Medellín, Colombia. Pinky is on the run. He has just freed himself from the grip of a religious sect. He finds a place to squat and a job in a tee-shirt factory. Misled by his own faith, he questions everything.... Read More
Shot on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa during the European migrant crisis, and sets the migrants' dangerous Mediterranean crossing against a background of the ordinary life of the islanders. (Gianfranco Rosi, Italy, Italian w/ Eng sub, 114min, 2016, Digital) Cosponsored... Read More
Filmed over three years on the borders between Iraq, Kurdistan, Syria, and Lebanon, this documentary captures everyday life in the aftermath of tyranny, invasions and terrorism. (Gianfranco Rosi, Syria, Iraq, Kurdistan, & Lebanon, Arabic & Kurdish w/ Eng sub, 100min,... Read More
A Machine to Live In is a feature-length documentary about the imaginative and material processes of building one’s utopia. The film documents the history of highly controlled modernist planning in Brazil alongside radical projects in cult and mystical architecture. The film’s... Read More
An anthology of seven short films that chronicle the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. Featuring segments directed by Jafar Panahi, Anthony Chen, Malik Vitthal, Laura Poitras, Dominga Sotomayor, David Lowery and Apichatpong Weerasethakul. MILWAUKEE PREMIERE! (Various Directors, USA, English, 115min,... Read More
An anthology of seven short films that chronicle the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. Featuring segments directed by Jafar Panahi, Anthony Chen, Malik Vitthal, Laura Poitras, Dominga Sotomayor, David Lowery and Apichatpong Weerasethakul. MILWAUKEE PREMIERE! (Various Directors, USA, English, 115min,... Read More
The marriage between Princess Diana and Prince Charles has long since grown cold. Though rumors of affairs and a divorce abound, peace is ordained for the Christmas festivities at the queen's estate. There's eating and drinking, shooting and hunting. Diana... Read More
The marriage between Princess Diana and Prince Charles has long since grown cold. Though rumors of affairs and a divorce abound, peace is ordained for the Christmas festivities at the queen’s estate. There’s eating and drinking, shooting and hunting. Diana... Read More
This screening is free for everyone! In Mitchell Hall B91! During the Union Cinema’s closure in the months of April and May, Experimental Tuesdays will still be happening every Tuesday, but they will be taking place in Mitchell Hall B91.... Read More
This screening is free for everyone! In Mitchell Hall B91! A work of slow non-fiction cinema that contrasts mid-pandemic surveillance video of Wuhan’s empty streets with footage captured before the COVID outbreak in this becalmed, wordless meditation on the vulnerability... Read More