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Celebrate Dr. Destruction’s induction into Worldwide Television and Radio Horror Host Hall of Fame

July 19, 2022

It's weirdly comforting to know that, despite massive changes in the entertainment industry in the last 70 years, the institution of the TV horror movie host survives to this day. Svengoolie, Elvira, and Joe Bo...

Twisted Dreams Film Festival will return with Lloyd Kaufman, live-scored ‘Nosferatu,’ more

Matt Wild

July 19, 2022

Has it really been more than two years since we physically attended Milwaukee's Twisted Dreams Film Festival? Back in 2019, we saw the legendary Joe Bob Briggs give his excellent "How Rednecks Saved Hollywood" ...

Batter up! We’re screening ‘A League Of Their Own’ at Avalon Theater on July 27

Tyler Maas

June 30, 2022

Last night, an enthusiastic audience joined us at Avalon Theater for a screening of Blade. While that’s certainly a tough act to follow, we think you’re going to have a ball at next month’s screening. Join us a...

That time I went to a real ‘Blade’ blood rave

Rob Wieland

June 22, 2022

Blade has one of the best opening action sequences of all time. (Chances are, if you've seen the movie, "Confusion" by New Order is already playing in your head.) It introduces the daywalker wordlessly. It sets...

Oriental Theatre’s COVID-canceled ‘Cats’ screening claws its way back to July 23

Matt Wild

June 16, 2022

It's been two loooooong years since Milwaukee's Oriental Theatre announced that, thanks to an online petition, it would screen the misbegotten 2019 film version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's misbegotten 1981 stage m...

Black Lens program will celebrate Tupac Shakur with ‘Juice’ screening, career retrospective

Matt Wild

June 9, 2022

Thursday, June 16, 2022 will be / would have been Tupac Shakur's 51st birthday. (Is it mind-boggling to think that Shakur would have been only 51? Yep.) To mark the occasion, Milwaukee Film's Black Lens program...

This week at Oriental Theatre: ‘Rise Roar Revolt,’ red carpet premiere of ‘Small Town Wisconsin’

Matt Wild

May 31, 2022

Feeling lost since the 2022 Milwaukee Film Festival wrapped earlier this month? Seen Everything Everywhere All At Once three times already and looking for something new at the Oriental Theatre? Then you're in l...

7 things we want to see in the upcoming Weird Al biopic

Rob Wieland

May 21, 2022

broadstreet.zone(72091); Welcome to Milwaukee Record's Weird Al Week, sponsored by Lakefront Brewery! Want daily Al-related articles culminating in a recap of Al's May 24 show at the Marcus Performing Arts Cen...

We’re screening ‘Blade’ at Avalon Theater on June 29

Tyler Maas

May 19, 2022

Before Marvel movies were MARVEL MOVIES, there was Blade. The bloody 1998 vampire-action film based on the superhero with the same name was a box office smash, a fan favorite, and the progenitor for the onslaug...

13 pictures from our sold-out ‘UHF’ screening and Twinkie Wiener Sandwich afterparty

Matt Wild

May 19, 2022

broadstreet.zone(72091); Welcome to Milwaukee Record's Weird Al Week, sponsored by Lakefront Brewery! Want daily Al-related articles culminating in a recap of Al's May 24 show at the Marcus Performing Arts Cen...

Here’s the 2022 Milwaukee Bike-In Movie Series schedule

Tyler Maas

May 16, 2022

We're not quite sure how we (and seemingly everyone else) missed this, but arguably the best summer movie series in the city released its film lineup a couple weeks ago. On the third Friday of each month from J...

Comics will take ‘Aswang’ to task in June 16 installment of Laugh Track Cinema

Tyler Maas

May 11, 2022

Back in February, Lakefront Brewery, The Laughing Tap, and yours truly at Milwaukee Record joined forces to offer something both comedy fans and film buffs could get behind with a new event in which comedians r...

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

Matt Wild

May 10, 2022

June 24. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=numzJtJWT8c Okay, and the poster, too: Exclusive articles, podcasts, and more. Support Milwaukee Record on Patreon. RELATED ARTICLES • Here’s your G...

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...