WINTER WELCOMETHE IRON GIANT

PRESENTED ON 35MM FILM! An enormous robot from deepest space crash-lands on Earth and follows 11-year-old Hogarth Hughes home. Now, young Hogarth has one

big friend and an even bigger problem: How do you keep a 50-foot robot secret? Especially when a paranoid G-Man is on the “alien invader’s” trail, bringing

with him the full might of the U.S. military to destroy the giant.(Brad Bird, USA, English, 86 min, 1999, 35mm)

FRI7PM | Jan

24

SAT5PM | Jan

25

WINTER WELCOMEHUSTLERS

Based on true events, strippers Ramona and Destiny learn to fi nangle their way around the wealthy Wall Street clientele who frequent their club. However, as

the 2008 economic collapse cuts into their profi ts, the ladies and other dancers devise a daring scheme to take their lives back.(Lorene Scafaria, USA, English, 110 min, 2019, DCP)

FRI 9PM | Jan

24

SAT7PM | Jan

25

EXPERIMENTAL TUESDAYRE:ANIMATOR ANIMATION SHOWCASE

FREE FOR EVERYONE! All rise! Undergraduate animators from the UWM Department of Film, Video, Animation, and New Genres show

their stuff.Curated by Ty Williams.(Various Filmmakers, USA, English, ~120 min, Digital, 2020)

TUE7PM | Jan

28

SHARE THE EARTH ENVIRONMENTAL FILM SERIESYOUTH UNSTOPPABLE

FREE FOR EVERYONE! Go inside the rise of the Global Youth Climate Movement. Slater Jewell-Kemker was 15 when she began documenting the untold

stories of youth on the front lines of climate change refusing to let their futures slip away.

Follow the evolution of a diverse network of youth rising up to shape the world they will live in over the course of 12 years.Cosponsored by the Professional Cinema Society at UWM (Slater Jewell-Kempker, USA, English, 91 min, 2018, Digital)

MILWAUKEE LGBT FILM/VIDEO FESTIVALTHE LIFE OF JUANITA CASTRO AND SCREEN TEST #2

PRESENTED BY THE MILWAUKEE LGBT FILM/VIDEO FESTIVALTwo collaborations between Andy Warhol and playwright Ronald Tavel, who, for both fi lms here, wrote the

scenarios and plays the on-screen director: The Life of Juanita Castro (66min., 1965) and

Screen Test #2 (66min., 1965) Both fi lms presented on 16mm, prints courtesy of the Museum of Modern ArtCo-sponsored by the UWM Union Cinema(Andy Warhol and Ronald Tavel, USA, 2 x 66 min, 1965, 16mm)

THU7PM | Jan

30

INTERNATIONAL CINEMAMY 20TH CENTURY (AZ ÉN XX. SZÁZADOM)

It’s New Year’s Eve, 1899. Twin girls, Lili the anarchist and loose-moraled Dóra, along with Mr. Z. who loves them both, all reach the Hungarian border onboard the Orient Express.

Their story, rushing under the spell of Edison’s inventions, is a special ‘research of happiness,’ reclaiming the ‘mass-mur-dering century’ from the restlessly changing world

and the miracle of existence.(Ildikó Enyedi, Hungary, Hungarian w/Eng. Sub., 104 min, 1989, DCP)

FRI7PM | Jan

31

SAT5PM | Feb

01

INTERNATIONAL CINEMATHE FACE OF ANOTHER (TANIN NO KAO)

PRESENTED ON 35MM FILM! Okuyama, after being burned and disfi gured in an industrial accident and estranged from his family and friends, agrees to his psychiatrist’s

radical experiment: a face transplant, created from the mold of a stranger. As he is thus further alienated from the world around him, he fi nds himself

giving in to his darker temptations.(Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japan, Japanese & German w/Eng. Sub., 124 min, 1966, 35mm)

FRI9PM | Jan

31

SAT7PM | Feb

01

EXPERIMENTAL TUESDAYFROM THE ARCHIVES: OLD DIGS

FREE FOR EVERYONE! A program of formally bold ruminations on the themes of memory and youth passed. Through the revisitation and reexamination of their personal

archives, the artists represented study the passing of time. Curated by Daniel Murphy, MFA Candidate

in the UWM Department of Film, Video, Animation, and New Genres. All 16mm prints courtesy of the Department’s Cinema Arts Archive.(Various Filmmakers, USA, English, ~90 min, 16mm)

TUE7PM | Feb

04

DOCUMENTARY FRONTIERSPOTO AND CABENGO

Grace and Virginia are young San Diego twins who speak unlike anyone else. With little exposure to the outside world, the two girls have created a private form of communi-

cation that’s an amalgam of the distinctive English dialects they hear at home. Jean-Pierre Gorin’s polyphonic

nonfi ction investigation of this phenomenon looks at the family from a variety of angles.(Jean-Pierre Gorin, USA / West Germany, French & English & German w/Eng. Sub., 77 min, 1980, DVD)

WED7PM | Feb

05

AFRICAN AMERICAN FILM SERIESHORROR NOIRE: A HISTORY OF BLACK HORROR

FREE FOR EVERYONE! Delve into a century of horror fi lms that utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined and fi nally embraced Black Americans in Hollywood.

