Absolute Wilson [ABSOL] Directed By: Katharina Otto-Bernstein
(USA, 2006, 105 mins) Other
Saturday, April 14th 11:00am
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
$7.00
Absolute Wilson is a richly provocative and moving portrait of one of the most visionary theater artists of our time. The New York Times has described Robert Wilson as the towering figure of avant-garde theatre. His groundbreaking international theater works push the limits of time and space, forging images of astonishing beauty, nightmarish psychological complexity, stark wit and haunting emotion.
Air Guitar Nation [AIRGU] Directed By: Alexandra Lipsitz
(USA, 2006, 81 mins) Diaspora Melancholy: Asian American
Thursday, April 12th 10:45pm
Stage Door Theatre
$7.00
Saturday, April 14th 5:00pm
Stage Door Theatre
$7.00
Whang! When a couple of guys attending the Air Guitar World Championships realized that no American was participating for this rock crown and subsequently created a U.S. contest, you just know that a movie wasn’t far behind.
Saturday, April 14th 7:45pm
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
$7.00
The complicated electricity that can sizzle, or fizzle, through a platonic friendship is elegantly written into François Dompierre’s first feature. With a terrific screenplay that so effectively captures the push-pull of two people attracted, sort of, to each other, Dompierre directs two talented actors in this impressive debut.
Americanese [AMERI] Directed By: Eric Byler
(USA, 2006, 110 mins) Diaspora Melancholy: Asian American
Saturday, April 14th 5:30pm
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
$7.00
Sunday, April 15th 5:15pm
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
$7.00
Eric Byler’s sophisticated adaptation of Shawn Wong’s highly acclaimed 1995 novel American Knees subtly explores racial politics both in and out of the bedroom. Byler paints a provocative and frank portrait of love, sex, and race in contemporary America.
Saturday, April 14th 1:15pm
Frederic March Play Circle Theatre
$7.00
Sunday, April 15th 3:30pm
Frederic March Play Circle Theatre
$7.00
A elegant picture of art therapy for disabled Bedouin children in Israel. In their culture, these children are regarded as taboo and their parents requested that faces not be revealed.
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wisconsin film festival
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world cinema; experimental, avant-garde, and short films; restorations
and revivals; and new media, in theaters in downtown Madison and on the UW–Madison campus
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