UW Cinematheque + WCFTR

The Cinematheque represents UW-Madison academic departments and student film groups and is dedicated to showcasing the best in international cinema history and fine films which would otherwise never reach Madison screens. As the screening facility of the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research (WCFTR) and a member of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF), the Cinematheque regularly showcases archival and other rare prints from around the world.

Upcoming Screenings

Recent Blog Posts

  • Honoring David Bordwell, game-changing film historian and leader for the WCFTR

    By Eric Hoyt At the WCFTR, we are grieving the loss of one of our leaders and dear friends. David Bordwell, emeritus professor of Film, passed away last week at his home in Madison, Wisconsin. …

  • Celebrating Valentine’s Day All Month Long with Wendy Clarke’s Love Tapes

    Ashton Leach The snow outside is melting and hearts are growing warmer as Valentine’s Day quickly approaches. The Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research is overjoyed to join in the love-filled season by sharing …

  • Ink Stained Hollywood recognized by the Theatre Library Association

    Ben Pettis Everyone here at the WCFTR is incredibly excited to learn that our very own Eric Hoyt has been recognized with an exciting award from the Theatre Library Association (TLA). His most recent book, Ink-Stained …

  • WCFTR, now on laserdisc!

    Matt St. John The audiovisual holdings at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research span numerous formats and sizes, from 16mm film prints to 2-inch videotapes, and we recently welcomed laserdiscs into the fold! …

  • Cover of Doron Galili's book "Seeing by Electricity"

    File under Telectroscope: Archives of Media in the Making

    The Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research was honored to co-sponsor of the Radio Preservation Task Force Conference, held at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. from April 27-30, 2023. One of the WCFTR’s co-sponsored sessions was a discussion with Dr. Doron Galili (a Research Fellow in the Department of Media Studies at Stockholm University) about his book Seeing by Electricity: The Emergence of Television, 1878–1939 (Duke University Press, 2020). The discussion was moderated by Dr. Michele Hilmes, emeritus professor in the Communication Arts Department and a former director of the WCFTR, and also featured Dr. Susan Murray (BA, UW-Madison) and Dr. Philip Sewell (PhD, UW-Madison). We invited Dr. Galili to contribute to the WCFTR blog and expand on some of the reflections he shared at the conference about archives and broadcasting history.

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