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Remember that canceled ‘Princess Bride’ screening with Cary Elwes? It’s back on

August 5, 2016

// The Princess Bride is one of those movies that isn't just beloved by countless fans, it's internalized. The quotes ("My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die,") the plethora of left...

Milwaukee Film Festival announces lineup for 2016 Black Lens Program

Matt Wild

August 2, 2016

// Less than two months remain until the 2016 Milwaukee Film Festival. Two sets of films have already been announced, and there are approximately 8,000 more on the way. Today, Milwaukee Film chipped away at...

WMSE’s Friday Night Freak Show is returning to Times Cinema

Matt Wild

July 28, 2016

// Rejoice, lovers of cult films and darkened theaters: After a 10-year break, WMSE's once-mighty Friday Night Freak Show is returning to the Times Cinema. Hell yes. The original incarnation of the midni...

Catacombs swap aims to adjust tracking for VHS, Beta collectors

Tyler Maas

July 22, 2016

// This week, various news outlets reported that Funai Electric, which is thought to be the final company that produces VCRs, will stop manufacturing VHS players in August. With major studios ceasing tape r...

Slenderman doc, more announced for 2016 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

July 19, 2016

// By our count, the 2016 Milwaukee Film Festival is roughly two months away. That's two months of anticipation, mental planning, and more anticipation. Oh, and don't forget announcements: Today, Milwaukee ...

30th anniversary screening of ‘Blue Velvet,’ more announced for 2016 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

June 28, 2016

// By our count, the 2016 Milwaukee Film Festival is roughly three months away. That's three months of anticipation, mental planning, and more anticipation. Oh, and don't forget announcements: Today, Milwau...

Milwaukee Record’s 2016 summer movie guide

Tyler Maas

June 15, 2016

// In addition to the wealth of festivals, patio fun, (ugh) pedal taverns, tailgating blowouts, beer gardens and beach relaxation, and countless other outdoor activities Milwaukee offers throughout the summ...

‘Deadpool,’ ‘Trainwreck,’ ‘The Force Awakens’ top Point Fish Fry & A Flick 2016

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 8, 2016

// Since 2009, for a handful of Fridays throughout the summer, Point Fish Fry & A Flick has transformed Discovery World on the lakefront into an outdoor movie mecca. Co-produced by the Pabst Theater Gro...

Here’s the 2016 Milwaukee Bike-In Movie Series schedule

Tyler Maas

June 3, 2016

// We aren't sure how we (and seemingly everyone else) missed this, but arguably the best summer movie series in the city released its film lineup late last month. Between the third Friday of each June thro...

Summer Film Camp breaks out kid-friendly matinees

Tyler Maas

June 1, 2016

// With their movie series put together in accordance with Halloween and Christmas, anime nights, unique monthly themes like "Antihero April" and "Martial Arts May," honoring fallen music greats, not to men...

We’re showing ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ at Times Cinema

Tyler Maas

May 20, 2016

// Being exactly a month out from summer, the temptation to cut class or call in sick to work is only growing with each temperate and sun-soaked day. While the rest of the world toils away, you'd probably l...

Milwaukee Film Festival unveils 2016 campaign art, launches early ticket sales

Matt Wild

May 12, 2016

// It's practically obscene to think about fall when summer is still around the corner (and during our Summer Preview Week, no less), but it's easy to let things slide when it comes to the Milwaukee Film Fe...

The last (alleyway) picture show? Paul’s Alley Cinema and the dying art of renegade showmanship

Justin Kern

May 5, 2016

// Paul Dorobialski saw the light. The blaring white light from a city utility pole, to be precise, the one that had been burned out or smashed or painted over since the early 1990s. The existence of this l...

“Martial Arts May” kicks off at Avalon Theater

Tyler Maas

April 28, 2016

// With tonight's showing of A Clockwork Orange being the final screening of Avalon Theater's well-received "Antihero April" film series, the Bay View cinema (that also brought you "Shocktoberfest" last Oct...

No, the next ‘Star Wars’ movie will NOT be filmed near Green Bay

Matt Wild

April 25, 2016

We have a bad feeling about this: Have you seen that article floating around Facebook about how the next Star Wars movie will be filmed near Green Bay, Wisconsin? Have you "liked" or shared said article about h...

It’s twue, it’s twue! Mel Brooks will host a screening of ‘Blazing Saddles’ at Riverside Theater

Matt Wild

April 25, 2016

// No matter where you fall on the all-important/clickable "Is political correctness ruining comedy?" debate, it's safe to say a movie like Mel Brooks' 1974 opus Blazing Saddles could never be made today. T...

Times Cinema will screen ‘Purple Rain’ next week

Tyler Maas

April 21, 2016

// On the off chance you've been waiting in line for a $1 Jimmy John's sub and this is the first thing you're reading all day, boy, we have some bad news. Prince passed away. Beyond being among the greatest...

Avalon brings ‘The Big Lebowski’ and more back to big screen in “Antihero April” series

Tyler Maas

March 25, 2016

// It's safe to say the Avalon has been killing it lately. The Bay View theater's recent Hayao Miyazaki anime film series went over so well that they've extended the screenings into April at Times Cinema, i...

We’re showing ‘Major League’ at the Avalon

Tyler Maas

March 22, 2016

// Making no secret that 2016 will be a rebuilding campaign, the Milwaukee Brewers will begin the season April 4 with a team composed of unknown youngsters, unproven prospects, stopgap veterans, a star play...

Filmmaker Jennifer Reeder talks feminism, the Midwest, cat films

Ashley Altadonna

February 29, 2016

// In Jennifer Reeder's film A Million Miles Away, we witness teenage girls communicating with one another via subtitles, and sometimes wittily cryptic emojis. They whisper plans of starting bands, revoluti...