Attend: DAYS OF HEAVEN at Central Library Cinesthesia, Thu Sep 7, 6:30pm
In his Cinesthesia program notes, Jason Fuhrman celebrates the near-perfect achievement of Terrence Malick’s second feature, Days of Heaven. […]
Program Notes
Attend: OFF THE WALL, NIGHT TWO at Arts + Literature Laboratory, Sat Aug 12, 8:30pm
James Kreul previews the second night of the OFF THE WALL video art series at Arts + Literature Laboratory, and laments that Madison hasn’t kept up with contemporary experimental media. […]
Attend: OFF THE WALL, NIGHT ONE at Arts + Literature Laboratory, Sat Aug 5, 8:30pm
James Kreul takes a peek at the first installment of this year’s OFF THE WALL video art series, which returns to the Arts + Literature Laboratory on Saturday, August 5. […]
Attend: ROBOCOP at Central Library Cinesthesia, Thu Jun 6, 6:30pm
In his Cinesthesia program notes, Jason Fuhrman argues that the bleak future envisioned thirty years ago in Paul Verhoven’s RoboCop seems curiously familiar. […]
Attend: BEING JOHN MALKOVICH at Central Library Cinesthesia, Thu Jun 1, 6:30pm
In his Cinesthesia program notes, Jason Fuhrman argues that Being John Malkovich seduces us into an alternative reality while retaining its own singular logic. […]
Attend: THE PLAYER at Central Library Cinesthesia, Thu May 4, 6:30pm
Jason Fuhrman’s program notes for the Cinesthesia screening of The Player on Thursday night remind us that Robert Altman’s attitude about Hollywood was always complex and ambivalent. […]
Attend: BEFORE THE RAIN at Central Library Cinesthesia, Thu Mar 2, 6:30pm
Jason Fuhrman’s program notes for the next Cinesthesia screening on Thursday night provides context for Milcho Manchevski’s impressive but often overlooked feature debut, Before the Rain. […]
Attend: TRAFFIC at Central Library Cinesthesia, Thu Feb 2, 6:00pm
Jason Furhman’s program notes for tonight’s screening of Steven Soderbergh’s Traffic traces its journey from a British television mini-series to Academy Award winning feature film. […]
Attend: INHERENT VICE at Central Library Cinesthesia, Thu Jan 5, 6:00pm
Tonight the Cinesthesia series kicks off its 2017 lineup with Paul Thomas Anderson’s adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s Inherent Vice. In his program notes, Jason Fuhrman discusses Anderson’s adaptation methodology and the literary and cinematic precedents for the shaggy-dog L.A. detective tale. […]
Attend: UNIMADEX Experimental Screening at MRQE, Thu Dec 15, 7:00pm
As part of our ongoing efforts to share program notes for upcoming local screenings, here are synopses for the films to be showcased at the inaugural UniMadEx screening organized by the Wisconsin Union Directorate Film Committee. […]