UWM Union Theatre
10th Annual Festival of Films in French
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CIE/French_Film_Festival/about.shtml
7pm ** FREE **
Paris Qui Dort (Paris is Sleeping, dir. René Clair, 1923)
Menilmontant (dir. Dimitry Kirsanov, 1924)
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Tuesday, February 13
UWM Union Theatre
Experimental Tuesdays at the Union Theatre
10th Annual Festival of Films in French
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CIE/French_Film_Festival/about.shtml
7pm ** FREE **
Schuss!
(dir. Nicolas Rey, 2005)
A visually striking and entertaining filmic expedition in material history, Schuss! offers a tantalizing and revealingly digressive slalom around the efflorescence of late 19th century capitalism. Has it all been downhill since? The film commences as a documentary on ski resorts, the German title refers to a downhill run on skis, fast, straight, and unchecked, but almost immediately pursues other tracks such parallel manifestations of the late 1800's as the sports/leisure complex, the development of the aluminum industry, and the history of cinema. In his re-collection of such otherwise dispersed histories, his project is to "question habits of thought - my own first of all." Rey's foray here prompts comparisons to the mode of cultural anthropology, but his approach is also decidedly filmic in its archaeology. The co-founder of the artist-run film lab L'Abominable, Rey processes his film stock in a manner resonate with his subject, the color footage generated here using filtration processes that date back to 1908. "...a delightfully confounding work that reinvigorates the experience of film-viewing....For Rey, the alchemic possibilities of the film lab are an integral part of the creative process, and make Schuss! as compelling visually as it is thematically." Chris Gehman & Andrea Picard, Wavelengths
Experimental Tuesdays at the Union Theatre
10th Annual Festival of Films in French
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CIE/French_Film_Festival/about.shtml
7pm ** FREE **
Schuss!
(dir. Nicolas Rey, 2005)
A visually striking and entertaining filmic expedition in material history, Schuss! offers a tantalizing and revealingly digressive slalom around the efflorescence of late 19th century capitalism. Has it all been downhill since? The film commences as a documentary on ski resorts, the German title refers to a downhill run on skis, fast, straight, and unchecked, but almost immediately pursues other tracks such parallel manifestations of the late 1800's as the sports/leisure complex, the development of the aluminum industry, and the history of cinema. In his re-collection of such otherwise dispersed histories, his project is to "question habits of thought - my own first of all." Rey's foray here prompts comparisons to the mode of cultural anthropology, but his approach is also decidedly filmic in its archaeology. The co-founder of the artist-run film lab L'Abominable, Rey processes his film stock in a manner resonate with his subject, the color footage generated here using filtration processes that date back to 1908. "...a delightfully confounding work that reinvigorates the experience of film-viewing....For Rey, the alchemic possibilities of the film lab are an integral part of the creative process, and make Schuss! as compelling visually as it is thematically." Chris Gehman & Andrea Picard, Wavelengths
Wednesday, February 14
Happy Valentine’s Day!
UWM Union Theatre
10th Annual Festival of Films in French
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CIE/French_Film_Festival/about.shtml
7pm ** FREE **
La Grande Vadrouilee
(Don’t Look Now, We’re Being Shot At, dir. Gérard Oury, 1966)
UWM Union Theatre
10th Annual Festival of Films in French
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CIE/French_Film_Festival/about.shtml
7pm ** FREE **
La Grande Vadrouilee
(Don’t Look Now, We’re Being Shot At, dir. Gérard Oury, 1966)
Thursday, February 15
UWM Union Theatre
10th Annual Festival of Films in French
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CIE/French_Film_Festival/about.shtml
7pm ** FREE **
Le Million (dir. René Clair, 1931)
9pm ** FREE **
Tanguy (dir. Étienne Chatillez, 2001)
10th Annual Festival of Films in French
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CIE/French_Film_Festival/about.shtml
7pm ** FREE **
Le Million (dir. René Clair, 1931)
9pm ** FREE **
Tanguy (dir. Étienne Chatillez, 2001)
Friday, February 16
Meet Documentary Photographer Wing Young Huie
2 pm ** FREE **
CURTIN 175
Wing Young Huie presents his work
and his goals for his Spring Residency at UWM
Internationally recognized for his documentary photography, Wing Young Huie is the 2006-2007 recipient of the Center of Age and Community Residency in Applied Arts, sponsored by the Helen Bader Foundation and the Brookdale Foundation.
The Residency in Applied Arts link creative artists to the rapidly growing field of elder care. The residency supports projects designed to address the quality of life of people with dementia and raise public awareness about their capacities.
