Macho Dancer

Queer International. 4K Restoration! Heavily censored upon release in director Lino Brocka’s native Philippines but hugely successful overseas, Macho Dancer blends a flair for socially conscious melodrama with niche erotic pulp provocation. Upon losing a reliable American client, 18-year-old gigolo …

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

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 …

Pompei: Below the Clouds

New Release! International Documentary! From Oscar-nominated documentarian Gianfranco Rosi comes Below the Clouds — a monumental meditation on life lived on the edge of catastrophe. In Naples, beneath the looming threat of Vesuvius and the simmering Campi Flegrei caldera, Rosi …

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

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 …

Naked

David Thewlis depicts philosopher Johnny, the ultimate antihero of our time, an unemployed Mancunian who vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London odyssey. Preceded by The Black Tower (John Smith, 1985-87, 23 mins). Situating …

Pre-Involvement Fair Mixer

Meet up with other commuter students in the Off-Campus Resource Center for snacks and games before the Involvement Fair! At 11:00am, we will all head up to the Involvement Fair in Spaights Plaza to explore different student organizations and UWM …

Experimental Tuesdays Presents: The Great Lakes Listening Series

Free For Everyone! Artists in Attendance! Experimental Tuesdays is proud to present the inaugural Great Lakes Listening Series a new annual listening event that presents multichannel sonic artworks within a cinema space. This year’s edition will feature new works of …

Special Event: Blue House

Blue House Film Screening is a D.I.Y. film organization showcasing short films and building cinematic connections in Milwaukee. Join us at the Union Cinema for a shorts program curated by the members of the Blue House collective!

Two By Black Audio Film Collective: Who Needs a Heart

Who Needs A Heart is a parable of political becoming and subjective transformation and remains BAFC’s most controversial film. Akin to a sophisticated home-movie history, a record of life on the fringes in London between 1965 and 1975, the film …

Senior Screenings

Thursday, May 14th - 4:30pm reception 6pm screening Friday, May 15th – 1:30pm reception 3pm screening Friday, May 15th - 4:30pm reception 6pm screening Saturday, May 16th – 10:30am reception 12pm screening Saturday, May 16th – 1:30pm reception 3pm screening Free For …