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

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...

Like, oh my god! We’re screening ‘Clueless’ at Avalon Theater on January 26

Tyler Maas

December 16, 2021

That's right! Following last night's sold out screening of the 1985 who-done-it ensemble comedy Clue at Avalon Theater, we'll be starting 2022 by showing a 1995 coming-of-age comedy that also happens to have th...

Check out the festive films in Avalon Theater’s “12 Days Of Classics” series

Tyler Maas

November 23, 2021

Like it or not, the holiday season is upon us. While we're not exactly looking forward to wintry conditions, endless shopping and wrapping, and tense family gatherings, at least most of us can get behind the jo...

Sit! ‘Clue’ is coming to Avalon Theater on December 15

Josh Hoppert

November 18, 2021

If you missed last night’s Milwaukee Record screening of Bridesmaids at Avalon Theater, we hope you had fun marrying Maya Rudolph or whatever you did instead. To catch you up on some exciting news we announced ...

Jack Dawson, Daniel Plainview, and 4 other fictional film characters from Wisconsin

Parker Winship

November 1, 2021

Among the many shocking revelations in the new 007 blockbuster No Time To Die, there is this bombshell: James Bond's best friend is from Milwaukee. The BFF in question is Felix Leiter (Jeffrey Wright), a CIA ag...

We’re screening ‘Bridesmaids’ at Avalon Theater November 17

Tyler Maas

October 21, 2021

Yes, you read that right! To celebrate the 10th anniversary (plus, like, six months) of the film's release, we'll be screening Bridesmaids at Avalon Theater on Wednesday, November 17. Tickets are on sale now! ...

Oriental Theatre is doing midnight screenings of ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ again

Matt Wild

October 8, 2021

After what felt like 8,000 years, Milwaukee's historic (and newly restored) Oriental Theatre reopened on August 20. It's been great seeing movies on the Oriental's big screen again; still, something has been mi...

‘John McGivern’s Main Streets’ will air Sundays on FOX6 beginning January 30, 2022

Matt Wild

October 5, 2021

Rejoice, McGivernheads, for the wait is almost over. Yes, John McGivern's Main Streets—a.k.a. the long-awaited new travel show from beloved Milwaukee host/actor/entertainer/Cedar Crest pitchman John McGivern...

We’re screening ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’ at Avalon Theater October 20

Matt Wild

September 23, 2021

Tickets are on sale NOW! Before Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino teamed up for the self-conscious 2007 double-feature Grindhouse, they just went ahead and made an honest-to-goodness grindhouse film. Ye...