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Film

Oct 1
Fri
WUD Film Committee Movie
“Michael Moore Fahrenheit 9/11.” One of the most controversial films of the year, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore’s searing examination of the Bush administration’s actions in the wake of the tragic events of 9/11. Oct. 1-3 Friday 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m. and midnight. Saturday and Sunday 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Fredric March Play Circle, Memorial Union. Cost: $3.75-4.50. Information: 262-1143, lamueller2@wisc.edu.
Cinematheque
“Dragnet Girl.” (Ozu, Japan, 1933) A typist by day and a Dietrich-style vamp by night, Tokiko resorts to desperate measures to keep her man, a one-time champion boxer turned small-time gang leader. Ozus highly stylized film cleverly reworks the conventions of the Hollywood gangster genre. 4070 Vilas, 7:30 p.m. Information: 262-3627, tsyoshikami@wisc.edu.
Grupo Lusofilme
“O homem que copiava.” “The Man Who Copied.” In Portuguese with English subtitles. Andre (La?zaro Ramos) is a photocopier operator. He is in love with Sa*lvia and needs money to buy her a present. He devises several schemes to get ahold of the money and puts the photocopier to alternative uses. 104 Van Hise, 7:30 p.m. Information: 262-3882, tguzmangonza@wisc.edu.
Cinematheque
“Passing Fancy.” (Ozu, Japan, 1933) A dim-witted day laborer struggles, with the help of a friend, to raise his rambunctious and spirited young son. Both men end up involved with the same woman, whose rejection of the father leads him to a violent quarrel with his son. A heartwarming comedy. 4070 Vilas, 9:20 p.m. Information: 262-3627, tsyoshikami@wisc.edu.
Oct 2
Sat
Cinematheque
“The Fourth Man.” (Verhoeven, Netherlands, 1983) A controversial writer on the skids finds romance with a wealthy woman who has an alarming string of deceased husbands. Verhoeven’s last Dutch film is a dark and perverse erotic thriller that deliciously tweaks the genres psychological pretensions. 4070 Vilas, 7:30 p.m. Information: 262-3627, tsyoshikami@wisc.edu.
Oct 3
Sun
Cinematheque
“An Inn in Tokyo.” (Ozu, Japan, 1935) Kihachi, a down-and-out widower, travels with his two sons looking for work in Depression-era Tokyo. When the daughter of a kind woman they meet falls ill, he contemplates theft to save her life. The film is often compared to the neorealist classic “Bicycle Thieves.” 4070 Vilas, 7:30 p.m. Information: 262-3627, tsyoshikami@wisc.edu.
Oct 4
Mon
Lakeside Cinema
“Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.” Classic films for fans of all ages. 16mm. Der Rathskeller, Memorial Union, 7:30 p.m. Information: 262-6333, film@union.wisc.edu.
Oct 6
Wed
CNN Documentary Screening
A documentary following four first-year Teach For America teachers through their first semester teaching. Teach For America places college graduates into low-income public schools for a two-year teaching committment. Free popcorn. TITU Memorial Union, 7:30 p.m. Information: 334-3865, jsgiffin@wisc.edu.
Real to Reel Cinema
“Murder on a Sunday Morning.” When an innocent African-American high school student is arrested and tried for murder, his dedicated defense attorney exposes the abuses and prejudices of the local police department. Winner, 2002 Best Documentary Oscar. 109 Union South, 8 p.m. Information: 262-1143, tjgerdes@wisc.edu.
Oct 7
Thu
International Cinema
“Late Marriage.” Zaza is a bachelor, whose Georgian Jewish family wants him to marry a young, beautiful and preferably rich virgin. But Zaza is already in love with Judith, a divorcee with a 6-year-old daughter. Zaza has to choose between respecting the strict confines of family tradition and the love of his life. Frederic March Play Circle, 7:30 p.m.
Starlight Cinema
“D.I.Y. Zine Videos.” Filmmaker Kara Herold examines the girly Zine revolution and culture in such a way that the film intellectually and stylistically addresses anyone’s question concerning whether or not feminism has reached its third wave: the postmodern. Fredric March Play Circle, Memorial Union, 10 p.m.
Oct 8
Fri
Before Sunrise
“Before Sunrise” will be shown instead of “Napolean Dynamite.” Play Circle Theater, Memorial Union, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Information: 262-1143.
Cinematheque
“The Golem.” (Wegener, Germany, 1920) A Talmudic rabbi creates the Golem, a giant, seemingly indestructible warrior to protect the safety of his people. When the rabbi?€™s assistant takes control of the Golem for selfish gain, the monster runs rampant. Live piano accompaniment. 4070 Vilas, 7:30 p.m. Information: 262-3627, tsyoshikami@wisc.edu.
Oct 9
Sat
Midnight Movies
“Dazed and Confused.” Main Lounge, Union South, midnight. Information: 262-1143, film@union.wisc.edu.
