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  • Image from "The Red Spectacles". A soldier with sci-fi inspired armor is depicted in the dark among heavy rain. His dark uniform glints in the small amount of light

    The Red Spectacles

    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    New Restoration! Mamoru Oshii’s first live-action feature is a delirious fusion of science fiction, film noir, and political satire. Returning to Tokyo years after a failed rebellion by his elite Kerberos police unit, Kōichi Todome finds a city warped beyond …

  • Movie still from the film NADJA. The titular vampire is center in the frame. The movie is in black and white. Next to her walks another vampire towards the viewer. She wears a cloak with her hood up upon her head

    Nadja

    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    New Restoration Merging elements from Dracula’s Daughter (1936) with André Breton’s surrealist novel Nadja (1928), and fusing shimmering black-and-white 35mm with hallucinatory Pixelvision video, Michael Almereyda’s (Tesla, Experimenter, Hamlet) acclaimed cult film follows young vampire Nadja as she returns to …

  • Still from the movie 'Fire in Wind". A young girl hides behind leaves of dark green and red. Her face is dirtied and she has a pouty expression on her face

    Fire of Wind

    Fire of Wind
    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    New Releases The feature debut of Portuguese filmmaker Marta Mateus is a forceful collision of documentary reality and myth. In the Alentejo region of southern Portugal, where Mateus is from, a peasant community of grape-pickers become agents in an open-air …

  • Photo from the movie "What Does That Nature Say To You". Two men sit on a bench among lush green vegetation. A river is depicted beyond the greenery. The two men are standing forward but looking towards each other, looking like they are in the middle of a discussion.

    What Does That Nature Say To You

    What Does That Nature Say To You
    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    New Release! Donghwa is a fledgling poet in his thirties. He rejects material aspirations and seeks to lead a life dedicated to truth and beauty. On a lazy afternoon, he drives his girlfriend, Junhee, back to her parents’ home outside …

  • Photo from the movie "What Does That Nature Say To You". Two men sit on a bench among lush green vegetation. A river is depicted beyond the greenery. The two men are standing forward but looking towards each other, looking like they are in the middle of a discussion.

    What Does That Nature Say To You

    What Does That Nature Say To You
    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    New Release! Donghwa is a fledgling poet in his thirties. He rejects material aspirations and seeks to lead a life dedicated to truth and beauty. On a lazy afternoon, he drives his girlfriend, Junhee, back to her parents’ home outside …

  • Still from the movie 'Fire in Wind". A young girl hides behind leaves of dark green and red. Her face is dirtied and she has a pouty expression on her face

    Fire of Wind

    Fire of Wind
    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    New Releases The feature debut of Portuguese filmmaker Marta Mateus is a forceful collision of documentary reality and myth. In the Alentejo region of southern Portugal, where Mateus is from, a peasant community of grape-pickers become agents in an open-air …

  • Rectangle red sign with white lettering that reads "TONIGHT"

    Experimental Tuesdays Presents: From the Archives

    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    FREE FOR EVERYONE! Curated by MFA candidates from the Department of Film, Video, Animation and New Genres, these programs feature a unique opportunity to see some of the incredible 16mm prints from the UWM Cinema Arts Archive. The Cinema Arts …

  • Photo of Journalist Fatma Hassona. She is dressed in black traditional Muslim clothing, she wears a backpack and has a smartphone in her hand. She is smiling.

    Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk

    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    New Releases Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk offers an intimate, first-hand perspective on life under siege in Gaza, captured through video calls between director Sepideh Farsi and 25-year-old Palestinian photojournalist and poet Fatma Hassona. Combining raw immediacy …

  • Button style image that reads "Latin American Film Series" The first letter in each word is highlighted, it alternates in colors. The "L" and "F" are both colored red and the "A" and "S" are yellow colored. Around the centered image in smaller letters reads "Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies. UWM student involvement & Union Cinema"

    The 47th Annual Latin American Film Series

    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Special Event // March 31st - April 4th UWM’s Latin American Film Series returns this April for its 47th year, showcasing recent feature-length films from across Latin America and the Caribbean. This year’s lineup includes a variety of dramatic, comedic, …

  • Photo from "The First Women". Six women stand in chairs in their soccer kits. They are all smiling at the camera, most of them have their arm on one another's shoulder to show their comradery

    The First Women (As Primeiras)

    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Director: Adriana Yañez 2024 Brazil | 78 minutes When women’s football is outlawed in Brazil in 1941, the game is forced into the shadows until its re-legalization in 1979. This documentary follows the first players to return to professional competition, who were discovered young and asked …

  • Black and white photo from "The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet". A figure stands to the right of the photo in a long barren but plowed field. The appears to be daytime in the fall, winter, or early spring because there are no leaves in the trees that mark the perimeter of the land.

    The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet (El perro que no calla)

    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Director: Ana Katz 2020 Argentina | 73 minutes *Join us after the film for a short discussion with UWM film studies professor Tami Williams! In a story both tender and absurd, Sebastián drifts through a life shaped by work, chance, …

  • Black and white Photo from the film "We Shall Not Be Moved" an adult man and old woman stand a floor above the camera looking from over the side of the railing. The building has at least 4 floors above the two people, there is a bright light at the top

    We Shall Not Be Moved (No nos moverán)

    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Director: Pierre Saint-Martin Castellanos 2024 Mexico | 94 minutes Socorro is a retired lawyer consumed by her obsession to find the soldier who killed her brother nearly 60 years ago, during the student protests of October 2, 1968 in Mexico …