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. […]
Program Notes
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. […]
Attend: BLACK NARCISSUS at Central Library Cinesthesia, Thu Dec 1, 6:30pm
In his program notes, Cinesthesia programmer Jason Fuhrman contrasts Powell and Pressburger’s Black Narcissus with Rumer Godden’s original novel, and explains how objections from the Catholic Legion of Decency led to cuts for the American distribution of the film. […]
Attend: FELLINI SATYRICON at Central Library Cinesthesia, Thu Nov 3, 6:30pm
In his program notes, Cinesthesia programmer Jason Fuhrman explains how Federico Fellini added distancing techniques to familiar stylistic flourishes in his dreamlike excavation of imperial Rome, Fellini Satyricon. […]
Attend: MULHOLLAND DR. at Central Library Cinesthesia, Thu Oct 6, 6pm
Programmer Jason Furman shares his program notes for David Lynch’s Mulholland Dr., which will screen at the October edition of his Cinesthesia series at the Madison Public Library. […]