Milwaukee Film Festival Archives

2017 Milwaukee Film Festival drew a record 84,072 attendees (a 9% increase over 2016)

October 18, 2017

Earlier this week we rounded up our 20 standout moments from the recently wrapped 2017 Milwaukee Film Festival. Today, Milwaukee Film has revealed a few highlights of its own. 84,072 of them, to be exact. Ye...

20 standout moments from the 2017 Milwaukee Film Festival

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 16, 2017

Is it over already? Yep, after 15 days, countless films, and one long weekend to let it all soak in, the 2017 Milwaukee Film Festival is officially in the books. It was another terrific year for the fest (maybe...

2017 Milwaukee Film Festival recap: Days 5-12

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 10, 2017

In case you missed it, the 2017 Milwaukee Film Festival is running now through Thursday, October 12 at the Oriental Theatre, Downer Theatre, Fox-Bay Cinema Grill, Times Cinema, and Avalon Theater. Here's what w...

‘The Blood Is At The Doorstep’ is a vital Milwaukee film

Matt Wild

October 6, 2017

A sad air of inevitability hangs over the opening stretch of The Blood Is At The Doorstep. For Milwaukeeans, the story is distressingly familiar: On the afternoon of April 30, 2014, Dontre Hamilton, a 31-year-o...

“Is there any real sound?” A conversation with electronic composer Suzanne Ciani

Marielle Allschwang

October 2, 2017

A Life In Waves explores the life and work of electronic music pioneer and composer Suzanne Ciani. It screens Monday, October 2 (Avalon Theater, 9:15 p.m.) as part of the 2017 Milwaukee Film Festival, and twice...

2017 Milwaukee Film Festival recap: Days 1-4

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 2, 2017

In case you missed it, the 2017 Milwaukee Film Festival is running now through Thursday, October 12 at the Oriental Theatre, Downer Theatre, Fox-Bay Cinema Grill, Times Cinema, and Avalon Theater. Here's what w...

Watch a 1991 documentary on the Oriental, Avalon, and Paradise theaters

Matt Wild

September 27, 2017

In case you missed it, tomorrow marks the beginning of the 2017 Milwaukee Film Festival. Yes. For 15 days, MFF2017 will light up the screens of the Oriental Theatre, Downer Theatre, Fox-Bay Cinema Grill, Times ...

14 reasons to get excited for the 2017 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

September 25, 2017

broadstreet.zone(32806); It would make sense if organizers of the ninth annual Milwaukee Film Festival took things a little easy. After all, next year will be the fest's big 10th anniversary, and its first wit...

Sign up for There Will Be Bowling 2: Electric Boogaloo, coming to the 2017 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

August 30, 2017

Is there anything better than the annual Milwaukee Film Festival? No. Is there anything better than bowling? Strangely, also no. So why not combine the two? From September 28 through October 12, the screens of ...

Milwaukee Film announces opening night film, return of ‘Stop Making Sense,’ more

Matt Wild

August 24, 2017

You know the drill: We're approximately one month away from the 2017 Milwaukee Film Festival (September 28 – October 12 at the Landmark Oriental Theatre, Landmark Downer Theatre, Fox-Bay Cinema Grill, Times Cin...

On The Record Episode 106: Milwaukee Film and the future of the Oriental Theatre, with Jonathan Jackson

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 23, 2017

Heads up, Milwaukee: the 2017 Milwaukee Film Festival—which takes over the Landmark Oriental Theatre, Landmark Downer Theatre, Fox-Bay Cinema Grill, Times Cinema, and Avalon Theater September 28-October 12—is j...

Here’s the full Cream City Cinema lineup for the 2017 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

August 22, 2017

We're approximately one month out from the 2017 Milwaukee Film Festival (September 28 – October 12 at the Landmark Oriental Theatre, Landmark Downer Theatre, Fox-Bay Cinema Grill, Times Cinema, and Avalon Theat...

‘The Dark Crystal,’ ‘Purple Rain,’ more announced for 2017 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

August 1, 2017

We're less than two months away from the 2017 Milwaukee Film Festival (September 28 - October 12), but besides Erik Ljung's The Blood Is At The Doorstep being named the Centerpiece Screening, little is known ab...

2017 Milwaukee Film Festival announces early ticket sales, new campaign art

Matt Wild

May 16, 2017

It's practically obscene to think about fall when summer is just around the corner (here's what you're doing this summer, by the way), but it's easy to let things slide when it comes to the Milwaukee Film Festi...

2017 Milwaukee Film Festival now accepting entries

Matt Wild

February 28, 2017

broadstreet.zone(46016BB); Is it too early to pine for the cool, crisp comforts of autumn? Probably, but when it comes to the Milwaukee Film Festival, all bets are off. Today, Milwaukee Film announced that it ...

The Randoms 2016: Best 3,000+ Milwaukee movie buffs who help support a local film festival

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 17, 2016

broadstreet.zone(54421); With the city currently in the throes of local awards fever, Milwaukee Record presents The Randoms, a series of highly specific and delightfully arbitrary "best of" awards that do away...

2016 Milwaukee Film Festival attracted 76,899 attendees (an 8% increase over 2015)

Matt Wild

October 11, 2016

Yesterday we rounded up our 13 standout moments from the recently wrapped 2016 Milwaukee Film Festival. Today, Milwaukee Film has revealed a few highlights of its own. 76,899 of them, to be exact. Yes, tha...

13 standout moments from the 2016 Milwaukee Film Festival

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 10, 2016

After 15 days of events, parties, panel discussions, and more movies than any sane human being could possibly watch (282 of them, to be exact), the 2015 Milwaukee Film Festival came to a close last week Thurs...

‘Milwaukee 53206’ looks for hope, solutions in nation’s most incarcerated zip code

Cal Roach

October 3, 2016

What have you heard about the city of Milwaukee lately? What have you read? Particularly if you don't live in Milwaukee, but even if you do, the media hasn't been painting a pretty picture. Along comes a docu...

MFF2016: Inside The Milwaukee Show II

Cal Roach

October 2, 2016

Here is our second and final round of interviews with local directors participating in the Milwaukee Film Festival's Milwaukee Show series. The second installment screens Sunday, October 2 at the Oriental T...

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