At the Chazen: Cinema in the Shadow of the JFK Assassination
Cast: Warren Beatty, Paula Prentiss, Hume Cronyn
Beatty stars as Joe Frady, a journalist obsessed with the assassination of a Kennedy-esque candidate. His investigation leads him to the mysterious Parallax Corporation, which just might be a recruiting organization for assassins. Along with director Pakula’s All the President’s Men, this is a bonafide Hollywood classic of political paranoia. 35mm print courtesy Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research. Chazen Museum of Art. 2 p.m. Cost: Free. Information: 262-3627, ben.reiser@wisc.edu
‘Dragonfly Eyes’ film screening
Dragonfly Eyes, the first full-length cinematic feature by XU Bing, followed by a Q&A with the artist. The film stitches together surveillance footage collected from the Internet to create a fictional tale about a young woman traversing life in modern China.
This event is free and open to the public.
Visit https://eastasia.wisc.edu/2023-chinese-literature-and-the-global-south/ for more details! Auditorium, Chazen Museum of Art. 5-7 p.m. Information: jprey@chazen.wisc.edu
Sunday Cinematheque at the Chazen: The Last Dragon
Chazen Auditorium
THE LAST DRAGON
1985 | 35mm | 109 min
To keep Laura safe, Leroy faces a showdown with Sho’nuff (Julius Carry III), The Shogun of Harlem. Produced by Berry Gordy, this light and funny action-romance has a Motown soundtrack featuring Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, and Debarge, performing Rhythm of the Night. “The Last Dragon is first and foremost a romantic comedy, and a very sweet one at that, and that's why its martial-arts combat scenes work so well. Auditorium, Chazen Museum of Art. 2 p.m. Information: jprey@chazen.wisc.edu
Sunday Cinematheque at the Chazen: Livin’ Large!
Chazen Auditorium
LIVIN’ LARGE!
1991 | 35mm | 96 min
Delivery man Dexter Jackson’s (Carson) dream is to be a television news anchor, a gig he spends every moment practicing for. His big break comes during an active hostage situation where his heroic efforts earn him the respect of his community and a cushy reporting gig as the only Black newsman at a local network. Soon enough, though, he’s pushed by a craven, ratings-hungry producer to deliver sleazy exposés on his friends & neighbors. Auditorium, Chazen Museum of Art. 2-3:45 p.m. Information: jprey@chazen.wisc.edu
Sunday Cinematheque at the Chazen: Car Wash
Chazen Auditorium
CAR WASH
1976 | 35mm | 97 min
Director: Michael Schultz
The Grammy-winning pop soundtrack features Rose Royce’s chart-topping title song, of course, and the talented cast also includes Antonio Fargas, Melanie Mayron, Jaws’s Lorraine Gary, Garrett Morris, Clarence Muse, The Pointer Sisters, Ivan Dixon, Bill Duke, Brooke Adams, and Danny DeVito. A multi-character laugh riot with moments of poignancy in the tradition of American Graffiti. Auditorium, Chazen Museum of Art. 2 p.m. Information: jprey@chazen.wisc.edu
Sunday Cinematheque at the Chazen: Remembering Paolo Gioli
Chazen Auditorium
Remembering Paolo Gioli
Italy | 16mm | 76 min
Paolo Gioli occupies a unique spot in the history of Italian cinema. Gioli's films explore the mechanical, chemical, and perceptual elements of the cinema that are essential to the cinematic experience as we have known it. This selection of Gioli’s short films, curated and presented by UW Madison Professor of Italian Patrick Rumble, offers examples of the filmmaker’s playfully archeological attitude toward the medium. Auditorium, Chazen Museum of Art. 2 p.m. Information: jprey@chazen.wisc.edu
Sunday Cinematheque at the Chazen: From Beyond
FROM BEYOND
USA | 1986 | 35mm | 85 min.
Director: Stuart Gordon
Cast: Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Ken Foree
Hot on the heels of his cult favorite debut feature, Re-Animator, Gordon teamed again with screenwriter Dennis Paoli and actors Combs & Crampton for another equally dazzling and gory adaptation of an H.P. Lovecraft story. The plot revolves around sinister experiments to stimulate the pineal gland in humans, awakening a “third eye” that turns the test subjects into raving maniacs! Auditorium, Chazen Museum of Art. 2-3:45 p.m. Information: jprey@chazen.wisc.edu
Sunday Cinematheque at the Chazen: Dagon
DAGON
Spain | 2001 | 35mm | 98 min.
Director: Stuart Gordon
Washed ashore in a small coastal village after a boating accident, Paul (Godden) and his girlfriend Barbara (Meroño) uncover a frightening community of half-human/half-fish creatures who target the couple for a ritual sacrifice to Dagon, God of the Sea. After Re-Animator, From Beyond, and Castle Freak, director Gordon and screenwriter Dennis Paoli return to adapting H.P. Lovecraft in this clever and suspenseful monster movie. Auditorium, Chazen Museum of Art. 2-3:45 p.m. Information: jprey@chazen.wisc.edu
Sunday Cinematheque at the Chazen: The Pit and the Pendulum
THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM
USA | 1991 | 35mm | 97 min.
Director: Stuart Gordon
Cast: Lance Henriksen, Oliver Reed, Mark Margolis
In this violent and visually striking variation on Edgar Allan Poe’s story, set in 1492, Torquemada (Henriksen), Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition, is tormented by his attraction to a baker’s wife accused of being a witch. “Strong, well-researched script (by Dennis Paoli) owes little to Poe, but is vividly realized by Gordon. Auditorium, Chazen Museum of Art. 2-3:45 p.m. Information: jprey@chazen.wisc.edu
Sunday Cinematheque at the Chazen: Stuck
STUCK
USA | 2008 | 35mm | 85 min.
Director: Stuart Gordon
Cast: Stephen Rea, Mena Suvari, Russell Hornsby
A monstrously self-absorbed driver (Suvari) hits an unemployed white collar worker (Rea), then heads home and parks the car in her garage while she figures out the most effective way to finish off her victim, who remains stuck in the car’s windshield! Gordon’s final theatrical feature, which finds the veteran director in peak creative form and employing his blend of shocks and satire. Auditorium, Chazen Museum of Art. 2-3:45 p.m. Information: jprey@chazen.wisc.edu