Before Sunrise
“Before Sunrise” will be shown instead of “Napolean Dynamite.” Play Circle Theater, Memorial Union, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Information: 262-1143.
Cinematheque
“Contemporary Iranian Animation.” Produced by Iran?€™s Center for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults, these shorts are humorous, graceful, thoughtful, and sometimes silly. They use techniques from hand painting and silhouettes to claymation and knitting. 4070 Vilas, 7:30 p.m. Information: 262-3627, tsyoshikami@wisc.edu.
Oct 10
Sun
Before Sunrise
“Before Sunrise” will be shown instead of “Napolean Dynamite.” Play Circle Theater, Memorial Union, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Information: 262-1143.
Cinematheque
“The Rose Garden.” (Rademakers, Germany/Netherlands, 1989) A Holocaust survivor is put on trial for attacking an elderly man. What seems to be an open-and-shut case is complicated when it is revealed that the ?€œvictim?€? was a commanding officer at the concentration camp where the sister of his attacker died. 4070 Vilas, 7:30 p.m. Information: 262-3627, tsyoshikami@wisc.edu.
Oct 11
Mon
45th Annual Travel Film Series
“The Real World of New Zealand with Rick Howard.” Wisconsin Union Theater, 7:30 p.m. Cost: $10 general public and Union members; $5 UW Madison students. Information: 262-3907, edinur@wisc.edu.
Lakeside Cinema
“White Heat.” Classic films for fans of all ages. 16mm. Der Rathskeller, Memorial Union, 7:30 p.m. Information: 262-6333, film@union.wisc.edu.
Oct 12
Tue
Social Justice Film Series
“We Interrupt This Empire.” A collaborative work by the Bay area’s independent video activists that documents the direct actions which shut down the financial district of San Francisco in the weeks following the United States’ invasion of Iraq. 2211 Law School, 7 p.m. Information: gena@wisc.edu.
45th Annual Travel Film Series
“The Real World of New Zealand with Rick Howard.” Wisconsin Union Theater, 7:30 p.m. Cost: $10 general public and Union members; $5 UW Madison students. Information: 262-3907, edinur@wisc.edu.
Russian Film Festival
“Prisoner of the Caucasus.” In Russian with subtitles. Anti-war film based on Leo Tolstoy’s story. 1641 Mosse Humanities, 8 p.m.
Oct 13
Wed
45th Annual Travel Film Series
“The Real World of New Zealand with Rick Howard.” Wisconsin Union Theater, 7:30 p.m. Cost: $10 general public and Union members; $5 UW Madison students. Information: 262-3907, edinur@wisc.edu.
Real to Reel Cinema
“OT: Our Town.” Dominguez High School in Compton, Calif., has not produced a play in over 20 years. With no money and no stage, two teachers and 24 students attempt to produce Thornton Wilder’s Our Town. 109 Union South, 8 p.m. Information: 262-1143, tjgerdes@wisc.edu.
Oct 14
Thu
International Cinema
“Ju Dou.” A woman conceives a boy with her husband’s nephew but is forced to raise her son as her husband’s heir without revealing his parentage. This tale of romantic and familial love in the face of unbreakable tradition is more universal than its setting. Frederic March Play Circle, 7:30 p.m.
Starlight Cinema
“Hand Held: The First Person Cinema of Marie Menken.” From the underground to the revolutionary, unusual and art cinema. 35mm, 16mm, video. Fredric March Play Circle, Memorial Union, 10 p.m. Information: 262-6333, film@union.wisc.edu.
Oct 15
Fri
Memorial Union Movies
“Spiderman 2.” Play Circle Theater, Memorial Union, 7 p.m. Cost: $3.75 UW students.
Cinematheque
“The Only Son.” (Ozu, Japan, 1936) The theme of parental disillusionment is central to this story about a mother who forsakes retirement to pay for her gifted son?€™s education but is disappointed when he becomes a night-school teacher. Ozu?€™s first complete talkie is an emotionally wrenching experience. 4070 Vilas, 7:30 p.m. Information: 262-3627, tsyoshikami@wisc.edu.
Cinematheque
“What Did the Lady Forget?” (Ozu, Japan, 1937) After “The Only Son,” Shochiku (Ozu?€™s longtime studio) demanded that he make something lighter, Ozu responded by mocking the foibles of the Japanese bourgeois in this biting Lubitschesque comedy about a henpecked husband who rebels against his overbearing wife. 4070 Vilas, 9 p.m. Information: 262-3627, tsyoshikami@wisc.edu.
Memorial Union Movies
“Spiderman 2.” Play Circle Theater, Memorial Union, 9:30 p.m. Cost: $3.75 UW students.
Memorial Union Movies
“Spiderman 2.” Play Circle Theater, Memorial Union, Midnight. Cost: $3.75 UW students.