Italian horror gem “The Beyond” plays at 4070 Vilas Hall this Friday. FREE.
Thursday
Museum Hours (7:00p — Madison Museum of Contemporary Art)
In Museum Hours, two wayward strangers find a connection inside Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum. Jem Cohen’s miniscule drama gives new meaning to “art film” this Thursday as part of MMoCA’s “Spotlight Cinema” series. Tickets are $7 to the general public and FREE to museum members.
Night of the Living Dead: RiffTrax Live! (7:00p — Point, Eastgate)
You’ve seen George Romero’s zombie classic, but never like this. The stars of “Mystery Science Theater 3000” provide their hilarious brand of commentary in this one-time only screening courtesy of Fathom Events.
Upstream Color (7:00p — Union South Marquee)
It took 9 years for director Shane Carruth to produce a follow-up to his 2004 breakout, Primer. His second feature film, Upstream Color, is an opaque story of a man (Carruth) and a woman (Amy Seimetz) as their lives become entangled with that of a complex living organism. Soak in the weirdness this Thursday and Friday at the Union South Marquee. FREE.
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (9:30p — Union South Marquee)
“I was Lon Cheney’s lover!” Remember the “Shoplifter” stunt from the original Jackass movie? Well, Bad Grandpa looks to be 90 minutes of that. Before it opens this weekend, WUD Film is presenting an exclusive FREE sneak preview tonight at 9:30p at the Union South Marquee.
Friday
Pain & Gain (6:30p — Union South Marquee)
The Beyond (7:00p — 4070 Vilas Hall)
Upstream Color (9:30p — Union South Marquee)
The Blob (11:59p — Union South Marquee)
Halloween (11:59p — Point, Eastgate)
All freakin’ weekend
I’m So Excited! (Sundance)
The Counselor (Sundance, AMC Star, Point, Eastgate)
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa ( AMC Star, Point, Eastgate)
Saturday
ParaNorman 3D (10:00a — Point, Eastgate)
Pain & Gain (6:00p, 9:00p — Union South Marquee)
Encounters at the End of the World (7:00p — 4070 Vilas Hall)
The Blob (11:59p — Union South Marquee)
Halloween (11:59p — Point, Eastgate)
Sunday
ParaNorman 3D (11:00 — Point, Eastgate)
The Shining (1:14p — Sundance)
The Innocents (2:00p — Chazen Art Museum)
Pain & Gain (3:00p — Union South Marquee)
Monday
Rosemary’s Baby (12:15p, 9:45p — Point; 9:45p — Eastgate)
Plan Nine From Outer Space 3D (3:15 p, 7:45 p — Point, Eastgate)
Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop (5:30p — Point, Eastgate)
Tuesday
Plan Nine From Outer Space 3D (1 p.m. and 5 p.m., Point; 5:00p — Eastgate)
Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop (3:00p, 10:00p — Point, Eastgate)
Nosferatu: The Vampyre (7:00p — Sundance)
Rosemary’s Baby (7:00p — Point, Eastgate)
Wednesday
Rosemary’s Baby (1:00p, 9:30p; Point; 9:30p — Eastgate)
Plan Nine From Outer Space 3D (1:00p — Eastgate)
The Shining (1:15p, 6:50p — Sundance)
Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop (4:00p — Point, Eastgate)
The Human Scale (7:00p — Union South Marquee)