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Strangelove, Spinal Tap top 2014 Milwaukee Film Fest’s Cinema Hooligante program

August 21, 2014

It’s hard to pin down a single highlight of the annual Milwaukee Film Festival, but for our money, there’s nothing better than the Cinema Hooligante program. For the past three years, the late-night series has ...

Milwaukee Film announces music docs, live music series for 2014 fest

Matt Wild

August 14, 2014

The sixth annual Milwaukee Film Festival is just over a month away (cue another round of heart attacks at Milwaukee Film), which means the fest is in full announcement mode. Programs spotlighting Mexican cinema...

Milwaukee Film adds Times Cinema as venue for 2014 festival

Matt Wild

July 22, 2014

If our calculations are correct, the 2014 Milwaukee Film Festival is little more than two months away. (Cue heart attacks from everyone at Milwaukee Film.) Like past fests, the sixth annual installment—schedule...

Relive the Burnhearts/Pabst Street Party with this awesome video

Matt Wild

July 16, 2014

Is it too early to be reminiscing about summer 2014? Probably, but a snap of unseasonably cool weather has us thinking back to a time when we were young, idealistic, and a little bit warmer. You know, like last...

Investigative piece on Wisconsin iron mine to air on Al Jazeera America

Matt Wild

June 12, 2014

Since 2011, the controversy surrounding a proposed iron mine in northern Wisconsin’s Penokee mountain range has split the state into two camps: those who see the construction of the $1.5 billion open-pit mine b...

It’s all right! It’s okay! Mark Borchardt to star in new web series!

Matt Wild

June 12, 2014

It’s been 15 years (!) since Chris Smith’s documentary American Movie introduced the world to embattled Milwaukee filmmaker Mark Borchardt. That film famously tagged along with Borchardt and lotto-loving BFF Mi...

Bike-In Movie Series rolls out 2014 lineup

Tyler Maas

June 3, 2014

With events like Point Fish Fry & A Flick, Stand-Up Cinema, and the variety of between-fest screenings Milwaukee Film offers, there’s no shortage of ways for people in town to catch a movie in an uncommon l...

Ghostbusters, Caddyshack highlight 2014 Point Fish Fry & A Flick (Update)

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 19, 2014

The film world suffered a huge loss earlier this year with the death of Harold Ramis. The Chicago-born writer, director, and actor shaped the comedic sensibilities of multiple generations with films like Caddys...

The Disclaimer: Talking Hamlet A.D.D. with Bobby Ciraldo and Andrew Swant

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 15, 2014

Every Wednesday at noon, WMSE’s Ryan Schleicher, Shepherd Express’ Evan Rytlewski, and Milwaukee Record’s Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called T...

Chronicling the city with “Content Milwaukee”

Matt Wild

May 13, 2014

Two months ago, a blog named Content Milwaukee quietly entered the ever-growing local publication scene. At first, its scope and ambition seemed as humble as its name: a collection of mostly black-and-white pic...

Milwaukee Film and HBO partner for local premiere of The Normal Heart

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 7, 2014

The 2014 Milwaukee Film Festival is still four months away, which raises an important question: What are we supposed to do for four months? Sure, there’s the monthly Milwaukee Film members screening at the Orie...

Hamlet A.D.D. will make its Milwaukee premiere May 15 at the Oriental

Matt Wild

April 30, 2014

Earlier this month, we hipped you to the fact that Special Entertainment’s long-, long-, long-in-the-works feature film, Hamlet A.D.D., would finally see the light of day. Andrew Swant and Bobby Ciraldo’s surre...

Watch the Super 8 video for Altos’ “Never Named”

Matt Wild

April 29, 2014

Altos’ self-titled 2011 debut is a record that still hums and reverberates three years on, filling the air with a post-rock din that alternates between plainly gorgeous and deeply unnerving. It’s a record that ...

Point Fish Fry & A Flick returns to Milwaukee’s lakefront July 18

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 23, 2014

Milwaukee’s long, dark, wintertime of the soul is finally over, which means a slew of summer festivals are finally ramping up, ready to provide a weary populace some much needed relief. For the sixth year in a ...

Tracklist: 10 fictional (or poorly depicted) WI places in film and TV

Tyler Maas

April 21, 2014

Despite being placed directly between coasts and in the thick of a region of America that’s commonly reduced to “flyover country,” Wisconsin manages to be cast in film and on television fairly often. Whether as...

Watch the trailer for the long-in-the-works Hamlet A.D.D.

Matt Wild

April 7, 2014

Scholars estimate that Shakespeare penned Hamlet sometime between 1599 and 1602. Future scholars will note that Milwaukee’s Andrew Swant and Bobby Ciraldo filmed their wonky take on the moody masterpiece, Hamle...