George Franju’s “Eyes Without a Face” plays FREE this Friday as part of the Cinematheque’s International Horror Classics.
10/14 UPDATED: Screenings have been added on Monday and Tuesday to reflect WUD Film’s late calendar changes
Thursday
Los Graduados (6:30p — Madison Central Public Library, Rm 302)
Last Thursday, the Central Library began its FREE screening monthly series. Tonight’s featured film is 2008’s Los Graduados, dual language coming-of-age comedy about four friends celebrating high school graduation.
American Promise (7:00p — Madison Museum of Contemporary Art)
Did you hear? Film at MMoCA is back. The fun starts tonight with a screening of American Promise in the museum lecture hall. The documentary follows two American youths from kindergarten to high school, chronicling their divergent paths in this impressive examination of race and class in modern America. Tickets, which go on sale at 6:30p in the lobby, are $7 for general audiences and FREE to museum members.
Blackfish (7:00p — Union South Marquee)
Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s startling documentary looks at orca whales and the serious risks parks run when keeping animals in captivity. Centered around SeaWorld’s Tilikum controversy, Blackfish plays for FREE twice this weekend at the Union South Marquee.
Monsters University (9:30p — Union South Marquee)
Monsters James P. Sullivan (John Goodman) and Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal) first scared their way into children’s hearts in 2001. 12 Years later, Pixar finally tells the pair’s not-so-rosy days back in college with Monsters University. One of five FREE showings this weekend at Union South.
Friday
Eyes Without a Face (7:00p — 4070 Vilas Hall)
In Georges Franju’s French-Italian horror film, a desperate doctor kidnaps young women and attempts to graft their skin onto the disfigured face of his own daughter. Cinematheque’s FREE “International Horror Classics” continue in 4070 Vilas Hall.
Monsters University (7:00p — Union South Marquee)
The Big Lebowski (8:00p, 11:00p — Majestic Theater)
In case you’re not into the whole brevity thing, the Majestic’s Brew ‘n View is providing both late and early screenings of The Big Lebowski in this Friday’s annual Brew ‘N View event. Featuring a bar stocked with Caucasians, oat sodas, and maybe even some of that Sioux City Sarsaparilla, the Majestic will also hold a costume contest in between screenings at 10:00p. So come dressed in your finest Walter Sobchak attire and get in for FREE, Dude. Or don’t. Tickets are still just $5.
Blackfish (9:30p — Union South Marquee)
Shaun of the Dead (11:59p — Union South Marquee)
On midnight this Friday and Saturday, take Pete’s car, drive over to Mum’s, take care of Philip, grab Mum, go over to the Union South Marquee, hole up, have a glass of beer at the Sett, and wait for this whole thing to blow over. FREE.
All freakin’ weekend
Escape From Tomorrow (Sundance)
Recently fired from his job while on vacation, one man’s day goes from bad to worse to downright strange as his family vacation becomes increasingly disturbing. Shot at Disneys Land and World in a highly illegal fashion, Randy Moore’s Escape From Tomorrow is somehow making its way to theaters this weekend, despite nearly every critic signaling its death knell after the Sundance Film Festival. Needless to say, the story of its production history — edited in South Korea, ignored by Disney PR, etc. — is essential reading.
Captain Phillips (Sundance, AMC Star, Point, Eastgate)
In 2009, Captain Richard Phillips and the crew of the MV Maersk Alabama were taken hostage by Somali pirates. In 2013, Tom Hanks and Bourne Ultimatum director Paul Greengrass made that story into a movie.
Machete Kills (AMC Star, Point, Eastgate)
Trained to kill. Left for dead. Brought back for a sequel. Robert Rodriguez and Danny Trejo are back in this sequel to 2010’s Machete, where Trejo’s title character is hired to take down a Mexican weapons dealer (Demián Bichir) set to launch missiles into space. Co-starring Michelle Rodriguez, Mel Gibson, Sofia Vergara, Amber Heard, and President Carlos Estévez.
Romeo & Juliet (Point)
Starring Douglas Booth and True Grit breakout Hailee Steinfeld as the titular lovers, director Carlo Carlei made one minor change in adapting Shakespeare’s tragic romance: editing the Bard’s own words.
