Milwaukee Film Festival Archives

On The Record #141: Let’s talk about the 2018 Milwaukee Film Festival

October 17, 2018

From Thursday, October 18 through Thursday, November 1, the 2018 Milwaukee Film Festival will transform this old black-and-white town into a glowing Technicolor dream. (Not that there's anything wrong with blac...

10 reasons to get excited for the 2018 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

October 16, 2018

broadstreet.zone(32806); Our weekly Tracklist is brought to you by the 2018 Milwaukee Film Festival. Here we go again: From Thursday, October 18 through Thursday, November 1, the 2018 Milwaukee Film Festival w...

‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ tops Milwaukee Film Festival’s 2018 Cinema Hooligante program

Matt Wild

September 27, 2018

The 2018 Milwaukee Film Festival is exactly three weeks away. That's three weeks to prepare for 304 films (!), oodles of events and discussions, and one horror movie-themed axe-throwing party at AXE MKE. (Sign ...

Sign up for our horror movie-themed party at AXE MKE, October 25 during the Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

September 24, 2018

The 2018 Milwaukee Film Festival is imminent. From October 18 through November 1, MFF2018 will screen 305 films at multiple theaters, host oodles of events at multiple venues, and kick all kinds of ass. Also im...

Check out the wonderful campaign art for the 2018 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

August 16, 2018

It's still summer, but it's never too early to start thinking about the Milwaukee Film Festival. The 2018 installment—the festival's 10th—is set for October 18-November 1 at the Oriental Theatre (now under the ...

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

Matt Wild

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 ...

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