221879 UK, Germany, USA | 112 min | PG-13 | DVD | Dir. Gurinder Chadha Jess Bhamra (Parminder Nagra), the daughter of a strict Indian couple (Anupam Kher, Shaheen Khan) in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though she is 18. When Jess is playing for fun one day, her impressive skills are seen by Jules Paxton (Keira Knightley), who then convinces Jess to play for her semi-pro team. Jess uses elaborate excuses to hide her matches from her family while also dealing with her romantic feelings for her coach, Joe. (rottentomatoes.com)   Watch the trailer here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyorDLWW1Nw   Lakeside Cinema is presented by the WUD Film Committee as part of Summer by the Lake programming at the Wisconsin Union.  June’s programming theme is “Sports”.   For information on available assistive content for WUD Film screenings, please visit the Assistive Technology in the Marquee page . Visit our Informed Moviegoing Resources page for links to resources that explore film ratings and content alerts. This event is intended for UW-Madison students, faculty, staff, Wisconsin Union members and their guests. Anyone can become a Wisconsin Union member. Memorial Union. 9-11 p.m. Information: film@union.wisc.edu]]> Memorial Union]]> 43.076421006278224,-89.39991444943722 Mon Jun 22 21:00:00 -0500 2026 Mon Jun 22 23:00:00 -0500 2026 https://union.wisc.edu/events-and-activities/event-calendar/event/wud-film-presents-bend-it-beckham-2002 film@union.wisc.edu film Wisconsin Union 222114 Miracle Mile | USA | 1989 | 35mm | 87 min. Director: Steve De Jarnatt Cast: Anthony Edwards, Mare Winningham, John Agar It’s the end of the world and only Harry Washello (Edwards) knows it. Late for a date with Julie (Winningham), Harry learns in a phone booth that nuclear weapons have been launched. Is this a joke? Will anyone believe him? Can annihilation be prevented? Kick off Bleak Week in Madison with Steve De Jarnatt’s cult classic, an absurdist up-all-night odyssey across the neon-lit streets of the titular stretch of Los Angeles. Vilas Hall. 7 p.m. Cost: Free. Information: 262-3627, ben.reiser@wisc.edu]]> Vilas Hall]]> 43.07264502572392,-89.39986377177232 Wed Jun 24 19:00:00 -0500 2026 https://cinema.wisc.edu/bleak-week-cinema-of-despair/ Free 608-262-3627 ben.reiser@wisc.edu film Cinematheque 222115 The Great Silence | France, Italy | 1968 | DCP | 105 min. | Italian with English subtitles Director: Sergio Corbucci Cast: Jean-Louis Trintignat, Klaus Kinski, Vonetta McGee The Great Silence is one of the finest of all Euro Westerns. For this violent, mythic, and nihilistic tale, veteran director Sergio Corbucci (Django, Navajo Joe) wisely eschewed the typical sun-baked locations of Spain’s Almeria region in favor of the snow-covered Dolomite mountains. Corbucci achieves an appropriately icy mood reinforced by the haunting Ennio Morricone score. Vilas Hall. 7 p.m. Cost: Free. Information: 262-3627, ben.reiser@wisc.edu]]> Vilas Hall]]> 43.07264502572392,-89.39986377177232 Thu Jun 25 19:00:00 -0500 2026 https://cinema.wisc.edu/bleak-week-cinema-of-despair/ Free 608-262-3627 ben.reiser@wisc.edu film Cinematheque 222116 Chime | Japan | 2024 | DCP | 45 mins. | Japanese with English subtitles Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa Cast: Mutsuo Yoshioka, Seiichi Kohinata, Hana Amano Japanese maestro Kiyoshi Kurosawa returns to horror with a featurette that condenses his signature atmospheric approach to the genre. The inexplicability of the scenario is terrifying alone: a man hears a faint chime and is suddenly driven to murder. Uneasy and viscerally upsetting, Kurosawa’s nightmare in miniature packs a formidable punch. Vilas Hall. 7 p.m. Cost: Free. Information: 262-3627, ben.reiser@wisc.edu]]> Vilas Hall]]> 43.07264502572392,-89.39986377177232 