Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research

Get in loser, we’re filling the hill 💅🦩 Fill the Hill is officially on, and supporting Comm Arts students is “so fetch!” Join us for the next 24 hours to show your support by giving at go.wisc.edu/cafth25 @WisAlumni #commarts #flocktober #fetch

🎞️ From Wisconsin to the world: @WCFTR at @UWMadison is a global hub for Hollywood history and storytelling. I visited with my family this summer — what an incredible resource! news.wisc.edu/a-global-hub-f…

@uwchancellor @UWMadison Thanks for visiting! We look forward to hosting you and your family again soon!

Please read the article, use our collections, and make a donation to support our work if you can! secure.supportuw.org/give/?id=a1J5f…

Check out the profile of the WCFTR published on the @UWMadison bews site today. The article shares insights into our past and shares our recent successes, challenges, and fundraising efforts as we adapt to federal funding cuts. news.wisc.edu/a-global-hub-f…

We are aware of issues that users are experiencing when attempting to access many of our websites, including the @mediahistorydl. We are investigating the root cause and will provide further updates as we learn more. We apologize for the inconvenience.

The documentary is now streaming on Netflix. Be sure to give it a watch! netflix.com/title/82048609

ICYMI: There's a new documentary about legendary television host Ed Sullivan and his contributions to the Civil Rights Movement. It uses materials from the WCFTR's collections to tell this important piece of entertainment history.

There are over 1,000 tapes in the @wcftr project, Love, Links, Archives, but only six earned the title of “favorite clip” from each WCFTR team member. Watch the clips that made this team laugh, cry, and smile the most across this vast collection: go.wisc.edu/64kn2f

Comm Arts and @WCFTR were honored to welcome Chancellor Mnookin and her family to Vilas Hall yesterday for an archival show-and-tell and tour of our film scanner, video transfer space, and film cleaner. We want to thank them for taking the time to stop by!

On our blog, Matt St. John discusses Film Programmer/Curator Amos Vogel and our tribute to his Cinema 16 Film Society. See the collection of shorts from @wcftr on Sun, April 27, 2 p.m., @ChazenArtUW, 750 University Ave. Admission is free! cinema.wisc.edu/events/a-cinem…

Samira Makhmalbaf's THE APPLE. #35mm print from @wcftr, Sun, 3/9, 2pm @ChazenArtUW, 750 University Ave. Free admission! cinema.wisc.edu/calendar/

TWILIGHT ZONE and NIGHT GALLERY creator Rod Serling donated a sizable archive to @UWMadison, including revelatory stories, speeches and letters. Click here to listen to a fascinating recording of Serling dictating a TV script in his inimitable voice: onwisconsin.uwalumni.com/entering-the-t…

6pm tonight (Fri, 2/14), James Earl Jones & Diana Sands in ep. of "East Side/West Side," a restoration collab of @UCLAFTVArchive & @wcftr + Jones & Diahann Carroll in CLAUDINE. 4070 Vilas, 821 University Ave. Free admission! cinema.wisc.edu/events/east-si… + cinema.wisc.edu/events/claudin…

#UWMadison’s research enterprise is at the heart of the Wisconsin Idea, our commitment to innovating for the public good and doing work that makes a difference for Wisconsin and the world. news.wisc.edu/a-threat-to-re…

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Read more about LAFCADIO (1948, Jean Béranger), a lost film found at the WCFTR (and watch a short excerpt!) in this blog post from WCFTR Fellow @zzahos: wcftr.commarts.wisc.edu/index.php/2025… #lostFilm #archives #cinemaHistory #frenchFilm #avantGarde

For now, though, you can watch the opening few minutes of LAFCADIO on the WCFTR blog: wcftr.commarts.wisc.edu/index.php/2025…

We are working to determine the copyright status of Béranger's films, in order to facilitate their wider access in the near future. Stay tuned for more updates!