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Sign up for There Will Be Bowling 2: Electric Boogaloo, coming to the 2017 Milwaukee Film Festival

August 30, 2017

Is there anything better than the annual Milwaukee Film Festival? No. Is there anything better than bowling? Strangely, also no. So why not combine the two? From September 28 through October 12, the screens of ...

Join Johnny Mundo and Mondo Lucha for an intimate screening of ‘Boone: The Bounty Hunter’

Tyler Maas

August 27, 2017

Believe it or not, Mondo Lucha is right around the corner. The event has been bringing Milwaukee over-the-top, high-flying, masked lucha libre wrestling since 2008, and it's bigger and better than ever before. ...

Note to self: Go to our ‘Dirty Work’ screening at Avalon Theater on September 21

Tyler Maas

August 25, 2017

Hey, Mildred. Mildred! We didn't forget your name. You never told us, so we figured we'd just guess. Anyway, if you thought last night's Wet Hot American Summer screening was the last film we'd be showing this ...

Milwaukee Film announces opening night film, return of ‘Stop Making Sense,’ more

Matt Wild

August 24, 2017

You know the drill: We're approximately one month away from the 2017 Milwaukee Film Festival (September 28 – October 12 at the Landmark Oriental Theatre, Landmark Downer Theatre, Fox-Bay Cinema Grill, Times Cin...

Here’s the full Cream City Cinema lineup for the 2017 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

August 22, 2017

We're approximately one month out from the 2017 Milwaukee Film Festival (September 28 – October 12 at the Landmark Oriental Theatre, Landmark Downer Theatre, Fox-Bay Cinema Grill, Times Cinema, and Avalon Theat...

UWM Union Cinema adds “Horror Week,” more to fall schedule

Matt Wild

August 21, 2017

Earlier this month, the UWM Union Cinema unveiled its first batch of films for fall 2017. A David Lynch retrospective, a smattering of current Hollywood blockbusters, and Romy & Michele's High School Reunio...

18 gratuitous Milwaukee references in the 1995 Charles Bronson TV movie ‘Family Of Cops’

Matt Wild

August 15, 2017

When one thinks of movies made in Milwaukee, the usual suspects come to mind: Major League, American Movie, maybe that one with Bernie Mac. There are others, of course, but none more Milwaukee-tastic and obscur...

We’re showing ‘Wet Hot American Summer’ at Avalon Theater again

Tyler Maas

August 10, 2017

In 2015, we said goodbye to the summer with a late September screening of Wet Hot American Summer. The first-ever Milwaukee showing of the cult comedy classic sold out, people dressed up as characters from the ...

UWM Union Cinema’s fall schedule includes David Lynch retrospective, Hollywood blockbusters, more

Matt Wild

August 8, 2017

The UWM Union Cinema has been a hidden-not-really-hidden gem of Milwaukee's East Side since 1972. Located inside the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Student Union, the unassuming theater has long served as a ...

Rosebud Cinema to celebrate Edgar Wright’s films August 11-17

Tyler Maas

August 4, 2017

Having received oodles of acclaim from critics and audiences alike and a worldwide box office take of $141 million (and counting), it's safe to call Edgar Wright's latest effort, Baby Driver, a complete and utt...

Reitman and Mueller’s 1983 “Brew Ha Ha” TV special: a minute-by-minute recap

Matt Wild

August 3, 2017

Throughout the 1980s, the 1990s, and into the 2000s, Milwaukee's early morning airwaves were ruled by two names: Reitman and Mueller. Bob Reitman was already a radio veteran when he was paired with relative new...

‘The Dark Crystal,’ ‘Purple Rain,’ more announced for 2017 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

August 1, 2017

We're less than two months away from the 2017 Milwaukee Film Festival (September 28 - October 12), but besides Erik Ljung's The Blood Is At The Doorstep being named the Centerpiece Screening, little is known ab...

Avalon Theater will screen 1968’s ‘Night Of The Living Dead’ to honor George Romero

Tyler Maas

July 18, 2017

The world got a lot less scary on Sunday. On July 16, legendary filmmaker George Romero died at the age of 77. The horror icon directed more than 15 terrifying features—many with the word "Dead" in the title—an...

“Cat Videos Live!” is coming to Turner Hall, is something we all need right now

Matt Wild

July 17, 2017

It's Monday. Our country is bitterly divided. Politics are insane. Our planet is doomed. George Romero died yesterday. So did Martin Landau. McDonald's is really going through with that whole "getting rid of Hi...

Three Milwaukee businesses will be featured on July 20 episode of ‘Married At First Sight’

Matt Wild

July 10, 2017

Are you a big fan of Lifetime's Married At First Sight? No, we haven't heard of it, either. It's apparently a reality show where two people are paired up by "relationship experts" and have to agree to get marri...

Milwaukee Record’s 2017 summer movie guide

Tyler Maas

June 21, 2017

Last week, Point Fish Fry & A Flick was officially cancelled for 2017, and possibly forever. As Milwaukee mourns the beloved series' indefinite end, it's important to remember the city presents film buffs w...

Milwaukee Film will take over operation of Oriental Theatre beginning in 2018

Matt Wild

June 18, 2017

Big news, Milwaukee film buffs/East Side lovers: Milwaukee Film has announced the acquisition of a 31-year lease to operate the historic Oriental Theatre. The nonprofit organization responsible for the annual M...

Avalon Theater will screen 1966’s ‘Batman: The Movie’ in honor of Adam West

Matt Wild

June 14, 2017

Get out your shark repellent, Bat-fans: In honor of the recently departed Adam West, who portrayed Batman on the delightfully campy '60s series, Avalon Theater will screen the movie version of the delightfully ...

Milwaukee Bike-In Movie Series releases tentative schedule, but needs your help to make screenings possible

Tyler Maas

June 7, 2017

For the past nine summers, Milwaukee Bike-In Movie Series has set up a projector at the swing park beneath the Holton Street Bridge and offered free outdoor screenings the third Friday of every summer month. Re...

John Cleese and ‘Monty Python And The Holy Grail’ are headed in Milwaukee’s general direction

Matt Wild

June 2, 2017

"Old woman!" "Man." "Man, sorry. Rumor has it that John Cleese is coming to the Riverside Theater Saturday, October 7 for a live conversation and audience Q&A, and that the event will be preceded by a...