Adapting Robin Means Coleman’s seminal book using new and archival interviews from

scholars and creators; the voices who survived the genre’s past trends to those shaping its futureCo-sponsored by Sociocultural Programming(Xavier Burgin, USA, English, 83min, 2019, DCP)

THU6PM | Feb

06

INDEPENDENT CINEMADUET FOR CANNIBALS (DUETT FÖR KANNIBALER)

All-around intellectual dynamo Sontag made her directorial debut with this defi nition-defying, psych-ological serio-comedy, the result

of a Swedish studio’s invitation to her to make a fi lm in Stockholm. The result is a roundelay of partner-swapping and gamesmanship that broaches the surreal and violent.

(Susan Sontag, Sweden, Swedish w/ Eng. sub, 105 min, 1969, DCP)

FRI7PM | Feb

07

SAT5PM | Feb

08

CINEMA CLASSICSNIGHT OF THE HUNTER

PRESENTED ON 35MM! A tall, hand-some ‘preacher’ – his knuckles eerily tattooed with ‘love’ and ‘hate’ – roams the countryside, spreading the gospel and leaving a trail of murdered women

in his wake. To Rev. Harry Powell, the work of the Lord has more to do with condemnation than salvation, especially when his interests are involved. Now his sights are set

on two children – the only ones who know where $10,000 is.(Charles Laughton, USA, English, 92 min, 1955, 35mm)

FRI9PM | Feb

07

SAT7PM | Feb

08

EXPERIMENTAL TUESDAYJON CATES: 鬼鎮 (GHOSTTOWN)

FREE FOR EVERYONE! FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE! Chicago-based new media artist jonCates’ infl uential body of work mixes the urgency of punk with the poetics of glitch. His

latest project, a glitch Western, takes shape as a feature fi lm and interactive game that critiques the myths and

ideology of the American West. Director Jon Cates will be virtually present throughout the screening.(Jon Cates, USA, English, ~90 min, 2018, Digital)

TUE7PM | Feb

11

DOCUMENTARY FRONTIERSCELEBRATION

Filmed over three years, this portrait of fashionista Yves Saint Laurent was suppressed right after its fi rst and only public screening at the 2007 Berlin Film Festival.

Director Olivier Meyrou’s Celebration presents an opulent and immersive behind-

the-scenes look at haute couture designer Yves Saint Laurent’s fi nal show and is a priceless addition to our understanding of the man, the myth, la marque.(Olivier Meyrou, France, French w/ Eng. sub, 73 min, 2018, DCP)

WED7PM | Feb

12

AFRICAN AMERICAN FILM SERIESPIER KIDS: THE LIFEFREE FOR EVERYONE! Caught up in the precariousness of survival and self-preservation, homeless queer and trans youth of color hang out at Christopher Street Pier, forging their

own chosen family. With intimate, immersive access to the hazardous lives of its vulnerable

but fearless protagonists, director Elegance Bratton’s still-hopeful portrait exposes a raw side of New York City many often choose to ignore.Co-sponsored by Sociocultural Programming(Elegance Bratton, USA, English, 96 min, 2019, DCP)

THU6PM | Feb

13

INTERNATIONAL CINEMATHE 23RD ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF FILMS IN FRENCH

FREE FOR EVERYONE! Come celebrate the rich culture of French-language Cinema with a vast array of acclaimed fi lms,

featuring iconic works from René Clément, Agnès Varda and many more. Check out the festival’s full schedule at uwm.edu/ french-fi lm-festival/.

FRITHRU | Feb

14

SUN | Feb

23

SHARE THE EARTH ENVIRONMENTAL FILM SERIES AND FESTIVAL OF FILMS IN FRENCH

A MODERN SHEPHERDESS (JEUNE BERGERE)

FREE FOR EVERYONE! Parisian Stephanie leaves everything behind to reinvent herself in the salt meadows of the Cherbourg

Peninsula. Running a small sheep farm as a single mother and faced with the distrust

of neighbors to whom she is an outsider, Stephanie discovers the joys and diffi culties of her new rural life on a daily basis.(Delphine Detrie, France, French w Eng sub., 91 min, 2018, DCP)

WED7PM | Feb

19

EXPERIMENTAL TUESDAYMANTA RAY (KRABEN RAHU)

FREE FOR EVERYONE! Near a coastal village of Thailand, by the sea where thousands of Rohingya refugees have drowned, a local fi sherman fi nds an injured man lying unconscious in

the forest. He rescues a mute stranger, offers him his friendship and names him Thongchai.

