Milwaukee Film & Movie Coverage

Here’s where ‘Ueck’ documentary will open in July, where it will travel to in August and September

July 7, 2026

If you saw the new Bob Uecker documentary Ueck on opening night of the 2026 Milwaukee Film Festival, you know that it's great. (Read our review HERE.) Co-directed by Milwaukee filmmakers Steve Farr and Michael ...

See ‘American Madness,’ a documentary based on the book by Tea Krulos, July 30 at the Avalon

Matt Wild

July 3, 2026

Way back in the dark times of 2020, Milwaukee author Tea Krulos unleashed the book American Madness: The Story Of The Phantom Patriot And How Conspiracy Theories Hijacked American Consciousness. The book, publi...

13 Summerfest performers with accomplished film careers

Tyler Maas

June 24, 2026

broadstreet.zone(185613); It's a tale as old as film itself. In the same way countless actors aspire to be musicians, many musicians also long to make the jump from the stage to the screen. Though not everyone...

Do you think y’all can handle this? We’re screening ‘The Foot Fist Way’ at Avalon Theater

Tyler Maas

June 18, 2026

Before he was Kenny Powers, Neil Gamby, Jesse Gemstone, or part of the Alien cinematic universe, Danny McBride first made his mark as Fred Simmons—a small town Taekwondo instructor with an inflated ego and a de...

Oriental Theatre will host Circle Jerks show, ‘Repo Man’ screening, Q&A August 9

Matt Wild

June 17, 2026

This is pretty rad, so we're just gonna stick to the facts: On Sunday, August 9, legendary L.A. punk band Circle Jerks will play a show at Milwaukee's Oriental Theatre. Wow! After that, there'll be a Q&A wi...

Sign for Bucky's Super Video in the 2000s

I’m a Bucky’s guy: Remembering Bucky’s Super Video (1986-2010)

Michael Viers

June 15, 2026

On November 15, 2010, the neighborhood of Bay View lost one of the cornerstones of the community: Bucky's Super Video. I am absolutely obsessed with movies. I don't believe I would be had it not been for this r...

Michael Lisowski and Dan Fons of The Queer Program

Dodging death threats and outing senators: Remembering Milwaukee public access show ‘The Queer Program’

Tad Kriofske Mainella

June 2, 2026

In anticipation of PrideFest Milwaukee (June 4-6), here's a look back at groundbreaking LGBTQ+ public access television show The Queer Program (1992-2017). For more information on the history of LGBTQ+ televisi...

‘Ueck’ will open July 24 in Marcus Theatres; watch new trailer now

Matt Wild

May 26, 2026

If you missed the screening of the new Bob Uecker documentary, Ueck, on opening night of the 2026 Milwaukee Film Festival, fear not! The film is set to open in Marcus Theatres throughout Wisconsin on Friday, Ju...

Heads/Up: We’re screening ‘Face/Off’ at Avalon Theater on June 17

Tyler Maas

May 21, 2026

Thank you to everyone who made it out to last night's SOLD OUT Milwaukee Record screening of To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar at Avalon Theater. What a night and what a movie! So how are we ever...

The Oriental Theatre during the 2026 Milwaukee Festival

Milwaukee Film announces 2026 festival attendance and winners, 2027 festival dates

Matt Wild

May 7, 2026

In case you missed it, the 2026 Milwaukee Film Festival wrapped up last week. It was a blast! From April 16-30, hundreds of feature-length and short films lit up the screens of the Oriental and Downer theaters....

A clue-by-clue solution to our 2026 Milwaukee Film Festival treasure hunt

Matt Wild

May 1, 2026

In case you missed it, the 2026 Milwaukee Film Festival wrapped up Thursday night. It was a blast! (The Closing Night film, Power Ballad, was great!) Oh, and something else wrapped up earlier in the week: our e...

Here are the Jury Award winners for the 2026 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

April 27, 2026

The 2026 Milwaukee Film Festival is currently on Day 12, which means there are only a few days left before things wrap up on April 30. So get out there and see some films! Need help choosing those films? Perhap...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Looking back on Week 1 of the Milwaukee Film Festival, buckling up for Week 2

Matt Wild

April 23, 2026

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some Milwaukee things come and go, while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: the Milwaukee Film Festival! In case you missed it, the 2026 Milw...

11 things the guy behind me yelled at last night’s midnight screening of ‘A Bay Of Blood’

Matt Wild

April 18, 2026

Friday night / Saturday morning, the Milwaukee Film Festival stayed up late for a midnight screening of Mario Bava's 1971 Italian giallo film A Bay Of Blood. The influential proto-slasher (sometimes known as Ca...

Did I cry during the Bob Uecker documentary ‘Ueck’? You better believe I did.

Matt Wild

April 17, 2026

Here's something you may not know about me: I cry at movies. Like, all the time. I cry at sad movies, I cry at sort-of-sad movies, I cry at not-sad-at-all movies. It sounds corny but I find the act of sitting i...

We’re showing ‘To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar’ at Avalon Theater

Tyler Maas

April 16, 2026

Thanks to everyone who braved the elements and navigated the flood waters in order to watch Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story with us last night. It was a great time, and we're excited to follow it up with another...

The 2026 Milwaukee Film Festival screening schedule

My wildly ambitious, never-gonna-happen-but-I’ll-try-anyway MFF26 itinerary

Matt Wild

April 15, 2026

The 2026 Milwaukee Film Festival cometh! From April 16-30, more than 100 feature films and 130 short films will light up the screens of the Oriental and Downer theaters. (The full lineup can be found HERE. Tick...

We created a treasure hunt for the 2026 Milwaukee Film Festival. Here’s the first clue

Matt Wild

April 9, 2026

In case you missed it, the 2026 Milwaukee Film Festival is set to take over the screens of the Oriental and Downer theaters April 16-30. (Tickets and passes are on sale NOW.) We've already written 8,000 article...

Milwaukee Film Festival Cinema Hooligante films

When and where to see the Cinema Hooligante films at the 2026 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

April 8, 2026

Guess what? The 2026 Milwaukee Film Festival is set to light up the screens of the Oriental and Downer theaters April 16-30! (Tickets and passes are on sale NOW.) And MFF's annual program of all things creepy, ...

I dropped by Radio Milwaukee’s Cinebuds podcast to talk about MFF26 and Cinema Hooligante

Matt Wild

April 2, 2026

The 2026 Milwaukee Film Festival is set to take over the screens of the Oriental and Downer theaters April 16-30. You can purchase advance ticket packages and passes NOW. You can catch up on our MFF26 coverage ...