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  • Godard, seul le cinéma (Godard Cinema)

    51 Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Jean-Luc Godard is synonymous with cinema. With the release of Breathless in 1960, he established himself overnight as a cinematic rebel and a symbol for the era’s progressive and anti-war youth. One of the founders of the French New Wave, a political …

  • Experimental Tuesdays Presents: From the Archive

    51 Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Curated by MFA candidates from the Department of Film, Video, Animation and New Genres, these programs feature a unique opportunity to see some of the incredible 16mm prints from the 51 Cinema Arts Archive. The Cinema Arts Archive now contains over 400 essential works on 16mm film, and a handful on 35mm, from a range of historic and contemporary cinema. This unique and expansive archive continues to preserve, grow, and reflect the ever-evolving landscape of avant-garde film—representing a commitment to the past, present, and future of the medium. Alongside giants like Hollis Frampton, Bruce Baillie, Deborah Stratman, and Jennifer Reeves lie many lesser-known gems ready to ignite curiosity and expand minds.

  • Experimental Tuesdays Presents: From the Archive

    51 Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Free For Everyone! Curated by MFA candidates from the Department of Film, Video, Animation and New Genres, these programs feature a unique opportunity to see some of the incredible 16mm prints from the 51 Cinema Arts Archive. The Cinema Arts …

  • Babylon

    51 Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    UK Classics Franco Rosso's incendiary Babylon had its world premiere at Cannes in 1980 but went unreleased in the U.S. for "being too controversial, and likely to incite racial tension" (Vivien Goldman, Time Out). Raw and smoldering, it follows a …

  • Tiger (Tiguere)

    51 Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Director: José María Cabral 2024 Dominican Republic | 84 minutes Pablo is sent to a camp run by his father, where strength is demanded and fear is treated as failure. Within its rigid rules, he is taught how to endure, …

  • Soulemayne’s Story

    51 Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    New Releases Racing through the streets of Paris making food deliveries on his bicycle, Guinean immigrant Souleymane is struggling to stay afloat. In two days, he has to report for an asylum application interview, where he must plead his case …

  • Compensation

    Compensation
    51 Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    New Restoration A landmark of independent cinema, Compensation is Zeinabu irene Davis’s moving, ambitious portrait of the struggles of Deaf African Americans and the complexities of loving relationships at the bookends of the twentieth century. In extraordinary dual performances, Michelle …

  • The Annihilation of Fish

    The Annihilation of Fish
    51 Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    New Restoration In The Annihilation of Fish, Lynn Redgrave plays Poinsettia, a former housewife with an imagined lover in the form of 19th-century composer Giacomo Puccini. She moves into a Los Angeles boarding house with an energetic landlady where she …

  • The Annihilation of Fish

    The Annihilation of Fish
    51 Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    New Restoration In The Annihilation of Fish, Lynn Redgrave plays Poinsettia, a former housewife with an imagined lover in the form of 19th-century composer Giacomo Puccini. She moves into a Los Angeles boarding house with an energetic landlady where she …

  • Compensation

    Compensation
    51 Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    New Restoration A landmark of independent cinema, Compensation is Zeinabu irene Davis’s moving, ambitious portrait of the struggles of Deaf African Americans and the complexities of loving relationships at the bookends of the twentieth century. In extraordinary dual performances, Michelle …

  • Experimental Tuesdays Presents: An Evening with Ben Caldwell

    51 Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    FREE FOR EVERYONE! An evening of films, videos and conversation with the legendary filmmaker, artist, community activist and educator Ben Caldwell. Caldwell is widely known for his role in the L.A. Rebellion and for founding KAOS Network, a media arts …

  • Zoolander

    51 Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Staff Picks! Propelled to the top of the fashion world by a photogenic gaze he calls Blue Steel, dimwitted male model Derek Zoolander thinks he's got a fourth consecutive win as Male Model of the Year in the bag. But, …