UPDATED 3/11/2014: The Spectacular Now has been added to Wednesday’s programming.
Grease (12:10p, 2:45p — Point; 12:00p, 3:00p — Eastgate)
300 double feature (5:45p — Point, Eastgate)
Spartans! Ready your breakfast and eat hearty… for tonight we watch 300 and 300: Rise of an Empire back-to-back. And, you know, that’ll probably carry into dinnertime.
Repulsion (6:30p — Central Public Library, Rm 302)
While on vacation, Catherine Deneuve begins revisiting traumatic events in her past in terrifying ways. Roman Polanski’s Repulsion plays FREE as part of Central Cinema’s “Classic and Contemporary Cinema” series.
Benvenuti al Nord (7:00p — L196 Education Building)
Here’s hoping you came to La Cineteca’s presentation of Benvenuti al Sud last week, because this week, Alberto Colombo’s postal worker heads north to Milan in this Italian comedy. FREE.
Much Ado About Nothing (7:00p — Union South Marquee)
Captain Phillips (9:30p — Union South Marquee)
Friday
Captain Phillips (6:00p — Union South Marquee)
Dallas Buyers Club (6:30p — Pinney Branch Library)
For his role as AIDS-afflicted Ron Woodruff, Matthew McConnaughey’s Best Actor win for Dallas Buyers Club at last’s Sunday’s Oscars has birthed many a terrible joke on a certain three-word quote. But I won’t say it. Nope nope nope. FREE.
Marjoe (7:00p — 4070 Vilas Hall)
Howard Smith and Sarah Kernochan’s 1972 documentary looks at the life of Marjoe Gortner who, at the ripe old age of four, became the youngest-known ordained preacher. What have you done with your life today? FREE.
Dan Savage’s “Hump Tour” Film Festival — Day One (7:00p, 9:00p — Majestic Theatre)
Dan Savage spends a lot of time writing about sex, but every year, the advice columnist takes a break with the “Hump Tour,” a traveling showcase of amateur five-minute adult films. They also feature sex. Tickets are $15. Age 18 & up.
Much Ado About Nothing (9:00p — Union South Marquee)
Twelve Monkeys (11:30p — Union South Marquee)
In Terry Gilliam’s send-up of Chris Marker’s La jetée, a convict goes back in time to investigate a devastating plague and to remember a time when Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt still picked interesting roles. FREE.
All freakin’ weekend
Omar (Sundance)
Director Hany Abu-Assad tells the story of a Palestinian freedom fighter-turned-informant for the Israelis in this gripping, complex drama.
300: Rise of an Empire (Sundance, AMC Star, Point, Eastgate, Stoughton Cinema Cafe)
Can a 300 sequel recapture the zeitgeist of Zack Snyder’s original given that Gerard Butler’s Leonidas (spoilers) is kaputt? Eva Green (as Persian queen Artemisia) says “yes,” while Frank Miller’s terrible stereotype in Xerxes asks “why?”
Mr. Peabody & Sherman (AMC Star, Point, Eastgate, Stoughton Cinema Cafe)
Remember these shorts from the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoon? No? Me neither. Modern Family’s Ty Burrell lends his voice talents to the droll, time-traveling pooch.
Saturday
Free Birds (10:00a — Point, Eastgate)
It may be March, but admission for this animated Thanksgiving comedy is only $2.00. Turkey’s better half-frozen anyway.
Much Ado About Nothing (6:00p — Union South Marquee)
Beau Travail (7:00p — 4070 Vilas Hall)
Beau Travail features a former Foreign Legion officer as he recalls his service time in Africa. A seminal work in the filmography of an often politically- and geographically-minded director, Beau Travail begins the Cinematheque’s series on Denis. FREE.
Dan Savage’s “Hump Tour” Film Festival — Day Two (7:00p, 9:00p — Majestic Theatre)
Captain Phillips (8:30p — Union South Marquee)
The Fifth Element (11:30p — Union South Marquee)
It’s a “Bruce Willy” kind of weekend at Union South, with Luc Besson’s stylish science-fiction pitting Willis’ cab driver against a master weapon, the forces of evil, and Chris Tucker’s hair. FREE.
Sunday
Free Birds (11:00a — Point, Eastgate)
Strangers on a Train (2:00p — Chazen Art Museum)
In Alfred Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train, two strangers meet and conspire to exchange each other’s respective murders. Their meeting happens to be on a train. FREE.
Captain Phillips (3:00p — Union South Marquee)
Monday
Rock of Ages (1:00p, 3:50p, 6:40p, 9:30p — Point; 2:00p, 4:55p, 7:45p, 10:30p — Eastgate)
Say what you will about Julianne Hough’s performance, Alec Baldwin’s wig, its silly tone or the music of Bon Jovi, Tom Cruise’s performance as mercurial rocker Stacee Jaxx is at least worth Marcus Theatres’ $5 cover charge.
About Schmidt (2:00p — Alicia Ashman Branch Library)
Long before Nebraska, Alexander Payne was busy exploring old age, malaise, and sagging features in About Schmidt, where recent widower Jack Nicholson goes on a road trip to attend his estranged daughter’s (Hope Davis) wedding. FREE.
“Grindhouse Trailer-bration” (7:00p — Union South Marquee)
A movie trailer marathon? Now that’s what I’m talkin’ about. Coincidentally, that’s also what WUD Film and the UW Cinematheque are talkin’ about with their latest Marquee Monday, a celebration of the “sleaziest and cheesiest” in movie marketing, from Dr. Butcher M.D. to Superchick. FREE.
Tuesday
Rock of Ages (10:30p — Eastgate)
Sleeper (7:00p — Union South Marquee)
In 1973, Woody Allen’s health food store owner is cryogenically frozen before waking nearly 200 years later to a futuristic state ruled by incompetent martial law in this sci-fi comedy. FREE.
Wednesday
Rock of Ages (1:00p, 3:50p, 6:40p, 9:30p — Point; 2:00p, 4:55p, 7:45p, 10:30p — Eastgate)
Chicago (1:30p, 7:00p — Sundance)
Reporter: “Ms. Baxter, would you like to give us a word or two?”
Kitty Baxter: “I’ll give you five: This is a Sundance Classic?”
The Spectacular Now (7:00p — Union South Marquee)
“Wild and Scenic” Film Festival (7:00p — Barrymore Theatre)
River Alliance of Wisconsin presents its 7th annual “Wild and Scenic” festival, a collection of locales and pertinent issues from all around the world through the power of film. Tickets are $10 in advance, $13 day of the show. Here’s the full schedule.