For a city this size, Madison’s offering of indie and foreign films is absurd. For a much bigger city, it still would be surprising.
Currently, there are eight screens showing non-mainstream movies — two at Hilldale Theatre, four at Westgate Art Cinemas, and two at the Orpheum Theatre.
Then there is UW-Madison’s Cinematheque, which holds retrospectives of film makers, and in its words, showcases “films which would otherwise never reach Madison screens.” And Madison has a fabulous DVD rental store, Four Star Video.
If that weren’t enough, there is the annual Wisconsin Film Festival.