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Here’s what we’re seeing this week at the 2018 Milwaukee Film Festival

October 29, 2018

It's sad but true: the 2018 Milwaukee Film Festival is in its final days. Still, there's plenty to see and enjoy before the 15-day fest wraps up on November 1 . Here's what we're seeing this week (complete with...

The time we showed ‘The Human Centipede’ at Hotel Foster during the Milwaukee Film Festival: An oral history

Josh Hoppert

October 23, 2018

According to the nation's top scientists, 2013 occurred approximately five years ago. The Seattle Seahawks won the Super Bowl, Linda Ronstadt was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and the Milwauke...

Here’s what we’re seeing this week at the 2018 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

October 22, 2018

The 2018 Milwaukee Film Festival kicked off last Thursday with a crowd-pleasing film (Science Fair), and an equally crowd-pleasing party (at Good City Brewing). Now, following a weekend stocked with even more f...

Experience ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ in concert with the MSO, May 31-June 2 at Riverside Theater

Matt Wild

October 22, 2018

Back when your opinions on movies about space wizards didn't determine your place in a never-ending and increasingly fraught culture war, Star Wars was kind of fun! And the "second" Star Wars film, The Empire S...

Hey, Pinocchio! Join us and Lakefront Brewery for a “Hanksgiving” screening of ‘The Burbs’ at Avalon Theater

Josh Hoppert

October 18, 2018

If you were at last night's ultra-special and sold-out screening of Dead Alive at Avalon Theater, we hope your nightmares were hilarious! If you weren't there, we're pleased to inform you that The 'Burbs will b...

10 reasons to get excited for the 2018 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

October 16, 2018

broadstreet.zone(32806); Our weekly Tracklist is brought to you by the 2018 Milwaukee Film Festival. Here we go again: From Thursday, October 18 through Thursday, November 1, the 2018 Milwaukee Film Festiva...

Film Girl Film Festival opens tonight with documentary on sci-fi novelist Ursula K. Le Guin

Matt Wild

October 12, 2018

There has never been a better time to be a filmmaker in Milwaukee. This weekend sees the opening of the John Ridley-backed No Studios, a filmmaking and artistic hub located in the Pabst Brewery Complex. Next we...

Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin will perform a live score to ‘Suspiria’ November 17 at Oriental Theatre

Matt Wild

October 4, 2018

Horror fans are in for a treat this Halloween season when the fairly well-reviewed remake of Dario Argento's 1977 classic giallo film Suspiria hits theaters. What could be better? Well, how about a screening of...

‘The Evil Dead’ and ‘The Fly’ highlight Avalon Theater’s “Shocktoberfest” lineup

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 1, 2018

It’s a scientific fact that nothing beats October. The weather is awesome, Halloween is lurking around the corner, and businesses go nuts with “Rocktober” and “Shocktober” events. In the case of the latter, the...

‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ tops Milwaukee Film Festival’s 2018 Cinema Hooligante program

Matt Wild

September 27, 2018

The 2018 Milwaukee Film Festival is exactly three weeks away. That's three weeks to prepare for 304 films (!), oodles of events and discussions, and one horror movie-themed axe-throwing party at AXE MKE. (Sign ...

Joe Bob Briggs will appear at next year’s Twisted Dreams Film Festival

Matt Wild

September 27, 2018

Fans of cheesy movies and long-canceled TNT shows were beside themselves this past July when horror streaming service Shudder released a 13-movie marathon dubbed The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs. The serie...

Sign up for our horror movie-themed party at AXE MKE, October 25 during the Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

September 24, 2018

The 2018 Milwaukee Film Festival is imminent. From October 18 through November 1, MFF2018 will screen 305 films at multiple theaters, host oodles of events at multiple venues, and kick all kinds of ass. Also im...

Kick ass for the Lord and come to our screening of ‘Dead Alive’ October 17 at Avalon Theater

Matt Wild

September 13, 2018

Do you like movies with goofy, over-the-top gore? Do you like movies with lots of goofy, over-the-top gore? Do you like movies with tons of goofy, over-the-top gore? Then you're in luck, because on Wednesday, O...

Gosh! The cast of ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ is coming to Riverside Theater for a screening and discussion

Matt Wild

September 10, 2018

Has it really been...let's see here...nearly 15 years since the release of Napoleon Dynamite? GOSH, it really has. Does the film still retain its awkward, ridiculous, and endlessly quotable power? Do Alaskan wo...

No Studios announces grand opening, ‘Night School’ screening, new tenants, more

Matt Wild

September 6, 2018

Back in February, Oscar-winning filmmaker John Ridley (12 Years A Slave, American Crime) announced the creation of No Studios, a Milwaukee-based hub for the creative arts. The hub, located in a 40,000-square-fo...

Join us for an Election Night screening of ‘Idiocracy’ at Avalon Theater

Tyler Maas

September 5, 2018

Could you ever envision a time in which an unqualified, temperamental President and his inept cabinet "lead" an advertising-laden nation, whose listless populace derives entertainment from watching people injur...

Surprise! We’ve added a second ‘Drop Dead Gorgeous’ screening on September 12

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 22, 2018

Last Thursday, we announced we'd be hosting an extra special screening of Drop Dead Gorgeous at Avalon Theater on Wednesday, September 12. Not familiar with the film? Well, here's what we wrote last week: "Dro...

We visited the last Blockbuster video store in America

Josh Hoppert

August 21, 2018

If you've ever been an American, you've probably been inside a Blockbuster video store. At its peak in 2004, the rental chain had 9,000-ish stores worldwide, all offering a variety of movies, TV shows, and vide...

Show me some teeth! We’re screening ‘Drop Dead Gorgeous’ September 12 at the Avalon

Josh Hoppert

August 16, 2018

If you missed last night's 20th anniversary screening of Half Baked at Avalon Theater, there's no way you know what next month's screening will be. Well, unless you read the title of this article. Anyway, get r...

What we’re excited to see at the Oriental Theatre: ‘Barry Lyndon’ and ‘Filmworker’

Chris DeMay

August 16, 2018

Judging by the initial rollout, Milwaukee Film's reopening of the Oriental Theatre promises to be a ceaseless trip for lovers of current and classic cinema. Falling cleanly on the classic side is Stanley Kubric...