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Professor Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece was interviewed in Film Quarterly to discuss her latest book, Movies Under the Influence. Read the full interview at Film Quarterly.

Film Studies Director Professor Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece was recently interviewed for WPR’s “Central Time” and Yahoo! News on the topics of music at the movies and the joy of massive box office failures. Listen to the interview or read about the… Read More

Current Film Studies major and SEEN organizer, Samantha Peetz, was interviewed by the Shepherd Express regarding the collective’s screenings, art installations, and the upcoming Hallo-SEEN event. The full article and information on Hallo-SEEN can be found here: SEEN Centers Queer Filmmakers… Read More

Milwaukee’s oldest cinema, the Downer Theatre, closed recently and UWM’s Director of Film Studies, Professor Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece, spoke with Spectrum News 1.

Film Studies Director and Professor Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece was featured on WPR’s “Central Time” on Thursday, September 14th. You can listen to the show here: After ‘Barbenheimer’ summer, will the movie theater comeback continue? | Wisconsin Public Radio (wpr.org)

Boswell Book Company presents an evening with Marsha Gordon, author of Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life & Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott. Cosponsored by the UWM Film Studies Program. The book talk with Professor Gordon will begin at 6:30pm on… Read More

Film Studies is co-sponsoring a free screening of the 1930 film, The Divorcee, introduced by Professor Marsha Gordon of North Carolina State University. The screening will take place at the Union Cinema at 7:00pm on Wednesday, September 27. More information about… Read More

Professor and Director of Film Studies Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece was featured on WUWM’s “Lake Effect,” Monday, May 22, 2023. She spoke about “trash cinema” and her class on that subject. Click here to listen to the full program.

Film Studies Professors Tami Williams and Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece were featured on Milwaukee CBS 58 “Sunday Morning Spotlight” on October 30th. They spoke about UWM’s Home Movie Day event, which occurred on October 15th. You can watch the entire feature on… Read More

Art History/English/Film Studies 111: Entertainment Arts—Film, Television and the Internet Professor Gilberto M. Blasini 1st 4-Week Summer Session (May 31st – 25, 2022) Email address: gblasini@uwm.edu Course Description: Art History/English/Film Studies 111 offers a general introduction to the critical study… Read More