Throughout the past six months, cinephiles and casual moviegoers alike have been adapting on the fly and missing the public refuges that movie theaters provide for discovery— of a new director, actor, cinematographer, genre, or even tradition. The Marcus and AMC theater chains recently embarked on a dicey re-opening phase, and the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art tried a reduced-attendance version of its outdoor Rooftop Cinema series. But most of Madison’s important venues for thoughtfully curated, in-person theatrical exhibitions—including UW Cinematheque, WUD Film, and the Mills Folly Microcinema Series— wisely remain closed. In the interim, Cinematheque and the Wisconsin Film Festival have also experimented with some streaming offerings, some available free through email link and others available through distributors to raise proceeds for the eventual resuming of their programming.
Source: https://www.tonemadison.com/articles/missing-that-mad-dash-forward-a-movie-theater-appreciation