Fri Jun 26 19:00:00 -0500 2026 https://cinema.wisc.edu/bleak-week-cinema-of-despair/ Free 608-262-3627 ben.reiser@wisc.edu film Cinematheque 222122 Cure | Japan | 1997 | DCP | 111 mins. | Japanese with English subtitles Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa Cast: Koji Yakusho, Masato Hagiwara, Tsuyoshi Ujiki Follow up the minimalistic terror of Chime with Kurosawa’s ultimate masterpiece. In Cure, police detective Takabe (Koji Yakusho) investigates a string of grisly killings. The kicker? Several perpetrators have been caught, yet none possess any memory of committing the crime in question. Vilas Hall. 8 p.m. Cost: Free. Information: 262-3627, ben.reiser@wisc.edu]]> Vilas Hall]]> 43.07264502572392,-89.39986377177232 Fri Jun 26 20:00:00 -0500 2026 https://cinema.wisc.edu/bleak-week-cinema-of-despair/ Free 608-262-3627 ben.reiser@wisc.edu film Cinematheque 222117 Messiah of Evil | USA | 1974 | 35mm | 90 min. Director: Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz Cast: Marianna Hill, Michael Greer, Elisha Cook, Jr. Best known as co-screenwriters for George Lucas’ American Graffiti (1973) and Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck also directed this creepy and distinctly alluring high point of 1970s horror cinema. Searching for her father in the beachfront town of Point Dume, Arletty (Hill) gets more than she bargained for when she encounters unusual happenings in this remote California community. Vilas Hall. 7 p.m. Cost: Free. Information: 262-3627, ben.reiser@wisc.edu]]> Vilas Hall]]> 43.07264502572392,-89.39986377177232 Sat Jun 27 19:00:00 -0500 2026 https://cinema.wisc.edu/bleak-week-cinema-of-despair/ Free 608-262-3627 ben.reiser@wisc.edu film Cinematheque 222118 Le Bonheur | France | 1965 | DCP | 80 min. | French with English subtitles Director: Agnès Varda Cast: Jean-Claude Drouot, Claire Drouot, Marie-France Boyer Describing the unexpected bitterness of Le Bonheur, Agnès Varda once offered a provocative and resonant metaphor: “I imagined a summer peach, with its perfect colors, and inside there is a worm.” Despite its wealth of luscious pastels, Varda’s first film in color finds potent irony in these warm and inviting surfaces. The film follows the Chevalier family, initially a portrait of domestic harmony. Vilas Hall. 5 p.m. Cost: Free. Information: 262-3627, ben.reiser@wisc.edu]]> Vilas Hall]]> 43.07264502572392,-89.39986377177232 Sun Jun 28 17:00:00 -0500 2026 https://cinema.wisc.edu/bleak-week-cinema-of-despair/ Free 608-262-3627 ben.reiser@wisc.edu film Cinematheque 222119 Such A Pretty Little Beach | France | 1949 | DCP | 91 min. | French with English subtitles Director: Yves Allégret Cast: Gérard Philipe, Madeleine Robinson, Jean Servais Awash in a desolate atmosphere of intense portent, few films summon a mood of misery quite like Such a Pretty Little Beach. In postwar France, a man (Philipe) on the run returns to the seaside enclave of his tragic war-torn youth during the town’s rain-drenched off-season. Classically expressionistic, the inhospitable nature of the climate reflects our protagonist’s own fraught psychological torment and a newfound guilty conscience. Vilas Hall. 7 p.m. Cost: Free. Information: 262-3627, ben.reiser@wisc.edu]]> Vilas Hall]]> 43.07264502572392,-89.39986377177232 Sun Jun 28 19:00:00 -0500 2026 https://cinema.wisc.edu/bleak-week-cinema-of-despair/ Free 608-262-3627 ben.reiser@wisc.edu film Cinematheque 222120 The Hole | Taiwan, France | 1998 | 35mm | 95 min. | Mandarin with English subtitles Director: Tsai Ming-Liang Cast: Yang Kuei-Mei, Lee Kang-Sheng, Miao Tien In The Hole, unusual interactions between two residents (Lee and Yang) of an apartment building in an apocalyptic, virus-ridden Taipei become the foundation for a one-of-a-kind movie musical. Goodbye, Dragon Inn