But when the fi sherman suddenly disappears at sea, Thongchai slowly begins to take over his friend’s life – his house, his job, and his ex-wife.Co-sponsored by aCinema (Phuttiphong Aroonpheng, Thailand, Thai w/ Eng sub., 105 min, 2018, DCP)

CINEMA CLASSICS AND FESTIVAL OF FILMS IN FRENCH

LE BONHEUR FREE FOR EVERYONE! Though married to the good-natured, beautiful Thérèse, young husband and father François fi nds himself falling into an affair with an

attractive postal worker. One of Agnès Varda’s most provocative fi lms, Le Bonheur examines,

with a deceptively cheery palette and the spirited strains of Mozart, the ideas of fi delity and happiness in a modern, self-centered world.(Agnès Varda, France, French w/ Eng sub., 80 min, 1965, DCP)

TUE7PM | Feb

25FRI7PM | Feb

21

DOCUMENTARY FRONTIERSNEWS FROM HOME

Letters from Chantal Akerman’s mother are read over a series of elegantly composed shots of 1976 New York, where our (unseen) fi lmmaker and protagonist has

relocated. Akerman’s unforgettable time capsule of the city is also a gorgeous meditation on urban

alienation and personal and familial disconnection.(Chantal Akerman, France, Belgium, West Germany, French w/ Eng. sub, 85 min, 1977, DCP)

WED7PM | Feb

26

AFRICAN AMERICAN FILM SERIESQUEEN AND SLIM

FREE FOR EVERYONE! While on a forgettable fi rst date together in Ohio, a black man and woman are pulled over for a minor traffi c violation. The situation escalates

with sudden and tragic results. Terrifi ed, they go on the run. But as the incident is captured on video and goes viral,

the couple unwittingly become a symbol of trauma, terror, grief and pain for people across the country.Co-sponsored by Sociocultural Programming (Melina Matsoukas, USA, English, 132 min, 2019, DCP)

THU6PM | Feb

27

INDEPENDENT CINEMATHE GOLD DIGGERS

An avant-garde anti-structure fi lm brimming with cultural and political signifi ers that combine to form a singular work in the feminist counter cinema space. Employing

an all-female crew to shoot, compose, and design this proto-Lyn-chian world of romantic surrealism, Sally Potter establishes herself as a trailblazer in this “search for the secret of

[her] own transformation.”(Sally Potter, UK, English, 90 min, 1983, DCP)

FRI7PM | Feb

28

SAT5PM | Feb

29

CINEMA CLASSICSWILD AT HEART

PRESENTED ON 35MM FILM! Sailor and Lula are lovers struggling to remain together. Lula’s mother, Marietta Fortune, is a desperate woman that hates Sailor and will do anything

to keep him away from her daughter. After Sailor is released from prison for murdering a man in self-defense, he and Lula embark on a sex-fi lled, rocking road

trip, aware all the time that they are being hunted by Marietta’s cronies.(David Lynch, USA, English, 125 min, 1990, 35mm)

FRI9PM | Feb

28

SAT7PM | Feb

29

WED6PM | Jan

29

WINTER WELCOMETHE IRON GIANT

PRESENTED ON 35MM FILM! An enormous robot from deepest space crash-lands on Earth and follows 11-year-old Hogarth Hughes home. Now, young Hogarth has one

big friend and an even bigger problem: How do you keep a 50-foot robot secret? Especially when a paranoid G-Man is on the “alien invader’s” trail, bringing

with him the full might of the U.S. military to destroy the giant.(Brad Bird, USA, English, 86 min, 1999, 35mm)

FRI7PM | Jan

24

SAT5PM | Jan

25

WINTER WELCOMEHUSTLERS

Based on true events, strippers Ramona and Destiny learn to fi nangle their way around the wealthy Wall Street clientele who frequent their club. However, as

the 2008 economic collapse cuts into their profi ts, the ladies and other dancers devise a daring scheme to take their lives back.(Lorene Scafaria, USA, English, 110 min, 2019, DCP)

FRI 9PM | Jan

24

SAT7PM | Jan

25

EXPERIMENTAL TUESDAYRE:ANIMATOR ANIMATION SHOWCASE

FREE FOR EVERYONE! All rise! Undergraduate animators from the UWM Department of Film, Video, Animation, and New Genres show

their stuff.Curated by Ty Williams.(Various Filmmakers, USA, English, ~120 min, Digital, 2020)

TUE7PM | Jan

28

SHARE THE EARTH ENVIRONMENTAL FILM SERIESYOUTH UNSTOPPABLE

FREE FOR EVERYONE! Go inside the rise of the Global Youth Climate Movement. Slater Jewell-Kemker was 15 when she began documenting the untold

stories of youth on the front lines of climate change refusing to let their futures slip away.