Huie has more than 30 years of experience, photographing thousands of people from a variety of ethnic, cultural, spiritual and socioeconomic backgrounds. He is well known for his project "Lake Street USA," which documented 15 neighborhoods in Minneapolis over the course of four years. The culmination of "Lake Street USA" was a six-mile communal gallery of 675 photographs.
For more on Wing Young Huie see www.wingyounghuie.com
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Basement Cinema
Mitchell Hall - Room B91 ** FREE **
http://basementcinema.wordpress.com/
7pm
Black Caesar
(dir. Larry Cohen, 1973, 87 minutes)
Former pro-footballer and all around badass Fred Williamsons plays Tommy Gibbs, a tough shoeshine boy from the ghettos. Angry with society and aching for power Tommy is sick of being pushed around by racists on both sides of the law. After completing a hit on a Mob contract Tommy gains the attention of the Mafia and sets off full blown gang war. Shot on the gritty streets of New York City and set to a scorching soundtrack by James Brown, Black Caesar reigns as the godfather of blaction films. If you don’t believe it, than just wait until Gibbs smears shoe polish across a bigot’s face and beats the white crap out of the guy while demand that he sings “Mammy.”
9pm
Hell Up in Harlem
(dir. Larry Cohen, 1973, 94 minutes)
Sequel to Black Caesar.
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UWM Union Theatre
10th Annual Festival of Films in French
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CIE/French_Film_Festival/about.shtml
7pm
Quand la Mer Monte
(When the Sea Rises, dir. Yoland Moreau and Gilles Portes, 2004)
Winner of the Cesar Award in France 2005, Best 1st film at Prix Louis Delluc 2004.
A first film written and directed by Yolande Moreau and Gilles Portes. Yolande Moreau plays ‘Irene,’ a comedian who travels along the Belgian-French border performing her one-woman show to audiences in school auditoriums and retirement homes. Feeling somewhat lost and lonely for her family, she finds friendship in ‘Dries’ played by Gilles Portes, a timid yet charming float designer, who follows her from town to town. “Approaches the eloquence of Fellini’s Strada.” Stephen Holden, New York Times.
9pm ** FREE **
Petite 2 (dir. Viviane Vagh, 2005)
La Petite Jerusalem (dir. Karin Albou, 2004)
2 pm ** FREE **
CURTIN 175
Wing Young Huie presents his work
and his goals for his Spring Residency at UWM
Internationally recognized for his documentary photography, Wing Young Huie is the 2006-2007 recipient of the Center of Age and Community Residency in Applied Arts, sponsored by the Helen Bader Foundation and the Brookdale Foundation.The Residency in Applied Arts link creative artists to the rapidly growing field of elder care. The residency supports projects designed to address the quality of life of people with dementia and raise public awareness about their capacities.
Huie has more than 30 years of experience, photographing thousands of people from a variety of ethnic, cultural, spiritual and socioeconomic backgrounds. He is well known for his project "Lake Street USA," which documented 15 neighborhoods in Minneapolis over the course of four years. The culmination of "Lake Street USA" was a six-mile communal gallery of 675 photographs.
For more on Wing Young Huie see www.wingyounghuie.com
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Basement Cinema
Mitchell Hall - Room B91 ** FREE **
http://basementcinema.wordpress.com/
7pm
Black Caesar
(dir. Larry Cohen, 1973, 87 minutes)
Former pro-footballer and all around badass Fred Williamsons plays Tommy Gibbs, a tough shoeshine boy from the ghettos. Angry with society and aching for power Tommy is sick of being pushed around by racists on both sides of the law. After completing a hit on a Mob contract Tommy gains the attention of the Mafia and sets off full blown gang war. Shot on the gritty streets of New York City and set to a scorching soundtrack by James Brown, Black Caesar reigns as the godfather of blaction films. If you don’t believe it, than just wait until Gibbs smears shoe polish across a bigot’s face and beats the white crap out of the guy while demand that he sings “Mammy.”9pm
Hell Up in Harlem
(dir. Larry Cohen, 1973, 94 minutes)
Sequel to Black Caesar.
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UWM Union Theatre
10th Annual Festival of Films in French
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CIE/French_Film_Festival/about.shtml
7pm
Quand la Mer Monte
(When the Sea Rises, dir. Yoland Moreau and Gilles Portes, 2004)
Winner of the Cesar Award in France 2005, Best 1st film at Prix Louis Delluc 2004.
