UW Cinematheque | Crossing Delancey

Vilas Hall, Room 4070 821 University Ave, Madison, WI

Crossing Delancey USA | 1988 | 35mm | 97 min. Director: Joan Micklin Silver Cast: Amy Irving, Peter Riegert, Sylvia Miles The happily single and decidedly self-reliant Isabelle “Izzy” Grossman (Irving) reluctantly allows her grandmother to hire a matchmaker. When the matchmaker sets …

UW Cinematheque | Hester Street

Vilas Hall, Room 4070 821 University Ave, Madison, WI

Hester Street USA | 1975 | DCP | 92 min. | Yiddish with English subtitles Director: Joan Micklin Silver Cast: Carol Kane, Steven Keats, Doris Roberts Jake (Keats) has become an assimilated Jewish immigrant in New York City of the 1890s. After five years separation, …

UW Cinematheque | New Indian Cinema: THE SHEPHERDESS AND THE SEVEN SONGS

Vilas Hall, Room 4070 821 University Ave, Madison, WI

Free admission! THE SHEPHERDESS AND THE SEVEN SONGS (LAILA AUR SATT GEET) India | 2020 | DCP | 99 min. | Haryanvi and Hindi with English subtitles Director: Pushpendra Singh Cast: Shahnawaz Bhat, Sadakkit Bijran, …

UW Cinematheque | On the Yard

Vilas Hall, Room 4070 821 University Ave, Madison, WI

On the Yard USA | 1978 | DCP | 102 min. Director: Raphael Silver Cast: John Heard, Lane Smith, Thomas G. Waites In this adaptation of a book by ex-con Malcolm Braly, a convicted murderer (Heard) takes cigarettes on credit from another top-dog …

UW Cinematheque | New Indian Cinema: NASIR

Vilas Hall, Room 4070 821 University Ave, Madison, WI

Free admission! NASIR India | 2020 | DCP | 85 min. | Tamil with English subtitles Director: Arun Karthick Cast: Valavane Koumarane, Balasubramanian, Jensan Diwakar Nasir chronicles a single day in the life of the …

UW Cinematheque | Between the Lines

Vilas Hall, Room 4070 821 University Ave, Madison, WI

Between the Lines USA | 1977 | DCP | 102 min. Director: Joan Micklin Silver Cast: John Heard, Lindsay Crouse, Jeff Goldblum Silver's ode to the counterculture alternative weeklies that sprung up across the US in the 1960s depicts how the newspapers struggled …

Film: Akira Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai”

Vilas Hall, Room 4070 821 University Ave, Madison, WI

Free admission! Japan | 1954 | 35mm | 207 min. | Japanese with English subtitles A small village in medieval Japan is besieged by bandits and hires seven rogue samurai to defend it. Cinematic mythmaking …

Film: Rowland Brown’s “Blood Money”

Vilas Hall, Room 4070 821 University Ave, Madison, WI

Free admission! USA | 1933 | 35mm | 65 min. Shady bailbondsman Bill Bailey (George Bancroft) falls hard for young thrill-seeker Elaine (Frances Dee), much to the chagrin of Bill’s old flame, nightclub owner Ruby …