Jan 1, 2026 · Madison’s home for great movies—a specially curated program of timeless classics and the best in new international cinema. With limited seating, every showing is free and open to the public.

Chilling and brilliantly acted, the story successfully manages to satirize nothing less than new age medicine and therapies, self-help groups, contemporary marriage, and our entire consumer culture. …

The Cinematheque has one of the finest projection facilities in Wisconsin and screens a variety of formats, including DCP (Digitial Cinema Package), 35mm and 16mm (both on reel-to-reel projection …

Public parking is also available in the Fluno Center™ underground lot on Frances Street at University, and under Grainger Hall, entering on Brooks Street at University. The Cinematheque is on bus …

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Madison Premieres! The Premieres series continues with more early and exclusive looks at the very best in current arthouse cinema—on the big screen where they belong!

Jan 23, 2025 · Shot in VistaVision with style and ambition to spare, The Brutalist achieves a monumental grandeur seldom seen in contemporary cinema. Note: Running time includes ten-minute intermission.

Jan 30, 2025 · Prabha’s husband left to work abroad many years ago, while Anu has a clandestine affair with a Muslim man. Poetic and delicate, the first fiction feature from Payal Kapadia (A Night of …

Dec 31, 2025 · The UW Cinematheque’s popular Thursday evening Premieres series has been extended through the first two Thursdays in December in order to bring viewers two of the best …

Feb 6, 2025 · A new 4K DCP of Seven Samurai screens on Saturday, February 8, as part of our series of restorations featured in last summer’s Il Cinema Ritrovato festival. The screening begins at 7 p.m. …