Thursday
Lost Highway (6:30p — Central Library, Rm 302)
Among David Lynch’s lesser known films, this nightmarish parable about privacy and inner desires stars Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, and something that vaguely resembles Robert Blake. FREE.
They Came Together (7:00p — Union South Marquee)
Amy Poehler and Paul Rudd that satirize romantic comedies in this send-up from Wet Hot American Summer’s David Wain. FREE.
Horrible Bosses 2 (9:30p — Union South Marquee)
WUD Film offers a FREE advance screening of this comedy sequel that will presumably feature Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, and now Jamie Foxx seeking revenge on their superiors.
All freakin’ weekend
Celtic Film Festival (Saturday-Sunday, Union South Marquee)
WUD Film, the Celtic Cultural Center of Madison and the UW Celtic Studies Program bring another round of Celtic cinema to Union South. This weekend’s FREE lineup begins on Saturday afternoon with complete showtimes at CelticMadison.org.
The Great War (7:00p — 4070 Vilas Hall)
Mario Monicelli pairs together two reluctant Italian soldiers in this darkly comic takedown of World War I. FREE.
Interstellar (Sundance, AMC Star, Point, Eastgate, Stoughton Cinema Café)
(Opening wide)
Big Hero 6 (AMC Star, Point, Eastgate, Stoughton Cinema Café)
An engineering whiz kid and his marshmallow of a robot discover a diabolical plot, forming a rag-tag group of heroes in the process. If you’ve grown tired of the multiplex getting overrun by Marvel movies, fear not. This is a Disney-Marvel movie.
On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter (AMC Star)
Bruce Brown’s son puts down the surfboard and produces a followup to his father’s 1971 motorcycle documentary.
Laggies (Point)
After Humpday (2009), Your Sister’s Sister (2012), and Touchy Feely, Lynn Shelton continues her streak with this story about a Keira Knightley who needs a Chloë Grace Moretz in her life to snap her out of her arrested development. Also starring a Sam Rockwell.
Friday
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (5:30p — Pinney Branch Library)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 won’t be out for another two weeks, but — Nope. That’s all, actually. FREE.
They Came Together (6:00p, 8:30p — Union South Marquee)
FREE.
Ilo Ilo (7:00p — Alicia Ashman Branch Library)
Anthony Chen’s drama follows the plight of a Singapore family’s economic troubles in the late 90s. Madison Film Forum wrote about Ilo Ilo when it played at the Wisconsin Film Festival. FREE.
Sunset Blvd. (7:00p — 4070 Vilas Hall)
You probably know how good Billy Wilder’s drama about the hubris of silent Hollywood is. But how much do you know about the musical? Cinematheque’s Amanda McQueen’s post is big. It’s the blogosphere that got small. FREE.
Saturday
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (10:00a — Point, Eastgate)
$5.
Super Troopers (11:00p — Union South Marquee)
FREE.
Sunday
Foreign Correspondent (2:00p — Chazen Art Museum)
FREE.
Monday
Freedom Summer (6:30p — Goodman South Branch Library)
In conjunction with the Wisconsin Book Festival, this FREE tie-in documentary on the 1964 Mississippi segregation protests will feature a presentation by historian and Wisconsin Historical Society archivist Michael Edmonds.
Beyond the Lights (7:00p — Union South Marquee)
Gugu Mbatha-Raw, who recently starred in period drama Belle, is a pop star whose depression is cured when she meets a charming police officer (Nate Parker). FREE.
Tuesday
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I (4:00p, 7:00p — Eastgate)
$5.
Kano (6:00p — Union South Marquee)
Ostensibly an eastern Remember the Titans, a baseball team’s Chinese, Japanese and Taiwanese players must learn to set aside their differences to win an elite tournament. That may be easier said than done given that Taiwan was a Japanese colony in 1931. Director Umin Boya will appear in person after the screening. Co-presented FREE by WUD Film and the Student Association of Taiwan.
Wednesday
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1:40p, 6:50p — Sundance)
Force Majeure (7:00p — MMoCA Lecture Hall)
An avalanche would ruin any family’s ski trip. In Force Majeure it may ruin the family itself. Director Ruben Östlund snaps a three-year hiatus in a drama Little White Lies Magazine’s David Ehrlich described as “The Loneliest Planet chilled and served family style.” Expect a bubbling examination of family roles and masculinity in the face of cowardice and a crap ton of snow. Admission is $7 or FREE to MMoCA members. Doors at 6:30p.
The Mission (7:00p — Union South Marquee)
Co-presented FREE by WUD Film and the Lubar Institute.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I (7:00p — Point, Eastgate)
$5.
Ricordati di me (7:10p — UW Education Building, Rm L196)
Gabriele Muccino’s Italian hyperlink movie, “Remember Me, My Love” shatters the fragile balance of one family’s tenuous relationships. FREE.