Follow the evolution of a diverse network of youth rising up to shape the world they will live in over the course of 12 years.Cosponsored by the Professional Cinema Society at UWM (Slater Jewell-Kempker, USA, English, 91 min, 2018, Digital)

MILWAUKEE LGBT FILM/VIDEO FESTIVALTHE LIFE OF JUANITA CASTRO AND SCREEN TEST #2

PRESENTED BY THE MILWAUKEE LGBT FILM/VIDEO FESTIVALTwo collaborations between Andy Warhol and playwright Ronald Tavel, who, for both fi lms here, wrote the

scenarios and plays the on-screen director: The Life of Juanita Castro (66min., 1965) and

Screen Test #2 (66min., 1965) Both fi lms presented on 16mm, prints courtesy of the Museum of Modern ArtCo-sponsored by the UWM Union Cinema(Andy Warhol and Ronald Tavel, USA, 2 x 66 min, 1965, 16mm)

THU7PM | Jan

30

INTERNATIONAL CINEMAMY 20TH CENTURY (AZ ÉN XX. SZÁZADOM)

It’s New Year’s Eve, 1899. Twin girls, Lili the anarchist and loose-moraled Dóra, along with Mr. Z. who loves them both, all reach the Hungarian border onboard the Orient Express.

Their story, rushing under the spell of Edison’s inventions, is a special ‘research of happiness,’ reclaiming the ‘mass-mur-dering century’ from the restlessly changing world

and the miracle of existence.(Ildikó Enyedi, Hungary, Hungarian w/Eng. Sub., 104 min, 1989, DCP)

FRI7PM | Jan

31

SAT5PM | Feb

01

INTERNATIONAL CINEMATHE FACE OF ANOTHER (TANIN NO KAO)

PRESENTED ON 35MM FILM! Okuyama, after being burned and disfi gured in an industrial accident and estranged from his family and friends, agrees to his psychiatrist’s

radical experiment: a face transplant, created from the mold of a stranger. As he is thus further alienated from the world around him, he fi nds himself

giving in to his darker temptations.(Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japan, Japanese & German w/Eng. Sub., 124 min, 1966, 35mm)

FRI9PM | Jan

31

SAT7PM | Feb

01

EXPERIMENTAL TUESDAYFROM THE ARCHIVES: OLD DIGS

FREE FOR EVERYONE! A program of formally bold ruminations on the themes of memory and youth passed. Through the revisitation and reexamination of their personal

archives, the artists represented study the passing of time. Curated by Daniel Murphy, MFA Candidate

in the UWM Department of Film, Video, Animation, and New Genres. All 16mm prints courtesy of the Department’s Cinema Arts Archive.(Various Filmmakers, USA, English, ~90 min, 16mm)

TUE7PM | Feb

04

DOCUMENTARY FRONTIERSPOTO AND CABENGO

Grace and Virginia are young San Diego twins who speak unlike anyone else. With little exposure to the outside world, the two girls have created a private form of communi-

cation that’s an amalgam of the distinctive English dialects they hear at home. Jean-Pierre Gorin’s polyphonic

nonfi ction investigation of this phenomenon looks at the family from a variety of angles.(Jean-Pierre Gorin, USA / West Germany, French & English & German w/Eng. Sub., 77 min, 1980, DVD)

WED7PM | Feb

05

AFRICAN AMERICAN FILM SERIESHORROR NOIRE: A HISTORY OF BLACK HORROR

FREE FOR EVERYONE! Delve into a century of horror fi lms that utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined and fi nally embraced Black Americans in Hollywood.

Adapting Robin Means Coleman’s seminal book using new and archival interviews from

scholars and creators; the voices who survived the genre’s past trends to those shaping its futureCo-sponsored by Sociocultural Programming(Xavier Burgin, USA, English, 83min, 2019, DCP)

THU6PM | Feb

06

INDEPENDENT CINEMADUET FOR CANNIBALS (DUETT FÖR KANNIBALER)

All-around intellectual dynamo Sontag made her directorial debut with this defi nition-defying, psych-ological serio-comedy, the result

of a Swedish studio’s invitation to her to make a fi lm in Stockholm. The result is a roundelay of partner-swapping and gamesmanship that broaches the surreal and violent.

