Film

French Film Festival

UWM Union Theater

Friday, Feb. 3
“Les Choristes”
8 p.m.
Free
97 min.
In 1949, just as France is beginning to emerge from the devastation of World War II, a mild-mannered music teacher finds himself ill-prepared for the demands of his new position at a school for juvenile delinquents. Winner of two Césars and two Academy Award nominations.

Saturday, Feb. 4
“10e Chambre-Instants d'audience”
5 p.m.
105 min.
Free
Documentary on the ins and outs of the French judicial system. Granted special permission to film the proceedings, Depardon follows the stories of 12 men and women and their encounters with the law, from drunk-drivers to illegal immigrants.

“Brodeuses”
7 p.m.
88 min.
$4 discount, $5 general
A rebellious 17-year-old just becoming accustomed to living on her own learns that she is pregnant. And to conceal this, she quits her job and takes a temporary position working for Mrs. Melikian (Ariane Ascaride), a designer of haute couture embroidery, who has just lost her son. As the two work together, stitch by stitch, the bond between them grows as does Claire's belly.

“Rue de figuiers”
9 p.m.
81 min.
Free
A comedy of the daily lives of North African women who choose to live "European-style."

Sunday, Feb. 5
“Brodeuses,” 5 p.m.
“10e Chambre-Instants d'audience,” 7 p.m.

Dance

Winterdances: Faith

Thursday to Sunday, Feb. 2-5
7:30 p.m. Thursday to Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday
UWM Mainstage Theatre
$10 discount/$19 general
229-4308
Dances choreographed by UWM faculty members Luc Vanier and Janet Lilly, and New York-based, artist-in-residence Ronald K. Brown. The UWM Department of Dance has programmed its entire season around the theme of art, faith and social justice as a core participant in the citywide festival bearing that name. In choosing faith as the theme for Winterdances, the choreographers found themselves raising a series of questions — questions about the individual’s relationship to spiritual journeying, technology and refuge.

Theater

“The Play about the Baby”
By Pulitzer Prize winner Edward Albee, directed by David Oswald.
Feb. 2 to 26
Boulevard Theatre, 2252 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.
744-5757
www.boulevardtheatre.com
$20-$22

Talk

Monday, Feb. 6
An Evening with Farai Chideya
7 p.m.
Union Wisconsin Room
Free
229-6997
National Public Radio correspondent and socio-political analyst Farai Chideya kicks Black History Month off. The founder of the online journal PopandPolitics.com will share insights why blacks in America continue to be misrepresented.

Download

“Fire Fire,” M.I.A.
“You are beautiful,” James Blunt
“Be Without You,” Mary J. Blige

DVDs

“Last Days,” Gus Van Sant
“Mysterious Skin,” Gregg Araki
“Mother Kunst Goes to Heaven,” Rainer Fassbinder

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