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James Randi tells the truth about ‘An Honest Liar’

October 2, 2014

James Randi originally chose “The Amazing Randi” as a stage name back when he was plying his trade as a magician and escape artist; little did he know it would nicely sum up his entire seven-decade-and-counting...

Stop Making Sense, Take Me To The River, and the long, strange career of Jerry Harrison

Cal Roach

October 2, 2014

Anyone who attended last year’s Milwaukee Film Festival screening of the brilliant Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense will tell you it’s hard to have more fun in a movie theater. Attendees danced spon...

MFF2014: Alloy Orchestra breathes sonic life into Man With A Movie Camera

Cal Roach

October 1, 2014

Last year’s Milwaukee Film Festival brought us the once-in-a-lifetime event that was Altos: Earth, featuring the local group performing a live, original score to Alexander Dovzhenko’s silent Soviet classic. Cam...

ZAZ 8 2/3: 10 Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker missteps

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 30, 2014

Wednesday night, the Milwaukee Film Festival will pay tribute to the legendary Shorewood-sired filmmaking triad of David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, and Jim Abrahams with a 30th anniversary screening of Top Secret! T...

MFF2014: Inside The Milwaukee Show (part one)

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 29, 2014

They don’t call it the Milwaukee Film Festival for nothing. In addition to screening some of the best films in the world, the annual fest gives plenty of love to local films and filmmakers. The highlight of the...

MFF2014 Day 3: State of the cinema and witches, bitches

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 27, 2014

Today is Day 3 of the 2014 Milwaukee Film Festival, which runs September 25 – October 9. Want to talk movies and/or stalk us? Here’s where we’ll be. “State of Cinema” lecture with Wesley Morris (noon, Prospe...

MFF2014: 1971 taps into political paranoia of the past, present

Steven Franz

September 25, 2014

Within minutes of Johanna Hamilton’s documentary 1971, we are told via intertitle that the film’s subjects—a group of eight anti-war activists who broke into an FBI office and “stole every file”—acted as a kind...

MFF2014: Psychopath explores oversized ambition, haunted theme parks

Matt Wild

September 23, 2014

There’s no better subject for a documentary than a tragic, constantly put-upon hero fighting for his or her dreams in the face of insurmountable odds. If those dreams involve filmmaking, even better: Francis Fo...

Tracklist: 10 reasons to get excited for the 2014 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

September 22, 2014

// Beginning Thursday, September 25 and running through Thursday, October 9, the 6th annual Milwaukee Film Festival promises to be a can’t-miss event. A total of 276 films will light up the screens of the L...

Here’s the complete lineup for the 2014 Milwaukee Film Festival

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 5, 2014

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: the annual Milwaukee Film Festival is one of the city’s finest events, hands down. For the 2014 fest—which runs September 25 through October 9—a total of 276 films w...

Milwaukee Film’s 2014 Cream City Cinema to feature Hamlet A.D.D., two-part “Milwaukee Show”

Matt Wild

August 28, 2014

Just when you thought it was safe to write about the upcoming 6th Annual Milwaukee Film Festival without mentioning yet another fest highlight, along comes Cream City Cinema. Today, Milwaukee Film revealed the ...

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

Matt Wild

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...