(Susan Sontag, Sweden, Swedish w/ Eng. sub, 105 min, 1969, DCP)

FRI7PM | Feb

07

SAT5PM | Feb

08

CINEMA CLASSICSNIGHT OF THE HUNTER

PRESENTED ON 35MM! A tall, hand-some ‘preacher’ – his knuckles eerily tattooed with ‘love’ and ‘hate’ – roams the countryside, spreading the gospel and leaving a trail of murdered women

in his wake. To Rev. Harry Powell, the work of the Lord has more to do with condemnation than salvation, especially when his interests are involved. Now his sights are set

on two children – the only ones who know where $10,000 is.(Charles Laughton, USA, English, 92 min, 1955, 35mm)

FRI9PM | Feb

07

SAT7PM | Feb

08

EXPERIMENTAL TUESDAYJON CATES: 鬼鎮 (GHOSTTOWN)

FREE FOR EVERYONE! FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE! Chicago-based new media artist jonCates’ infl uential body of work mixes the urgency of punk with the poetics of glitch. His

latest project, a glitch Western, takes shape as a feature fi lm and interactive game that critiques the myths and

ideology of the American West. Director Jon Cates will be virtually present throughout the screening.(Jon Cates, USA, English, ~90 min, 2018, Digital)

TUE7PM | Feb

11

DOCUMENTARY FRONTIERSCELEBRATION

Filmed over three years, this portrait of fashionista Yves Saint Laurent was suppressed right after its fi rst and only public screening at the 2007 Berlin Film Festival.

Director Olivier Meyrou’s Celebration presents an opulent and immersive behind-

the-scenes look at haute couture designer Yves Saint Laurent’s fi nal show and is a priceless addition to our understanding of the man, the myth, la marque.(Olivier Meyrou, France, French w/ Eng. sub, 73 min, 2018, DCP)

WED7PM | Feb

12

AFRICAN AMERICAN FILM SERIESPIER KIDS: THE LIFEFREE FOR EVERYONE! Caught up in the precariousness of survival and self-preservation, homeless queer and trans youth of color hang out at Christopher Street Pier, forging their

own chosen family. With intimate, immersive access to the hazardous lives of its vulnerable

but fearless protagonists, director Elegance Bratton’s still-hopeful portrait exposes a raw side of New York City many often choose to ignore.Co-sponsored by Sociocultural Programming(Elegance Bratton, USA, English, 96 min, 2019, DCP)

THU6PM | Feb

13

INTERNATIONAL CINEMATHE 23RD ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF FILMS IN FRENCH

FREE FOR EVERYONE! Come celebrate the rich culture of French-language Cinema with a vast array of acclaimed fi lms,

featuring iconic works from René Clément, Agnès Varda and many more. Check out the festival’s full schedule at uwm.edu/ french-fi lm-festival/.

FRITHRU | Feb

14

SUN | Feb

23

SHARE THE EARTH ENVIRONMENTAL FILM SERIES AND FESTIVAL OF FILMS IN FRENCH

A MODERN SHEPHERDESS (JEUNE BERGERE)

FREE FOR EVERYONE! Parisian Stephanie leaves everything behind to reinvent herself in the salt meadows of the Cherbourg

Peninsula. Running a small sheep farm as a single mother and faced with the distrust

of neighbors to whom she is an outsider, Stephanie discovers the joys and diffi culties of her new rural life on a daily basis.(Delphine Detrie, France, French w Eng sub., 91 min, 2018, DCP)

WED7PM | Feb

19

EXPERIMENTAL TUESDAYMANTA RAY (KRABEN RAHU)

FREE FOR EVERYONE! Near a coastal village of Thailand, by the sea where thousands of Rohingya refugees have drowned, a local fi sherman fi nds an injured man lying unconscious in

the forest. He rescues a mute stranger, offers him his friendship and names him Thongchai.

But when the fi sherman suddenly disappears at sea, Thongchai slowly begins to take over his friend’s life – his house, his job, and his ex-wife.Co-sponsored by aCinema (Phuttiphong Aroonpheng, Thailand, Thai w/ Eng sub., 105 min, 2018, DCP)

CINEMA CLASSICS AND FESTIVAL OF FILMS IN FRENCH

LE BONHEUR FREE FOR EVERYONE! Though married to the good-natured, beautiful Thérèse, young husband and father François fi nds himself falling into an affair with an

attractive postal worker. One of Agnès Varda’s most provocative fi lms, Le Bonheur examines,

with a deceptively cheery palette and the spirited strains of Mozart, the ideas of fi delity and happiness in a modern, self-centered world.(Agnès Varda, France, French w/ Eng sub., 80 min, 1965, DCP)

TUE7PM | Feb

25FRI7PM | Feb

21

DOCUMENTARY FRONTIERSNEWS FROM HOME

Letters from Chantal Akerman’s mother are read over a series of elegantly composed shots of 1976 New York, where our (unseen) fi lmmaker and protagonist has

relocated. Akerman’s unforgettable time capsule of the city is also a gorgeous meditation on urban

alienation and personal and familial disconnection.(Chantal Akerman, France, Belgium, West Germany, French w/ Eng. sub, 85 min, 1977, DCP)

