Spring Cinematheque Schedule Taking Shape and Other Cinematic Ramblings

I noticed recently that The Innkeepers will be playing at the UW Cinematheque next semester on 17 February. Looks like we have some good scares to look forward to.



The following month on the 31st Cinematheque will screen François Truffaut's The Soft Skin.





And then on 28 April the Cinematheque will usher in spring with The Makioka Sisters by Ken Ichikawa.



Hopefully Beyond the Black Rainbow will make its way here next year as well. It sounds like a real mindfuck kind of flick – check out the synopsis from the Tribeca guide:

Panos Cosmatos brings a bold, Kubrickian vision to the screen in stunning detail in this sci-fi fable of a young woman imprisoned in an experimental laboratory and the enigmatic scientist who is her captor. Set in a futuristic 1983, Elena finds herself held against her will in a mysterious facility under the watchful eye of the sinister Dr. Barry Nyle. Pushed to her limits, Elena is left with no choice but to navigate an escape from her labyrinthine prison, in the process revealing its hidden secrets.

Notice the shot here in the trailer of the tunnel. Makes me think Cosmatos is a Tarkovsky fan as well.



A couple film festivals start soon at the UW. First comes the 1st Annual Reel Love LGBT Film Festival. It begins tomorrow night and here's the full schedule:

Thursday, November 10
7:00 pm: We Were Here (USA, 2011, 90 min., digital, dir. David Weissman)

Friday, November 11
4:30 pm: Paris is Burning (USA, 1990, 78 min., digital, dir. Jennie Livingston)
7:00 pm: Tomboy (France, 2011, 84 min., digital, dir. Céline Sciamma)
9:30pm: The Birdcage (USA, 1996, 118 min., digital, dir. Mike Nichols)
11:59 pm: Pink Flamingos (USA, 1972, 92 min., digital, dir. John Waters)
Midnight: Dance at DMF. Plan B’s Video DJ Amos Smith performs for free at the Sett in Union South

Saturday, November 12
4:30 pm: For the Bible Tells Me So (USA, 2007, 100 min., 35mm, dir. Dan Karslake)
7:00 pm: Bloomington (USA, 2010, 83 min., digital, dir. Fernanda Cardoso)
9:30pm: 3 (Drei) (Germany, 2010, 120 min., digital, dir. Tom Tykwer)
11:59 pm: Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same (USA, 2011, 75 min., digital, dir. Madeleine Olnek)

Sunday, November 13
4:30 pm: Were the World Mine (USA, 2008, 95 min., digital, dir. Tom Gustafson)
7:00 pm: Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride (Canada, 2009, 85 min., digital, dir. Bob Christie)

Good to see that Tom Tykwer's Drei will be screened. I like Tykwer but it's pretty far removed from the stuff that earned him his reputation.

And then on the 19th is the Celtic Film Festival.

Saturday, November 19
1:00 pm Cornish shorts (52 minutes)
Y Fargen (10 minutes)
3:00 pm The Runway (95 minutes)
5:00 pm Parked (94 minutes)
7:00 pm Blazing the Trail (86 minutes)
Followed by Q & A
9:30 pm NEDS (124 minutes)

Sunday, November 20
1:00 pm Irish shorts (81 minutes)
3:00 pm Jig (99 minutes)
5:00 pm Kings (88 minutes)
7:00 pm Patagonia (118 minutes)

Sundance has updated their calendar.

Take Shelter opens this Friday.



The Skin I Live In will arrive on the 18th.



Lastly, Werner Herzog's Into the Abyss hits Madison 2 December.