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15 standout moments from the 2019 Milwaukee Film Festival

November 1, 2019

Is it over? Is it really over? Boo. Yes, after 15 days, 444 public screenings, 349 films, and enough Ian's Pizza to last us a lifetime (don't worry, we'll probably be back this weekend), the 2019 Milwaukee Film...

Watch the final episode of Milwaukee Record LiveSCREAM Theater, ‘Killers From Space’

Matt Wild

October 29, 2019

Monday night, during the final installment of Milwaukee Record LiveSCREAM Theater, jokes flew, stock footage was used, giant bugs turned into stew, and a young Peter Graves took off his shirt. Yep, we watched t...

Let’s talk about the Rocky Rococo short film playing tonight at the Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

October 28, 2019

Last month, we received an email with the subject line "Rocky Rococo Tipline: (1) New Messages." We opened it immediately. "Hi there," the email read. "I know y'all are big Rocky Rococo fans, so just wanted ...

Watch the latest episode of Milwaukee Record LiveSCREAM Theater, ‘The Brain That Wouldn’t Die’

Matt Wild

October 23, 2019

Tuesday night, for the four installment of Milwaukee Record LiveSCREAM Theater, we conducted some shady experiments, embarked on some sleazy day trips, and waited for...something to burst out of the closet. Yep...

“I was a jock growing up”: an interview with Zia Anger

Tone Madison

October 21, 2019

The following piece by Grant Phipps was originally published on Tone Madison. In the last few years, multidisciplinary artist Zia Anger has traversed the boundaries between music, performance art, and cinema...

The making of ‘Markie In Milwaukee’

Carmella D'Acquisto

October 18, 2019

Every once in a while, we stumble across people whose stories beg to be heard. You see them at a coffee shop, maybe at a show, or, in director Matt Kliegman's case, at the airport. "Markie was putting out some ...

LiveSCREAM Theater: Watch ‘Dementia 13’ with the cast and crew of ‘The Field’

Matt Wild

October 16, 2019

Tuesday night, we took a dip in a nearby pond, discovered a watery grave, and got our heads chopped off for the third installment of Milwaukee Record LiveSCREAM Theater. Yep, we watched the 1963 Francis Ford Co...

11 reasons to get excited for the 2019 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

October 15, 2019

broadstreet.zone(32806); HERE WE GO: The 2019 Milwaukee Film Festival runs October 17-31. Roughly 300 films will screen at various Milwaukee-area theaters and venues. Oodles of panels, discussions, and concert...

Chevy Chase will bring ‘Christmas Vacation’ to Riverside Theater December 27

Matt Wild

October 14, 2019

Hey! If any of you are looking for any last-minute gift ideas, we have one. Tickets to see An Evening With Chevy Chase, preceded by a 30th anniversary screening of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, at the ...

Home crap home: Join us and Lakefront for a “Hanksgiving” screening of ‘The Money Pit’ at Avalon Theater

Matt Wild

October 9, 2019

Remember that part in Breaking Bad when the bathtub fell through the floor? The Money Pit did it first. (Okay, just the bottom of the tub fell through the floor in Breaking Bad, and there was a dissolved drug d...

LiveSCREAM Theater: Watch ‘Attack Of The Giant Leeches’ with guests Jack Packard and Maggie Iken

Matt Wild

October 9, 2019

Tuesday night, we grabbed some moonshine, hopped in a rickety canoe, and chilled out in an underwater leech grotto for the second installment of Milwaukee Record LiveSCREAM Theater. Yep, we watched 1959's Attac...

Milwaukee Film Festival adds ‘The Lodge’ to Cinema Hooligante program

Matt Wild

October 4, 2019

Hey! The 2019 Milwaukee Film Festival begins in less than two weeks! (It runs October 17-31.) Tickets are on sale NOW! The whole thing is going to be great, but the fest's Cinema Hooligante program (sponsored b...

Watch the first episode of Milwaukee Record LiveSCREAM Theater, ‘Night Of The Living Dead’

Matt Wild

October 3, 2019

This past Tuesday, we unleashed the first episode of our new live-on-the-internet YouTube series, Milwaukee Record LiveSCREAM Theater. The eternally awesome and witchy Tigernite joined host Matt Wild (that's me...

A B-movie icon brings his A-game for “An Evening with Bruce Campbell” at Pabst Theater

Rob Wieland

September 29, 2019

Who knew that a low-budget film trilogy featuring crawling severed hands, literal fountains of blood, a chainsaw montage, and a time travel finish would launch two of the longest-lived careers in Hollywood? The...

Coming this October to an internet near you: Milwaukee Record LiveSCREAM Theater!

Matt Wild

September 24, 2019

From October 17 through the 31st, the 2019 Milwaukee Film Festival will light up local screens with more than 300 films. Milwaukee Record is once again the proud sponsor of the festival's "Cinema Hooligante" pr...

MTV and Apollo documentaries will open and close 2019 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

September 24, 2019

From October 17 through the 31st, the 2019 Milwaukee Film Festival will light up local screens with more than 300 films. You already know about the "Cinema Hooligante" program (sponsored by Milwaukee Record!) a...

The Avalon and Rosebud have such sights to show you at this year’s Shocktoberfest

Matt Wild

September 20, 2019

The link. You clicked it, we gave you the lineup for Shocktoberfest. That's right, horror hounds, Avalon Theater and Rosebud Cinema's annual celebration of all things spooky, gory, and Halloween-y is back! T...

‘The Field’ pushes the boundaries of Milwaukee-made film with captivating visuals and an impressive cast

Tyler Maas

September 18, 2019

Roughly one month after the Milwaukee-made Give Me Liberty exposed viewers to the abundance of talent that exists in the city's ever-improving film scene, another locally-forged feature will further bolster the...

Feed me! We’re screening the director’s cut of ‘Little Shop Of Horrors’ at Avalon Theater

Matt Wild

September 13, 2019

On the 16th day in the month of October, in a late year of a decade that can just go ahead and end already, Milwaukee filmgoers will encounter a deadly threat to their very existence. And this terrifying enemy ...

MFF2019’s Cinema Hooligante program is ridiculously great, gloriously geeky

Matt Wild

September 12, 2019

Since the dawn of time (a.k.a. 2014), Milwaukee Record has been a proud sponsor of the Milwaukee Film Festival's Cinema Hooligante program. A place for all things weird, wacky, bloody, and bizarre, it's our kin...