WED7PM | Feb

26

AFRICAN AMERICAN FILM SERIESQUEEN AND SLIM

FREE FOR EVERYONE! While on a forgettable fi rst date together in Ohio, a black man and woman are pulled over for a minor traffi c violation. The situation escalates

with sudden and tragic results. Terrifi ed, they go on the run. But as the incident is captured on video and goes viral,

the couple unwittingly become a symbol of trauma, terror, grief and pain for people across the country.Co-sponsored by Sociocultural Programming (Melina Matsoukas, USA, English, 132 min, 2019, DCP)

THU6PM | Feb

27

INDEPENDENT CINEMATHE GOLD DIGGERS

An avant-garde anti-structure fi lm brimming with cultural and political signifi ers that combine to form a singular work in the feminist counter cinema space. Employing

an all-female crew to shoot, compose, and design this proto-Lyn-chian world of romantic surrealism, Sally Potter establishes herself as a trailblazer in this “search for the secret of

[her] own transformation.”(Sally Potter, UK, English, 90 min, 1983, DCP)

FRI7PM | Feb

28

SAT5PM | Feb

29

CINEMA CLASSICSWILD AT HEART

PRESENTED ON 35MM FILM! Sailor and Lula are lovers struggling to remain together. Lula’s mother, Marietta Fortune, is a desperate woman that hates Sailor and will do anything

to keep him away from her daughter. After Sailor is released from prison for murdering a man in self-defense, he and Lula embark on a sex-fi lled, rocking road

trip, aware all the time that they are being hunted by Marietta’s cronies.(David Lynch, USA, English, 125 min, 1990, 35mm)

FRI9PM | Feb

28

SAT7PM | Feb

29

WED6PM | Jan

29

WINTER WELCOMETHE IRON GIANT

PRESENTED ON 35MM FILM! An enormous robot from deepest space crash-lands on Earth and follows 11-year-old Hogarth Hughes home. Now, young Hogarth has one

big friend and an even bigger problem: How do you keep a 50-foot robot secret? Especially when a paranoid G-Man is on the “alien invader’s” trail, bringing

with him the full might of the U.S. military to destroy the giant.(Brad Bird, USA, English, 86 min, 1999, 35mm)

FRI7PM | Jan

24

SAT5PM | Jan

25

WINTER WELCOMEHUSTLERS

Based on true events, strippers Ramona and Destiny learn to fi nangle their way around the wealthy Wall Street clientele who frequent their club. However, as

the 2008 economic collapse cuts into their profi ts, the ladies and other dancers devise a daring scheme to take their lives back.(Lorene Scafaria, USA, English, 110 min, 2019, DCP)

FRI 9PM | Jan

24

SAT7PM | Jan

25

EXPERIMENTAL TUESDAYRE:ANIMATOR ANIMATION SHOWCASE

FREE FOR EVERYONE! All rise! Undergraduate animators from the UWM Department of Film, Video, Animation, and New Genres show

their stuff.Curated by Ty Williams.(Various Filmmakers, USA, English, ~120 min, Digital, 2020)

TUE7PM | Jan

28

SHARE THE EARTH ENVIRONMENTAL FILM SERIESYOUTH UNSTOPPABLE

FREE FOR EVERYONE! Go inside the rise of the Global Youth Climate Movement. Slater Jewell-Kemker was 15 when she began documenting the untold

stories of youth on the front lines of climate change refusing to let their futures slip away.

Follow the evolution of a diverse network of youth rising up to shape the world they will live in over the course of 12 years.Cosponsored by the Professional Cinema Society at UWM (Slater Jewell-Kempker, USA, English, 91 min, 2018, Digital)

MILWAUKEE LGBT FILM/VIDEO FESTIVALTHE LIFE OF JUANITA CASTRO AND SCREEN TEST #2

PRESENTED BY THE MILWAUKEE LGBT FILM/VIDEO FESTIVALTwo collaborations between Andy Warhol and playwright Ronald Tavel, who, for both fi lms here, wrote the

scenarios and plays the on-screen director: The Life of Juanita Castro (66min., 1965) and

Screen Test #2 (66min., 1965) Both fi lms presented on 16mm, prints courtesy of the Museum of Modern ArtCo-sponsored by the UWM Union Cinema(Andy Warhol and Ronald Tavel, USA, 2 x 66 min, 1965, 16mm)

THU7PM | Jan

30

INTERNATIONAL CINEMAMY 20TH CENTURY (AZ ÉN XX. SZÁZADOM)

It’s New Year’s Eve, 1899. Twin girls, Lili the anarchist and loose-moraled Dóra, along with Mr. Z. who loves them both, all reach the Hungarian border onboard the Orient Express.