Pulling Strings (Eastgate)
In this Spanish-English romantic comedy, a U.S. diplomat (Laura Ramsey) finds herself in a conundrum upon realizing that the mariachi musician who saves her life (Jaime Camil) also happens to own the visa she just rejected.
Saturday
Monsters vs. Aliens 3D (10:00a — Point, Eastgate)
Featuring voices from the likes of Reese Witherspoon, Kiefer Sutherland, Will Arnett and Stephen Colbert, Monsters vs. Aliens is the latest selection in Marcus’ “Pop 3D” Family Films. Tickets are only $3.
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (7:00p — 4070 Vilas Hall)
The second of Cinematheque’s FREE “Four from Herzog” films, The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser centers on the famous German 19th-century child genius and his apparent gift for prophecy. Based in part on Hauser’s own handwritten letters, the film stars Bruno S. in the lead role.
Monsters University (7:00p, 9:30p — Union South Marquee)
Shaun of the Dead (11:59p — Union South Marquee)
Sunday
Monsters vs. Aliens 3D (11:00a — Point, Eastgate)
Lola Montès (2:00p — Chazen Art Museum)
In what would be director Max Ophüls’ final completed work, the film follows the life of “Spanish dancer” Lola Montez — most notably her sordid affairs with composer Franz Liszt and the king of Bavaria. Lola Montès screens for FREE at the Chazen Art Museum as part of Cinematheque’s “Cinemascope at 60” series.
Monsters University (3:00p — Union South Marquee)
Monday
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy (4:30p — Point, Eastgate)
Parkland, which opened last weekend, went the dramatic route in recalling President Kennedy’s assassination. Letters to Jackie presents an alternative with a cavalcade of stars — from Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway to Chris Cooper and John Krasinski — reading selections from the more than 800,000 letters of condolences sent to Jackie Kennedy after her husband’s death.
Reel Rock 8 (7:00p — Union South Marquee)
Courtesy of WUD Film and Hoofers, the “Reel Rock Film Tour” is making a stop at the Union South Marquee on Monday. As part of this annual traveling celebration of the outdoors on film, Reel Rock 8 features four documentary shorts, from one girl’s breakthrough in the UK climbing scene to one (insanely) adventurous man’s dance with Mt. Everest. Check out the trailer before attending this FREE screening.
Night of the Living Dead 3D (7:00p — Point, Eastgate)
A 3D version of George Romero’s 1968 watershed zombie film. Because of course you can improve on a classic.
Army of Darkness (9:30p — Point, Eastgate)
Easily the wackiest entry in Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead trilogy, Army of Darkness sends Bruce Campbell’s chinny anti-hero Ash to the middle ages, where he does battle with the Deadites and many a “she-bitch.” Co-starring Embeth Davidtz and Ted Raimi, in many a supporting role.
Tuesday
Army of Darkness (4:45p — Point, Eastgate)
Gold Fever (7:00p — Union South Marquee)
This FREE documentary takes a startling look at the gold mining industry’s stranglehold on the people of Guatemala and how profit and wealth have given rise to corruption and murder. Co-presented by WUD Film and Oxfam International.
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy (7:00p — Point, Eastgate)
Night of the Living Dead 3D (9:35p — Point; 9:30p — Eastgate)
Wednesday
Bonnie & Clyde (1:15p, 7:00p — Sundance)
This classic starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway screens twice at Sundance.
Night of the Living Dead 3D (4:30p — Point, Eastgate)
Shadows of Liberty (7:00p — Union South Marquee)
Shadows of Liberty looks at the corrupting power of wealth on the modern state of U.S. media. Co-presented by WUD Film and the UW Havens Center, this FREE screening will be followed by a discussion with Bob McChesney, Professor of Communications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Acquire the Fire Presents: Surge (7:00p — Point, Eastgate)
Dubbed an “interactive movie event” experience, Surge fuses Christian music with comedy and inspirational messages.
Army of Darkness (9:30p — Point, Eastgate)