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Here’s the release date and trailer for the Disney+ Giannis biopic ‘Rise,’ and that’s it

May 10, 2022

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2022 Milwaukee Film Festival announces attendance, awards, 2023 dates

Matt Wild

May 10, 2022

The 2022 Milwaukee Film Festival wrapped last Thursday. Though it marked a return to in-cinema screenings after fully virtual outings in 2020 and 2021, it was very much a hybrid festival. Out of the 285 total f...

Yep, there’ll be Twinkie Wiener Sandwiches at our ‘UHF’ afterparty at The Vanguard on May 18

Matt Wild

May 5, 2022

broadstreet.zone(81112); If you haven't picked up your tickets to our screening of the Weird Al classic UHF at Avalon Theater on May 18, do that now. Fewer than 100 remain, and our previous UHF screenings have ...

9 films to see during the final 3 days of the 2022 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

May 3, 2022

Counting the single-film Opening Night, the 2022 Milwaukee Film Festival is a whopping 15 days long. That's a lot of days! Even more alarming: THERE ARE ONLY THREE DAYS LEFT. Yes, MFF2022 is set to wrap this T...

Don’t change the channel, don’t touch that dial: We’re screening ‘UHF’ at the Avalon May 18

Matt Wild

April 21, 2022

Put down your remote control. Throw out your TV Guide. Put away your jacket. There's no need to go outside. Well, there is a need to go outside on Wednesday, May 18. Yes, that's the night we're teaching poodles...

Here’s the lineup for Bayshore’s “Family Flicks” outdoor movie series

Matt Wild

April 19, 2022

You know that big video screen in that big public square in Bayshore? You know, that big video screen in that big public square that used to be a splash pad? They're gonna show free family-friendly movies on it...

When and where to see all 14 Cinema Hooligante films at the 2022 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

April 18, 2022

The 2022 Milwaukee Film Festival is set to take over the Oriental Theatre, Avalon Theater, and Times Cinema April 22 - May 5. The 14th annual fest will feature 134 features and 150 short films. Of those 134 fea...

WMSE’s Friday Night Freak Show returns to Times Cinema May 20 with ‘Better Off Dead’

Matt Wild

April 14, 2022

In case you missed it, the Times Cinema (5906 W. Vliet St.) reopened earlier this month with a new programming format. Yes, more than two years after closing due to COVID-19, the cozy neighborhood cinema is bac...

Join us at Nice Times for “Bloody Sundays” during the 2022 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

April 13, 2022

Back in the early-ish days of the Milwaukee Film Festival, Milwaukee Film and Milwaukee Record predecessor A.V. Club Milwaukee brought "Bloody Sundays" to The Hotel Foster. What could be better than Sunday morn...

The full lineup for the 2022 Milwaukee Film Festival is here, and it’s spectacular

Matt Wild

April 7, 2022

It's time to dig in. The 2022 Milwaukee Film Festival is set to return to Milwaukee movie screens April 21 - May 5. The 14th annual fest will feature 134 features and 150 short films from 43 countries. All f...

Are you cool, man? We’re screening ‘Dazed And Confused’ at Avalon Theater on April 20

Josh Hoppert

March 31, 2022

If you missed last night’s screening of Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping at Avalon Theater, we hope you did something equally constructive elsewhere, but you also missed out on the announcement of our April 2...

Here’s the lineup for Avalon Theater’s “Miyazaki March”

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 17, 2022

Attention anime fans still coming down from last month’s Anime Milwaukee convention: Avalon Atmospheric Theater & Lounge has quietly unveiled the lineup and schedule for this year’s "Miyazaki March" screeni...

Be kind, rewind, find offbeat treasures at Video Nerd on East Side

Juan Miguel Martinez

March 10, 2022

The smell of plastic VHS boxes fills 1625 E. Irving Pl. It's the right-next-door-to-Bullseye-Records home of Video Nerd, opened by Xavier Leplae, but being operated until April by Milwaukee's very own sleaze tr...

Milwaukee Film Festival will take place at Oriental, Avalon, Times theaters, include ‘The Thing’ on 35mm

Matt Wild

March 8, 2022

Guess what? The 2022 Milwaukee Film Festival is just around the corner! This year's fest is set for April 21 - May 5, and will include both in-person screenings and virtual screenings. We can't wait. About tho...

We’re screening ‘Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping’ at Avalon Theater on March 30

Tyler Maas

February 24, 2022

What are you doing on Wednesday, March 30? Whatever your plans are, change them immediately and join Milwaukee Record at Avalon Theater for our screening of Pop Star: Never Stop Never Stopping. That's right! We...

Please enjoy Appleton, Wisconsin native Willem Dafoe saying “bubbler” on ‘Saturday Night Live’

Matt Wild

January 29, 2022

Forever awesome actor Willem Dafoe is originally from Appleton, Wisconsin. (Dafoe also attended the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and was a part of Theatre X.) Forever awesome actor Willem Dafoe hosted Sat...

Rufioooooo! We’re screening ‘Hook’ at Avalon Theater February 23

Matt Wild

January 27, 2022

What if...Peter Pan...grew up? That's the, er, hook of Steven Spielberg's 1991 fantasy adventure film Hook. You know it, you love it: Robin Williams plays the adult Peter. Dustin Hoffman plays the titular pi...

There will be riffs: Wisconsin-made cinema gets roasted with Laughing Tap’s “Movies On Tap”

Matt Wild

January 21, 2022

The premise of the original Mystery Science Theater 3000 was simple: in the not-too-distant future, a man trapped on a space station is forced to watch and endlessly riff cheesy movies (with the help of his rob...

Milwaukee Film announces in-person films, events for Black History Month

Matt Wild

January 11, 2022

With Black History Month a few weeks away, Milwaukee Film and its Black Lens program have revealed their slate of programming for the monthlong event. Six feature screenings, two shorts programs, and four event...

“The Betty White-Wisconsin connection” news roundup

Matt Wild

January 4, 2022

Betty White ruled. She absolutely ruled. Betty White died December 31 at the age 0f 99—just weeks shy of her 100th birthday. For the past few days, the internet has been awash with praise and tributes to the...