Their story, rushing under the spell of Edison’s inventions, is a special ‘research of happiness,’ reclaiming the ‘mass-mur-dering century’ from the restlessly changing world

and the miracle of existence.(Ildikó Enyedi, Hungary, Hungarian w/Eng. Sub., 104 min, 1989, DCP)

FRI7PM | Jan

31

SAT5PM | Feb

01

INTERNATIONAL CINEMATHE FACE OF ANOTHER (TANIN NO KAO)

PRESENTED ON 35MM FILM! Okuyama, after being burned and disfi gured in an industrial accident and estranged from his family and friends, agrees to his psychiatrist’s

radical experiment: a face transplant, created from the mold of a stranger. As he is thus further alienated from the world around him, he fi nds himself

giving in to his darker temptations.(Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japan, Japanese & German w/Eng. Sub., 124 min, 1966, 35mm)

FRI9PM | Jan

31

SAT7PM | Feb

01

EXPERIMENTAL TUESDAYFROM THE ARCHIVES: OLD DIGS

FREE FOR EVERYONE! A program of formally bold ruminations on the themes of memory and youth passed. Through the revisitation and reexamination of their personal

archives, the artists represented study the passing of time. Curated by Daniel Murphy, MFA Candidate

in the UWM Department of Film, Video, Animation, and New Genres. All 16mm prints courtesy of the Department’s Cinema Arts Archive.(Various Filmmakers, USA, English, ~90 min, 16mm)

TUE7PM | Feb

04

DOCUMENTARY FRONTIERSPOTO AND CABENGO

Grace and Virginia are young San Diego twins who speak unlike anyone else. With little exposure to the outside world, the two girls have created a private form of communi-

cation that’s an amalgam of the distinctive English dialects they hear at home. Jean-Pierre Gorin’s polyphonic

nonfi ction investigation of this phenomenon looks at the family from a variety of angles.(Jean-Pierre Gorin, USA / West Germany, French & English & German w/Eng. Sub., 77 min, 1980, DVD)

WED7PM | Feb

05

AFRICAN AMERICAN FILM SERIESHORROR NOIRE: A HISTORY OF BLACK HORROR

FREE FOR EVERYONE! Delve into a century of horror fi lms that utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined and fi nally embraced Black Americans in Hollywood.

Adapting Robin Means Coleman’s seminal book using new and archival interviews from

scholars and creators; the voices who survived the genre’s past trends to those shaping its futureCo-sponsored by Sociocultural Programming(Xavier Burgin, USA, English, 83min, 2019, DCP)

THU6PM | Feb

06

INDEPENDENT CINEMADUET FOR CANNIBALS (DUETT FÖR KANNIBALER)

All-around intellectual dynamo Sontag made her directorial debut with this defi nition-defying, psych-ological serio-comedy, the result

of a Swedish studio’s invitation to her to make a fi lm in Stockholm. The result is a roundelay of partner-swapping and gamesmanship that broaches the surreal and violent.

(Susan Sontag, Sweden, Swedish w/ Eng. sub, 105 min, 1969, DCP)

FRI7PM | Feb

07

SAT5PM | Feb

08

CINEMA CLASSICSNIGHT OF THE HUNTER

PRESENTED ON 35MM! A tall, hand-some ‘preacher’ – his knuckles eerily tattooed with ‘love’ and ‘hate’ – roams the countryside, spreading the gospel and leaving a trail of murdered women

in his wake. To Rev. Harry Powell, the work of the Lord has more to do with condemnation than salvation, especially when his interests are involved. Now his sights are set

on two children – the only ones who know where $10,000 is.(Charles Laughton, USA, English, 92 min, 1955, 35mm)

FRI9PM | Feb

07

SAT7PM | Feb

08

EXPERIMENTAL TUESDAYJON CATES: 鬼鎮 (GHOSTTOWN)

FREE FOR EVERYONE! FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE! Chicago-based new media artist jonCates’ infl uential body of work mixes the urgency of punk with the poetics of glitch. His

latest project, a glitch Western, takes shape as a feature fi lm and interactive game that critiques the myths and

ideology of the American West. Director Jon Cates will be virtually present throughout the screening.(Jon Cates, USA, English, ~90 min, 2018, Digital)

TUE7PM | Feb

11

DOCUMENTARY FRONTIERSCELEBRATION

Filmed over three years, this portrait of fashionista Yves Saint Laurent was suppressed right after its fi rst and only public screening at the 2007 Berlin Film Festival.

