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Union Cinema

Phone 414-229-4070
Email cinema@uwm.edu
Website https://uwm.edu/union/cinema/
The Union Cinema offers first-run foreign, domestic, documentary and experimental films, as well as “cinema classics” from all over the world. The Cinema strives to help develop a broader understanding and appreciation of the universal language of film and is a vital and unique venue for film and video.
Categories: Arts Programming, Student Involvement, Student Union

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  • Film still from Batang West Side showing a figure standing near a car on a snowy, desolate road under an overcast sky, with a city skyline visible in the distance.

    Batang West Side

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

    New restoration! Investigating the murder of the young Hanzel, Jersey City police detective Juan Mijares plumbs the depths of the Filipino youth gangs who trade in shabu (crystal meth). Talking to Hanzel's mother, remarried to an American; his grandfather, an ex-soldier; and his American-born girlfriend, bigger questions emerge: what dark history has pushed so many Filipinos to migrate to this wintry land? Lav Diaz’s sole film shot in the U.S. does not shy away from the power of cumulative answers, revealed intricately over the course of an epic runtime and the Dostoyevskian hallmarks of the Filipino master....

  • An illustration in sepia tones depicting hands intertwined to cast a shadow profile of a person's face against a light background.

    Expand / Contract | Experimental Tuesdays

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

    Live performance! An evening of expanded / contracted / living / breathing / doing / being (in the) cinema, performances for the room for one night only by invited and commissioned artists, including Ruby Que, Camille Casemier, and Liyan Zhao. Dept. of Film, Video, Animation, and New Genres...

  • Movie still from How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) showing Cindy Lou Who (Taylor Momsen) in a red hooded cape facing the Grinch (Jim Carrey).

    Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas

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

    Jim Carrey is inspired as the mean, green Grinch in director Ron Howard's enchanting big-screen adaptation of Dr. Seuss's beloved children's fantasy. The classic holiday tale is vividly brought to life as the coldhearted Grinch plots to rob Whoville of its Yule celebration by masquerading as Santa and stealing all the presents....

  • Black-and-white still from It's a Wonderful Life showing George Bailey (James Stewart) and Mary Hatch (Donna Reed) looking out from inside a car through the rear window.

    It’s a Wonderful Life

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

    Frank Capra's timeless holiday classic stars Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey, a decent, small-town banker who learns what life would have been like if he'd never been born....

  • Logo for Senior Screenings featuring white text reading "SENIOR SCREENINGS" set against a dark background, topped with a stylized white film strip icon.

    Senior Screenings

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

    sJoin us in celebrating the class of fall 2026 and their fantastic films! Seniors work all year writing, producing, editing, and polishing short films of their own design. Join the Union Cinema and Student Involvement an hour and a half before the screenings for drinks, snacks, and gold carpet photos. Dress up, schmooze a little, and enjoy the amazing creative work of UWM’s student filmmakers from our nationally recognized Department of Film, Video, Animation, and New Genres. For full schedule please visit: https://uwm.edu/arts/event/senior-screenings/...