filmmaker Tsai Ming-Liang’s work is often harsh and excruciatingly sad. Yet amid the static long takes and palpable loneliness, Tsai always finds clever ways to complicate the grimness of his subjects, tinkering with genre and bone-dry humor Vilas Hall. 7 p.m. Cost: Free. Information: 262-3627, ben.reiser@wisc.edu]]> Vilas Hall]]> 43.07264502572392,-89.39986377177232 Mon Jun 29 19:00:00 -0500 2026 https://cinema.wisc.edu/bleak-week-cinema-of-despair/ Free 608-262-3627 ben.reiser@wisc.edu film Cinematheque 221880 USA | 131 min | R | BluRay | Dir. Luca Guadagnino From visionary filmmaker Luca Guadagnino, Challengers stars Zendaya as Tashi Duncan, a former tennis prodigy turned coach and a force of nature who makes no apologies for her game on and off the court. Married to a champion on a losing streak (Mike Faist - West Side Story), Tashi's strategy for her husband's redemption takes a surprising turn when he must face off against the washed-up Patrick (Josh O'Connor - The Crown) -- his former best friend and Tashi's former boyfriend. As their pasts and presents collide, and tensions run high, Tashi must ask herself, what will it cost to win. (rottentomatoes.com)    Watch the trailer here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2N3hmRmwHQ   Lakeside Cinema is presented by the WUD Film Committee as part of Summer by the Lake programming at the Wisconsin Union.  June’s programming theme is “Sports”.   For information on available assistive content for WUD Film screenings, please visit the Assistive Technology in the Marquee page . Visit our Informed Moviegoing Resources page for links to resources that explore film ratings and content alerts. This event is intended for UW-Madison students, faculty, staff, Wisconsin Union members and their guests. Anyone can become a Wisconsin Union member. Memorial Union. 9-11:15 p.m. Information: film@union.wisc.edu]]> Memorial Union]]> 43.076421006278224,-89.39991444943722 Mon Jun 29 21:00:00 -0500 2026 Mon Jun 29 23:15:00 -0500 2026 https://union.wisc.edu/events-and-activities/event-calendar/event/wud-film-presents-challengers-2024-open-caption film@union.wisc.edu film Wisconsin Union 222121 Testament | USA| 1983 | 35mm | 89 min. Director: Lynne Littman Cast: Jane Alexander, William Devane, Lukas Haas In an Oscar-nominated performance, Alexander stars as Carol Wetherly, wife and mother in a close-knit family in a small Northern California town. The Wetherlys lead their ordinary lives until a sudden nuclear attack upends everything. In the aftermath, Carol struggles to maintain her humanity as death, in the form of radiation sickness, invades her community. Vilas Hall. 7 p.m. Cost: Free. Information: 262-3627, ben.reiser@wisc.edu]]> Vilas Hall]]> 43.07264502572392,-89.39986377177232 Tue Jun 30 19:00:00 -0500 2026 https://cinema.wisc.edu/bleak-week-cinema-of-despair/ Free 608-262-3627 ben.reiser@wisc.edu film Cinematheque 222123 The Producers | 1968 | DCP | 88 min. Director: Mel Brooks Cast: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Kenneth Mars From the masterful comic mind of Brooks comes the original film farce that inspired the smash Broadway musical. Wilder plays Leo Bloom, a meek accountant dragged into a scheme by money-hungry producer Max Bialystock (Zero Mostel). In their attempts to find a play guaranteed to flop, they create a musical monument to bad taste: Springtime for Hitler. Vilas Hall. 7 p.m. Cost: Free. Information: 262-3627, breiser@wisc.edu]]> Vilas Hall]]> 43.07264502572392,-89.39986377177232 Wed Jul 01 19:00:00 -0500 2026 https://cinema.wisc.edu/summer-at-the-cinematheque/ Free 608-262-3627 breiser@wisc.edu film Cinematheque 222124 Lifeguard | USA | 1976 | DCP | 96 min. Director: Daniel Petrie Cast: Sam Elliott, Anne Archer, Kathleen Quinlan At 32, Southern California lifeguard Rick (Elliott), is not exactly what you’d call ambitious. Facing pressure from friends and family to “get serious” and make a career change, Rick finds himself torn between his super casual beach-centric lifestyle and the call of adulthood. Vilas Hall. 7 p.m. Cost: Free. Information: 262-3627, breiser@wisc.edu]]> Vilas Hall]]> 43.07264502572392,-89.39986377177232 Thu Jul 02 19:00:00 -0500 2026 https://cinema.wisc.edu/summer-at-the-cinematheque/ Free 608-262-3627 breiser@wisc.edu film Cinematheque 222125 Bellissima | Italy | 1951 | DCP | 115 mins. | Italian with English subtitles Director: Luchino Visconti Cast: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Kenneth Mars From the masterful comic mind of Brooks comes the original film farce that inspired the smash Broadway musical. Wilder plays Leo Bloom, a meek accountant dragged into a scheme by money-hungry producer Max Bialystock (Zero Mostel). In their attempts to find a play guaranteed to flop, they create a musical monument to bad taste: Springtime for Hitler. Vilas Hall. 7 p.m. Cost: Free. Information: 262-3627, breiser@wisc.edu]]> Vilas Hall]]> 43.07264502572392,-89.39986377177232 Fri Jul 03 19:00:00 -0500 2026 https://cinema.wisc.edu/summer-at-the-cinematheque/ Free 608-262-3627 breiser@wisc.edu film Cinematheque 221881 USA | 101 min | G | BluRay | Dir. Andrew Stanton Marlin (Albert Brooks), a clown fish, is overly cautious with his son, Nemo (Alexander Gould), who has a foreshortened fin. When Nemo swims too close to the surface to prove himself, he is caught by a diver, and horrified Marlin must set out to find him. A blue reef fish named Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) -- who has a really short memory -- joins Marlin and complicates the encounters with sharks, jellyfish, and a host of ocean dangers. Meanwhile, Nemo plots his escape from a dentist's fish tank. (rottentomatoes.com)   Watch the trailer here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oQ628Seb9w   Lakeside Cinema is presented by the WUD Film Committee as part of Summer by the Lake programming at the Wisconsin Union.  July’s programming theme is “Under the Lake”.   For information on available assistive content for WUD Film screenings, please visit the Assistive Technology in the Marquee page . Visit our Informed Moviegoing Resources page for links to resources that explore film ratings and content alerts. This event is intended for UW-Madison students, faculty, staff, Wisconsin Union members and their guests. Anyone can become a Wisconsin Union member. Memorial Union. 9-10:45 p.m. Information: film@union.wisc.edu]]> Memorial Union]]> 43.076421006278224,-89.39991444943722 Mon Jul 06 21:00:00 -0500 2026 Mon Jul 06 22:45:00 -0500 2026 https://union.wisc.edu/events-and-activities/event-calendar/event/wud-film-presents-finding-nemo-2003-open-caption film@union.wisc.edu film Wisconsin Union 222126 The Twelve Chairs | USA | 1970 | DCP | 94 min. Director: Mel Brooks Cast: Ron Moody, Frank Langella, Dom DeLuise Brooks’s second feature is set in Russia shortly after the Bolshevik uprising, where a former aristocrat turned hapless clerk (Moody) and a slick con man (Langella) search the country for a set of 12 heirloom chairs, one of which contains a fortune in hidden jewels. As in The Producers, the protagonists, along with their chief rival (DeLuise), are greedy treasure hunters, forever outwitted by their own inept plans. Vilas Hall. 7 p.m. Cost: Free. Information: 262-3627, breiser@wisc.edu]]> Vilas Hall]]> 43.07264502572392,-89.39986377177232 Wed Jul 08 19:00:00 -0500 2026 https://cinema.wisc.edu/summer-at-the-cinematheque/ Free 608-262-3627 breiser@wisc.edu film Cinematheque 222127 Amores Perros | Mexico | 2000 | DCP | 153 min. | Spanish with English subtitles Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu Cast: Emilio Echevarria, Gael Garcia Bernal, Goya Toledo Before he wowed moviegoers with Hollywood productions like Birdman and The Revenant, Alejandro González Iñárritu made his feature debut with this highly acclaimed triptych of stories all linked by a disastrous car crash. As the tales unfold, cruelty, chaos, and compassion are revealed. A new 4K restoration will be screened, presented with the support of Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies at UW-Madison (UWLACIS). Vilas Hall. 7 p.m. Cost: Free. Information: 262-3627, breiser@wisc.edu]]> Vilas Hall]]> 43.07264502572392,-89.39986377177232 Thu Jul 09 19:00:00 -0500 2026 https://cinema.wisc.edu/summer-at-the-cinematheque/ Free 608-262-3627 breiser@wisc.edu film Cinematheque 222128 After Dark, My Sweet | 1990 | 35mm | 114 mins. Director: James Foley Cast: Jason Patric, Rachel Ward, Bruce Dern In this sun-baked neo-noir, a former boxer/escapee from a mental hospital (Patric) hooks up with a lonely widow (Ward) and a ne’er-do-well ex-cop (Dern) to hatch a kidnapping plot that goes wrong from the start. Filled with a cavalcade of noir archetypes that are then subverted, After Dark, My Sweet is, along with Sam Peckinpah’s The Getaway and Stephen Frears’s The Grifters, among the best adaptations of Jim Thompson novels. Vilas Hall. 7 p.m. Cost: Free. Information: 262-3627, breiser@wisc.edu]]> Vilas Hall]]> 43.07264502572392,-89.39986377177232 Fri Jul 10 19:00:00 -0500 2026 https://cinema.wisc.edu/summer-at-the-cinematheque/ Free 608-262-3627 breiser@wisc.edu film Cinematheque 221882 USA | 119 min | R | BluRay | Dir. Wes Anderson Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regular team, he is joined on his boat by Ned (Owen Wilson), a man who believes Zissou to be his father, and Jane (Cate Blanchett), a journalist pregnant by a married man. They travel the sea, all too often running into pirates and, perhaps more traumatically, various figures from Zissou's past, including his estranged wife, Eleanor (Anjelica Huston). (rottentomatoes.com)   Watch the trailer here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh401Rmkq0o&t=18s   Lakeside Cinema is presented by the WUD Film Committee as part of Summer by the Lake programming at the Wisconsin Union.  July’s programming theme is “Under the Lake”.   For information on available assistive content for WUD Film screenings, please visit the Assistive Technology in the Marquee page . Visit our Informed Moviegoing Resources page for links to resources that explore film ratings and content alerts. This event is intended for UW-Madison students, faculty, staff, Wisconsin Union members and their guests. Anyone can become a Wisconsin Union member. Memorial Union. 9-11:05 p.m. Information: film@union.wisc.edu]]> Memorial Union]]> 43.076421006278224,-89.39991444943722 Mon Jul 13 21:00:00 -0500 2026 Mon Jul 13 23:05:00 -0500 2026 https://union.wisc.edu/events-and-activities/event-calendar/event/wud-film-presents-life-aquatic-steve-zissou-2004-open film@union.wisc.edu film Wisconsin Union 222130 The Wild Party | USA | 1929 | DCP | 77 min. Director: Dorothy Arzner Cast: Clara Bow, Fredric March, Jack Oakie The prototypical flapper Bow crackles with rebellious energy as Stella Ames, the ringleader of a clique of hard-partying college women whose carefree antics collide with the strict rules of campus life. When Stella falls for a handsome young professor played by UW-Madison legend and Racine native Fredric March, the story shifts from wild comedy to a romantically-charged thrill ride. Vilas Hall. 7 p.m. Cost: Free. Information: 262-3627, breiser@wisc.edu]]> Vilas Hall]]> 43.07264502572392,-89.39986377177232 Wed Jul 15 19:00:00 -0500 2026 https://cinema.wisc.edu/summer-at-the-cinematheque/ Free 608-262-3627 breiser@wisc.edu film Cinematheque