Guy Maddin, a distinguished Canadian film maker, will be on the UW-Madison campus this week, sponsored by the Material Culture Student Focus Group, the University Lectures Committee, and the Anonymous Fund (with other generous co-sponsorships from departments on campus).

His lecture on the theme of loss in cinema will be at 6PM on Thursday, February 20th in room L160 of Elvehjem Hall. It promises to be a popular event, so please arrive early.

Friday (2/21) at 2PM UW Cinematheque will show Maddin's film MY WINNIPEG in 4070 Vilas Hall. Immediately after, there will be a Material Culture panel discussion regarding the artist's use of objects and space. Panelists include Guy Maddin, Jim Healy (film studies), Andrea Stanislav (mixed-media artist from the University of Minnesota), Ann Smart Martin (Chipstone Professor and Director of the Material Culture Program) and Stefan Osdene (Material Culture Graduate Student).

Friday (2/21) at 7PM there will be a second film screening in 4070 Vilas Hall, this time featuring James Whale's 1935 comedy REMEMBER LAST NIGHT (one of Maddin's personal favorites); Q+A afterwards will focus on outside influences.