Director Olivier Meyrou’s Celebration presents an opulent and immersive behind-

the-scenes look at haute couture designer Yves Saint Laurent’s fi nal show and is a priceless addition to our understanding of the man, the myth, la marque.(Olivier Meyrou, France, French w/ Eng. sub, 73 min, 2018, DCP)

WED7PM | Feb

12

AFRICAN AMERICAN FILM SERIESPIER KIDS: THE LIFEFREE FOR EVERYONE! Caught up in the precariousness of survival and self-preservation, homeless queer and trans youth of color hang out at Christopher Street Pier, forging their

own chosen family. With intimate, immersive access to the hazardous lives of its vulnerable

but fearless protagonists, director Elegance Bratton’s still-hopeful portrait exposes a raw side of New York City many often choose to ignore.Co-sponsored by Sociocultural Programming(Elegance Bratton, USA, English, 96 min, 2019, DCP)

THU6PM | Feb

13

INTERNATIONAL CINEMATHE 23RD ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF FILMS IN FRENCH

FREE FOR EVERYONE! Come celebrate the rich culture of French-language Cinema with a vast array of acclaimed fi lms,

featuring iconic works from René Clément, Agnès Varda and many more. Check out the festival’s full schedule at uwm.edu/ french-fi lm-festival/.

FRITHRU | Feb

14

SUN | Feb

23

SHARE THE EARTH ENVIRONMENTAL FILM SERIES AND FESTIVAL OF FILMS IN FRENCH

A MODERN SHEPHERDESS (JEUNE BERGERE)

FREE FOR EVERYONE! Parisian Stephanie leaves everything behind to reinvent herself in the salt meadows of the Cherbourg

Peninsula. Running a small sheep farm as a single mother and faced with the distrust

of neighbors to whom she is an outsider, Stephanie discovers the joys and diffi culties of her new rural life on a daily basis.(Delphine Detrie, France, French w Eng sub., 91 min, 2018, DCP)

WED7PM | Feb

19

EXPERIMENTAL TUESDAYMANTA RAY (KRABEN RAHU)

FREE FOR EVERYONE! Near a coastal village of Thailand, by the sea where thousands of Rohingya refugees have drowned, a local fi sherman fi nds an injured man lying unconscious in

the forest. He rescues a mute stranger, offers him his friendship and names him Thongchai.

But when the fi sherman suddenly disappears at sea, Thongchai slowly begins to take over his friend’s life – his house, his job, and his ex-wife.Co-sponsored by aCinema (Phuttiphong Aroonpheng, Thailand, Thai w/ Eng sub., 105 min, 2018, DCP)

CINEMA CLASSICS AND FESTIVAL OF FILMS IN FRENCH

LE BONHEUR FREE FOR EVERYONE! Though married to the good-natured, beautiful Thérèse, young husband and father François fi nds himself falling into an affair with an

attractive postal worker. One of Agnès Varda’s most provocative fi lms, Le Bonheur examines,

with a deceptively cheery palette and the spirited strains of Mozart, the ideas of fi delity and happiness in a modern, self-centered world.(Agnès Varda, France, French w/ Eng sub., 80 min, 1965, DCP)

TUE7PM | Feb

25FRI7PM | Feb

21

DOCUMENTARY FRONTIERSNEWS FROM HOME

Letters from Chantal Akerman’s mother are read over a series of elegantly composed shots of 1976 New York, where our (unseen) fi lmmaker and protagonist has

relocated. Akerman’s unforgettable time capsule of the city is also a gorgeous meditation on urban

alienation and personal and familial disconnection.(Chantal Akerman, France, Belgium, West Germany, French w/ Eng. sub, 85 min, 1977, DCP)

WED7PM | Feb

26

AFRICAN AMERICAN FILM SERIESQUEEN AND SLIM

FREE FOR EVERYONE! While on a forgettable fi rst date together in Ohio, a black man and woman are pulled over for a minor traffi c violation. The situation escalates

with sudden and tragic results. Terrifi ed, they go on the run. But as the incident is captured on video and goes viral,

the couple unwittingly become a symbol of trauma, terror, grief and pain for people across the country.Co-sponsored by Sociocultural Programming (Melina Matsoukas, USA, English, 132 min, 2019, DCP)

THU6PM | Feb

27

INDEPENDENT CINEMATHE GOLD DIGGERS

An avant-garde anti-structure fi lm brimming with cultural and political signifi ers that combine to form a singular work in the feminist counter cinema space. Employing

an all-female crew to shoot, compose, and design this proto-Lyn-chian world of romantic surrealism, Sally Potter establishes herself as a trailblazer in this “search for the secret of

[her] own transformation.”(Sally Potter, UK, English, 90 min, 1983, DCP)

FRI7PM | Feb

28

SAT5PM | Feb

29

CINEMA CLASSICSWILD AT HEART

PRESENTED ON 35MM FILM! Sailor and Lula are lovers struggling to remain together. Lula’s mother, Marietta Fortune, is a desperate woman that hates Sailor and will do anything

to keep him away from her daughter. After Sailor is released from prison for murdering a man in self-defense, he and Lula embark on a sex-fi lled, rocking road

trip, aware all the time that they are being hunted by Marietta’s cronies.(David Lynch, USA, English, 125 min, 1990, 35mm)

FRI9PM | Feb

28

SAT7PM | Feb

29

WED6PM | Jan

29

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