UW Cinematheque

The UW-Madison campus and the Cinematheque space at 4070 Vilas Hall are experiencing cooling and air conditioning limitations due to a broken chilled water line.
In consideration of the safety of Cinematheque viewers, the screenings of The Hole on Monday, June 29, and Testament on Tuesday, June 30, have been cancelled. We will persevere to re-schedule these films on a future Cinematheque screening calendar.
We apologize for any inconvenience.

On our latest blog, Pate Duncan picks at a rotten peach. Agnès Varda’s LE BONHEUR will screen at UW Cinematheque on Sunday, June 28 at 5 p.m., as part of our Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair series, presented in partnership with the American Cinematheque. Admission is free, and the UW Cinematheque is located at 4070 Vilas Hall, 821 University Ave.

On Picnics and Rotten Fruit: Varda’s LE BONHEUR The following notes on Le Bonheur were written by Pate Duncan, PhD student in the Department of Communication Arts at UW – Madison. Agnès Varda’s Le Bonheur will screen at UW Cinematheque on Sunday, June …

Josh Martin untangles the dream logic behind the haunting MESSIAH OF EVIL which screens Saturday June 27th at 7pm., on a 35mm print courtesy of the American Genre Film Archive, as part of our Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair series, presented in partnership with the American Cinematheque. Admission is free, and the UW Cinematheque is located at 4070 Vilas Hall, 821 University Ave

MESSIAH OF EVIL: Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye   The following notes on Messiah of Evil were written by Josh Martin, the Cinematheque’s Bleak Week programmer and a PhD candidate in the Department of Communication Arts at UW – Madison. Messiah of Evil …

Rob Thomas on the joy of getting bummed out.

Have yourself a bummer summer with Bleak Week UW-Cinematheque is one of 80 film fests taking part in downer film fest

Sarah Mae Fleming discovers there is no CURE for Bleak Week. Kiyoshi Kurosawa's masterpiece screens Friday, June 26th at 8pm. 4070 Vilas Hall. Free!

“Who Are You?”: Elusive Identities and Boundaries in CURE The following notes on Cure were written by Sarah Mae Fleming, PhD candidate in the Department of Communication Arts at UW – Madison. Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Cure will screen at UW Cinematheque on Friday, June 26 …

Garrett Strpko peers into the void that is THE GREAT SILENCE, come see the void stare back Thursday 6/25, 7pm, free!

THE GREAT SILENCE: The Sound of Death The following notes on The Great Silence were written by Garrett Strpko, PhD candidate in the Department of Communication Arts at UW – Madison. The Great Silence will screen at UW Cinematheque on Thursday, June …