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Special Event: Blue House

Blue House Film Screening is a D.I.Y. film organization showcasing short films and building cinematic connections in Milwaukee. Join us at the Union Cinema for a shorts program curated by the members of the Blue House collective!

Two By Black Audio Film Collective: Handsworth Songs

In October 1985 Britain witnessed a spate of civil disturbances in the Birmingham district of Handsworth and in urban centres of London. These were violent, tragic events, marked by the death of an elderly black woman, Joy Gardner and a …

Two By Black Audio Film Collective: Who Needs a Heart

Who Needs A Heart is a parable of political becoming and subjective transformation and remains BAFC’s most controversial film. Akin to a sophisticated home-movie history, a record of life on the fringes in London between 1965 and 1975, the film …

My Father’s Shadow

New Releases Over the course of a single day’s journey into and around Lagos, Folarin and his young sons, Aki and Remi, reckon with their relationship while navigating a city on the precipice of democratic crisis. As details of Folarin’s …

Two By Jim Jarmsuch: Father, Mother, Sister Brother

Three stories concerning the relationships between adult children, their somewhat distant parents, and each other: a reclusive father visited by his grown children in the US, sisters visiting their novelist mother in Dublin, and adult twins called back to their …

Bogancloch

New Releases A man’s solitary life in a Scottish highland forest is portrayed through the changing seasons, with occasional encounters disrupting his otherwise isolated existence.  

The Social Network

Special Event In 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer genius Mark Zuckerberg begins work on a new concept that eventually turns into the global social network known as Facebook. Six years later, he is one of the youngest billionaires ever, but …

Two By Jim Jarmsuch: Mystery Train

Aloof teenage Japanese tourists, a frazzled Italian widow, and a disgruntled British immigrant all converge in the city of dreams—which, in Mystery Train, from Jim Jarmusch, is Memphis. Made with its director’s customary precision and wit, this triptych of stories …

The Animation Showcase 2026: Getting Cooked

Special Event The Animation Showcase returns to the Union Cinema for their 2026 series, featuring the latest and greatest from our Animation/Film students. This year’s edition features student work across all forms of storytelling. From digital to traditional, claymation to …

Desert Hearts

Staff Picks While waiting for her divorce papers, a repressed professor of literature is unexpectedly seduced by a carefree, spirited young lesbian.