, at the Mallards drive-in. Read more
Aug 27, 2020
A woman's place
At the center of the highly engaging “Mrs. America” is Cate Blanchett as the powerhouse conservative organizer, Phyllis Schlafly. Each episode of this history series focuses on a different woman involved in the pivotal struggle to pass the ERA. Read more
Jul 17, 2020
Greg Jeschke
A tale of two branches
While researching his family tree, the Rev. Dr. Alex Gee meets some of his white relatives, learning how the rape of his great-great-great-grandmother resulted in two families separated by race and opportunity in Mississippi. Read more
Jun 27, 2020
7:47 AM
Catherine Capellaro
Black fatherhood, police, war and the new Spike Lee joint
Just in time for Father’s Day: a Zoom chat with Kevin Willmott I, three-time collaborator with Spike Lee, and his son, Kevin Willmott II, Madison artist, activist and new father. Read more
Jun 19, 2020
1:10 PM
Wistful for Wisconsin Film Festival?
You have two days to rent on-demand films that support the Wisconsin Film Festival. Half of the proceeds support the festival, which had to cancel its April 2-9 screenings. Read more
May 5, 2020
3:00 PM
Film fest falls, but movies endure
The Wisconsin Film Festival is regrouping in the face of the cancellation of 155 film screenings. Organizers hope that some of the Wisconsin’s Own series will be shown when it’s safe to gather again. Read more
Mar 19, 2020
4:05 PM
Thomas Ferrella
Immersive experience
“MindStorm” is a one-of-a-kind immersive experience, blending live music and a collage of images projected onto the school district’s planetarium dome. Read more
Mar 5, 2020
5:00 AM
Special Screenings
The Velvet Underground
Spotlight Cinema: Documentary by Todd Haynes looks at the groundbreaking band and the scene it sprung from. R, 2021. $7. Read more
Oct 20, 2021
7:00 PM
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
Dark Luis Buñuel comedy in which a man's murder fantasy is constantly thwarted. NR, 1955. Free. Read more
Oct 22, 2021
7:00 PM
A Dim Valley
Biologists find more than they bargained for in the forest; written and directed by former UW-Madison student Brandon Colvin. NR, 2020. Free. Read more
Oct 23, 2021
7:00 PM
The First Degree
A silent era "rural melodrama" long thought lost until a print was discovered by archivist Olivia Babler, who attends for a Q&A following the film. Free. Read more
Oct 24, 2021
2:00 PM
Two-Shot Tuesdays
Madison 48-Hour Film Project social, 5:30 pm Tuesdays. Free. Read more
Oct 26, 2021
5:30 PM