A first film written and directed by Yolande Moreau and Gilles Portes. Yolande Moreau plays ‘Irene,’ a comedian who travels along the Belgian-French border performing her one-woman show to audiences in school auditoriums and retirement homes. Feeling somewhat lost and lonely for her family, she finds friendship in ‘Dries’ played by Gilles Portes, a timid yet charming float designer, who follows her from town to town. “Approaches the eloquence of Fellini’s Strada.” Stephen Holden, New York Times.
9pm ** FREE **
Petite 2 (dir. Viviane Vagh, 2005)
La Petite Jerusalem (dir. Karin Albou, 2004)
Saturday, February 17
UWM Union Theatre
10th Annual Festival of Films in French
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CIE/French_Film_Festival/about.shtml
2pm ** FREE **
La Grande Vadrouilee
(Don’t Look Now, We’re Being Shot At, dir. Gérard Oury, 1966)
5pm ** FREE **
Petite 3 (dir. Viviane Vagh, 2005)
Le Chignon D’Olga (Olga’s Chignon, dir. Jérôme Bonnel, 2002)
Winner of the 2003 FIPRESCI Prize at the Chicago International Film Festival
7pm
La Femme de Gilles (dir. Frédéric Fonteyne, 2004)
A novel by Madeleine Bourdouxhe is transformed into the compelling story of a woman, stunningly performed by Emmanuelle Devos, who at times feels like nothing more than Gilles’ wife. Set in 1930’s in a small mining town of northern France, this silent and devoted wife struggles with the realization that her husband is sleeping with her own sister. The emotional intensity is carried by the facial expressions and superb cinematography. “Best Actress” at Mar del Plata film festival; Golden Tulip, Istanbul International Film Festival (2005)
9pm
Petite 4 (dir. Viviane Vagh, 2005)
Quand la Mer Monte
(When the Sea Rises, dir. Yoland Moreau and Gilles Portes, 2004)
NEW POSTING!
Performance Night this Saturday
Including the Film Department's very own Sarah Buccheri
Darling Hall - 601 S 6th St @ 9:30pm
Performance Night is a regular show at Darling Hall showcasing performance art of all shapes and sizes. Come and see: Serious! Funny! Bizarre! Nude! (sometimes)
10th Annual Festival of Films in French
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CIE/French_Film_Festival/about.shtml
2pm ** FREE **
La Grande Vadrouilee
(Don’t Look Now, We’re Being Shot At, dir. Gérard Oury, 1966)
5pm ** FREE **
Petite 3 (dir. Viviane Vagh, 2005)
Le Chignon D’Olga (Olga’s Chignon, dir. Jérôme Bonnel, 2002)
Winner of the 2003 FIPRESCI Prize at the Chicago International Film Festival
7pm
La Femme de Gilles (dir. Frédéric Fonteyne, 2004)
A novel by Madeleine Bourdouxhe is transformed into the compelling story of a woman, stunningly performed by Emmanuelle Devos, who at times feels like nothing more than Gilles’ wife. Set in 1930’s in a small mining town of northern France, this silent and devoted wife struggles with the realization that her husband is sleeping with her own sister. The emotional intensity is carried by the facial expressions and superb cinematography. “Best Actress” at Mar del Plata film festival; Golden Tulip, Istanbul International Film Festival (2005) 9pm
Petite 4 (dir. Viviane Vagh, 2005)
Quand la Mer Monte
(When the Sea Rises, dir. Yoland Moreau and Gilles Portes, 2004)
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NEW POSTING!
Performance Night this Saturday
Including the Film Department's very own Sarah Buccheri
Darling Hall - 601 S 6th St @ 9:30pm
Performance Night is a regular show at Darling Hall showcasing performance art of all shapes and sizes. Come and see: Serious! Funny! Bizarre! Nude! (sometimes)
Sunday, February 18
UWM Union Theatre
10th Annual Festival of Films in French
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CIE/French_Film_Festival/about.shtml
1pm ** FREE **
Le Million (dir. René Clair, 1931)
3pm ** FREE **
Le Chignon D’Olga (Olga’s Chignon, dir. Jérôme Bonnel, 2002)
5pm
La Femme de Gilles (dir. Frédéric Fonteyne, 2004)
7pm ** FREE **
La Petite Jerusalem (dir. Karin Albou, 2004)
10th Annual Festival of Films in French
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CIE/French_Film_Festival/about.shtml
1pm ** FREE **
Le Million (dir. René Clair, 1931)
3pm ** FREE **
Le Chignon D’Olga (Olga’s Chignon, dir. Jérôme Bonnel, 2002)
5pm
La Femme de Gilles (dir. Frédéric Fonteyne, 2004)
7pm ** FREE **
La Petite Jerusalem (dir. Karin Albou, 2004)
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