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  • A medium shot of Ryan Gosling inside a brightly lit spaceship cockpit. He is buckled into a pilot's seat with orange safety harnesses over a white t-shirt with black trim. His right arm is raised, holding onto an overhead structure, and he is looking off to the side with a serious, focused expression. The background features complex instrument panels, control screens, and a circular doorway.

    Project Hail Mary | Fall Welcome

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

    FREE FOR EVERYONE! What would you do if you woke up alone in space?  Join us at the Union Cinema for a screening of Project Hail Mary, the thrilling sci-fi adventure based on Andy Weir’s bestselling novel. Don’t miss your chance to …

  • A wide shot of a stage performance from High School Musical 2. In the center, a performer (Ryan Evans) stands wearing a tan fedora, a black patterned jacket, and bright pink pants. He is flanked by a large ensemble of backup dancers wearing matching short pink bob wigs with cat-ear headbands, black short-sleeved button-down shirts with pink trim, black shorts, and knee-high hot pink boots. The group is captured mid-choreography in a synchronized pose against a dark background illuminated by blurred red stage lights.

    High School Musical | Fall Welcome

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

    FREE FOR EVERYONE! We’re all in this together!   Kick off the semester with our second Fall Welcome film, High School Musical on Wednesday, September 2nd!   This film follows Troy and Gabriella as they step outside their comfort zones, challenge expectations, and …

  • A wide, cinematic shot of a young woman standing alone on what appears to be a concrete train station platform or an outdoor pathway. She has short, dark hair and is wearing a long, light gray double-breasted trench coat belted at the waist, paired with a bright red scarf wrapped around her neck. A brown suitcase rests on the ground behind her. The background consists of a dark, long building with a row of arched windows or openings, creating a structured, geometric backdrop under a muted, overcast light.

    My Beautiful Laundrette

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

    Join us at the Union Cinema and step into 1980s London to see a powerful story of love, identity, and resilience. My Beautiful Laundrette follows Omar, a young Pakistani man, as he transforms a struggling laundromat with the unexpected help …

  • A medium shot from the film Mean Girls featuring two young women performing on a stage. They are dressed in matching festive holiday costumes consisting of strapless red tops trimmed with white faux fur, short red skirts with black belts, long black gloves, and red Santa hats with white pom-poms. The woman on the left has long blonde hair and is smiling with one arm raised in the air. The woman on the right has long red hair and is looking forward with a slight smile, leaning slightly toward the left. The background is dark with small, twinkling holiday lights, and a snowy prop is partially visible to the right.

    Mean Girls | Fall Welcome

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

    You CAN sit with us.   Join us outside in Pangea Mall Sunday, September 6th for our third Fall Welcome Film, Mean Girls, the beloved comedy that introduced audiences to Regina George and the Plastics. Experience the film behind iconic quotes like “That’s …

  • A close-up shot of two open palms extended against a dark, shadowed background. In the palm of the left hand rests a single, small red capsule pill. In the palm of the right hand rests a single, small blue capsule pill.

    The Matrix | 35mm!

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

    35mm Print! What is real?  Experience The Matrix the way audiences did in 1999, with a rare 35mm screening at the Union Cinema.  Rediscover the groundbreaking sci-fi classic that changed action movies forever, featuring unforgettable visuals, iconic action sequences, and one of …

  • A grainy, high-contrast, black-and-white medium shot from Jim Jennings's film Silk Ties features a person standing outdoors on a city sidewalk next to a street. The person is wearing a large sandwich board sign that reads "SILK TIES" in bold, vertical, capital letters. In the background, the front of a dark car and the wheel of a passing vehicle are partially visible.

    Being Where | Experimental Tuesdays at The Union Cinema

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

    Free For Everyone! Location, location, location. A neighborhood of experimental shorts, drawn from our Cinema Arts Archive and the world at large, focusing on place. We are where we are, often here, sometimes there, always where. And the cinema too …

  • A wide-angle, medium shot from The Motorcycle Diaries shows two men riding a vintage motorcycle across a vast green field. The man driving wears a dark jacket, while the passenger behind him is dressed in brown and holds a camera up to his face. A woman in a light-colored sweater and dark green pants stands nearby on the right, looking toward them. A dense line of green trees spans the background under an overcast sky.

    The Motorcycle Diaries | Latine Heritage Month

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

    Free For Everyone! In 1952, two Argentinean students took off on a sputtering Norton 500 motorcycle to discover their magnificent continent. Traveling northward through Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, and finally ending in Venezuela, the two discover not only the complex …

  • An animated cowboy doll (Woody from Toy Story 2) stands inside a blue, cylindrical "Tinkertoy" container, holding a white and yellow toy microphone to his mouth and waving with his right hand. He is positioned on a wooden shelf in front of a row of colorful books, including titles like "Tin Toy" and "Knick Knack".

    Toy Story | Fall Welcome

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

    Family Friendly! Free for Everyone! To infinity... and beyond the fall semester!  Join us at the Union Cinema for our first Fall Welcome screening!! We will be showing the animated classic, Toy Story! Released in 1995, Toy Story follows a …

  • A wide, distant shot of two figures—one riding a horse and one walking beside it—traveling across vast, rolling desert sand dunes under a clear sky.

    El Topo

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

    Midnight Classics! 35mm print! Alejandro Jodorowsky’s legendary, notorious cult hit arguably created the genre of the midnight movie — a spectacle so stunning and bizarre that normal hours couldn’t contain it. Melding influences from tarot reading to the Bible to …

  • A white cat sitting inside an open window of a white brick building.

    An Evening With Dick Blau | Experimental Tuesdays at The Union Cinema

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

    Free for everyone! Filmmaker in Attendance! Join archivist Shiraz Bhathena in conversation with Dick Blau to celebrate a major archiving and remastering project. Blau—a co-founder of the UWM Film Department, longtime professor and fixture of the Milwaukee art community—works across …

  • An anime still from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind showing Nausicaä, a young woman with short reddish-brown hair wearing a blue tunic and pants, flying her white, bird-like glider (the Mehve) through a lush green valley. She stands upright on the glider, holding onto its control bars, with a small, fox-squirrel creature perched on her shoulder. In the background, green cliffs and distant towers rise under a partly cloudy sky.

    Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

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

    35mm print! Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, written and directed by Academy Award-winner Hayao Miyazaki, is an epic masterpiece of sweeping scope and grandeur that remains one of the most breathtaking animated films of all time. A thousand …

  • A black-and-white shot of a woman sitting down, surrounded by four men wearing hats and jackets, all looking toward a man on the right who is leaning forward and holding a hat.

    Only Angels Have Wings | Pirates vs. Pilots

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

    Choose your crew! This film is part of our Pirates vs. Pilots weekend at the Union Cinema. Celebrate legendary adventures on the sea and in the sky! At night in Barranca, a South American port jammed up against the Andes, …