Marguerite Duras Series Les Mains Négatives (1978, 18 min), an ode to the excluded of humanity, traces a slow advance through Paris, deepened by the reference to the drawings of hands found in many caves dating from the Magdalenian age.... Read More
Marguerite Duras Series Marguerite Duras’s most celebrated work is a mesmerizing, almost incantatory experience with few stylistic precedents in the history of cinema. Within the insular walls of a lavish, decaying embassy in 1930s India, the French ambassador’s wife staves... Read More
Marguerite Duras Series Marguerite Duras explores the matrix of love, desire and language in her characteristically oblique and experimental style. The film’s lovers are never allowed to meet in person, instead carrying out their conversations over the phone, using unlisted... Read More
A darkly comic portrait of late Thatcher-era London, High Hopes examines the different lives of a pair of siblings: Cyril, a caustic motorcycle courier who takes pride in his working class roots, and Valerie, a high-strung aspirant to upper-middle class... Read More
A darkly comic portrait of late Thatcher-era London, High Hopes examines the different lives of a pair of siblings: Cyril, a caustic motorcycle courier who takes pride in his working class roots, and Valerie, a high-strung aspirant to upper-middle class... Read More
On 16mm! Curated by MFA candidate Sam Drake, this program will feature 16mm prints from the UWM Film Department's Cinema Arts Archive. From the Archives is an ongoing series curated by MFA candidates in the UWM Film Department. For each... Read More
Share the Earth Environmental Film Series Oscar-winning director, Louie Psihoyos (The Cove), assembles a team of artists and activists on an undercover operation to expose the hidden world of endangered species and the race to protect them against mass extinction.... Read More
