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“Look for more” within the campaign art for the 2019 Milwaukee Film Festival

July 30, 2019

It's still summer, but it's never too early to start thinking about the Milwaukee Film Festival. The 2019 installment—the festival's 11th—is set for October 17-31 at the Oriental Theatre, Avalon Theater, Times ...

The drive-in lives on at Highway 18 Outdoor Theatre in Jefferson

Matt Wild

July 24, 2019

broadstreet.zone(66838); Summer in Milwaukee is the best. Join Milwaukee Record and Miller High Life July 22-29 as we search the city and beyond for the Spirit Of Summer. "The drive-in will never die." T...

Let’s play two! We’ve added a second ‘A League Of Their Own’ screening at Avalon Theater

Tyler Maas

July 23, 2019

Last Thursday, we announced we would be hosting a special screening of A League Of Their Own at Avalon Theater on Wednesday, August 21. Apparently, we chose wisely because it sold out in just four days. If miss...

The 5 best Weird Al cameos in film and television history

Rob Wieland

July 22, 2019

broadstreet.zone(72091); Hey! Welcome to the second annual Weird Al Week! Over the course of seven days, Milwaukee Record will fill your feed with fresh, funny, and slightly fanatical Al-related materiel. It a...

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

Tyler Maas

July 18, 2019

Last night, an enthusiastic audience joined us at Avalon Theater for the second sold-out UHF screening in as many years. While that's certainly a tough act to follow, we think you're going to have a ball at nex...

Sink your teeth into Avalon Theater’s Shark Week film series

Tyler Maas

July 10, 2019

Summer is a time for baseball, barbecues, outdoor activities, and blockbuster movies about killer sharks. While Avalon Theater can't help with the first three things, they'll have the last one covered later thi...

No more Mr. Passive Resistance: We’re bringing ‘UHF’ back to Avalon Theater July 17

Matt Wild

June 20, 2019

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, July 17. Yes, that's the night we're teaching poodle...

All killer, no filler: Classic B-movies go “Under The Knife” at X-Ray Arcade

Matt Wild

June 5, 2019

It's a tale as old as time: You're watching an ancient public domain horror movie—maybe one of those Roger Corman flicks where Boris Karloff putters around a castle for 80 minutes—and you wish the thing would j...

We’re starting summer early by screening ‘The Great Outdoors’ at Avalon Theater on June 19

Tyler Maas

May 23, 2019

Last night, a sold-out Avalon Theater audience enjoyed a screening of Mars Attacks. While we definitely had fun watching the futuristic and otherworldly film, we figured that next month's Milwaukee Record movie...

Mark Borchardt talks music videos, new film project

Matt Wild

May 22, 2019

To talk to Mark Borchardt—even, say, for 10 minutes over the phone—is to talk to an artist whose medium is existence itself. The Milwaukee filmmaker is a singular force of positivity, encouragement, and inspira...

Milwaukee Film secures 1925 Wurlitzer pipe organ (not pictured) for Oriental Theatre

Matt Wild

May 9, 2019

If you've been to the Oriental Theatre lately and have sensed something...missing, you're not alone. For nearly a year, the historic East Side movie palace has been without a pipe organ. Wasn't it great when th...

We’re teaming up with Milwaukee Film to bring you Cinema Hooligante films all year long

Matt Wild

May 1, 2019

If you've been to the Milwaukee Film Festival in the past five years, you've probably encountered a peculiar set of films called Cinema Hooligante. This often bloody, disturbing, sick, subversive, and just plai...

It’s not unusual: We’re screening ‘Mars Attacks!’ at the Avalon on May 22

Josh Hoppert

April 25, 2019

If you missed last night's screening of The Brady Bunch Movie at Avalon Theater, we hope you had a nice trip to Sears instead. However, you missed out on the big reveal of the big preview for the big May screen...

All I really need to know I learned from ‘Mr. Belvedere’

Matt Wild

April 24, 2019

The following article originally appeared in the March edition of Colectivo Coffee's "Off The Record" print-only periodical/crossword puzzle. You can pick up "Off The Record" free of charge at all 13 Milwaukee-...

Avalon Theater announces “Tarantino Thursdays” film series

Tyler Maas

April 24, 2019

Often imitated and never replicated, Quentin Tarantino has been making hit movies and pushing boundaries for more than 25 years. Over that span, the accomplished director has grossed hundreds of millions of dol...

New concession stand, better sound coming soon to Oriental Theatre

Matt Wild

April 22, 2019

It's been less than a year since Milwaukee Film took over operation of the historic Oriental Theatre. In that time, the ever-busy nonprofit arts organization has made a number of improvements to the 91-year-old...

Thurston Moore will perform live score to James Nares’ ‘Street’ at Oriental Theatre August 16

Matt Wild

April 19, 2019

Today in Wow, This Sounds Great news, Sonic Youth co-founder Thurston Moore is slated to perform a live score to artist James Nares' Street at Milwaukee's Oriental Theatre on Friday, August 16. Wow, this sounds...

Madness, mayhem lurk below the surface of Milwaukee-made ‘Lake Michigan Monster’

Matt Wild

April 4, 2019

"I'm going to go on an overnight drunk, and in ten days I'm going to set out to find the shark that ate my friend and destroy it." So says the titular Steve Zissou in Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic With Ste...

Times Cinema prepares to beam down “Sci-Fridays” movie series

Matt Wild

April 3, 2019

Do your weekends need a blast of geeky air? Of course they do. Well, if Friday nights with Svengoolie on MeTV and Joe Bob Briggs on Shudder aren't enough, you'll soon have another option. Times Cinema has annou...

‘The Library Music Film’ to screen at No Studios this week

Sahan Jayasuriya

March 25, 2019

Music is so ubiquitous that we’re equally as likely to notice its absence as its presence. Outside of scenarios where it serves as the main focal point, it also exists to accompany films, television shows, comm...