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Get a whiff of the trailer for Milwaukee-made sci-fi/horror short ‘Aroma-Vision’

September 11, 2025

"With the invention of a new television that broadcasts scent, an ordinary man is pulled into a daunting new cooking show." As far as loglines go, that one's a winner. It's for Aroma-Vision, an entirely Milw...

Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson are Milwaukee’s Lightning & Thunder in ‘Song Sung Blue’ trailer

Matt Wild

September 9, 2025

It's a Milwaukee story through and through: a man and woman meet at Ma Fischer's in 1989 and decide to start a Neil Diamond tribute act called Lightning & Thunder; the tribute act takes off and becomes a lo...

Everyone’s entitled to 27 good scares during Shocktoberfest at Avalon, Rosebud, Times

Matt Wild

September 5, 2025

Are you already prepping for the Halloween season in mid-September? Of course you are. Are you looking forward to October, when the Halloween season really gets cooking? Again, of course you are. So without ...

Here’s the full lineup for the 2025 Dialogues Documentary Festival

Matt Wild

September 3, 2025

If you think Milwaukee Film is just about the annual Milwaukee Film Festival (and, um, running the Oriental and Downer theaters all year round), think again! Milwaukee Film's second annual Dialogues Documentary...

We’re showing ‘Wet Hot American Summer’ at Avalon Theater (again) on September 17

Tyler Maas

August 21, 2025

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 ...

Milwaukee Film unveils six films coming to 2025 Dialogues Documentary Festival

Matt Wild

August 19, 2025

If you think Milwaukee Film is just about the annual Milwaukee Film Festival (and, um, running the Oriental and Downer theaters all year round), think again! Milwaukee Film's second annual Dialogues Document...

Help make Frankie Latina’s ‘Skinny Dip’ (starring Mark Borchardt) a horror-film reality

Matt Wild

August 13, 2025

Back in 2023, Milwaukee enfant terrible filmmaker Frankie Latina launched a GoFundMe for his third feature film, Skinny Dip. The horror flick was only in pre-production at that point, but its classic "campers b...

4K screening of ‘Re-Animator,’ Q&A with Jeffrey Combs coming to Pabst Theater October 3

Matt Wild

August 4, 2025

There's no film quite like 1985's Re-Animator. Is it a horror film? A comedy? A Frankenstein/"mad scientist" spoof? A horror-comedy-Frankenstein/"mad scientist"-spoof? Whatever it is, it's an absolute hoot. And...

Witness the absolutely true ‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ August 20 at Avalon Theater

Matt Wild

July 24, 2025

Tickets HERE. Everyone knows the absolutely true story of music legend "Weird Al" Yankovic. How his parents disapproved of his accordion playing. How he rocketed to fame on the strength of his original song ...

Marcus Ridge Cinema’s Sneak Peek Theatre: The Milwaukee Record Review

Tyler Maas

July 22, 2025

Cinema is in an interesting (if not concerning) place right now. The ubiquity of streaming has devalued and tarnished the moviegoing experience. Coupling that with perpetual economic uncertainty and changing co...

We’re screening ‘Hot Fuzz’ at Avalon Theater on July 23

Tyler Maas

June 19, 2025

Thanks to each and every one of you who made it out to last night's Milwaukee Record screening of Real Genius at Avalon Theater. What a night! Whether or not you attended, we're pleased to let you know we'll be...

Mandatory Milwaukee: The popcorn at the Oriental and Downer theaters is the best

Matt Wild

June 17, 2025

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some Milwaukee things come and go, while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: the popcorn at Oriental and Downer theaters! Popcorn and movie th...

That ‘Polka! Polka! Polka!’ TV show on CW18: The Milwaukee Record Review

Tyler Maas

June 11, 2025

For many, the weekend is a time for viewing rituals. Some tune in to see Saturday Night Live as it's airing. Others appoint one of the weekend evenings to be movie night. Many make time between Friday and Sunda...

Pop the popcorn and come to our screening of ‘Real Genius,’ June 18 at Avalon Theater

Matt Wild

May 22, 2025

The great Val Kilmer passed away on April 1 at the age of 65. He left behind a filmography filled with idiosyncratic classics: Top Secret!, Top Gun, Willow, The Doors, Tombstone, Heat—hell, even The Island Of D...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Loving films that very briefly take place in Milwaukee

Tyler Maas

May 20, 2025

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some all-too-minor local cameos in movies that are primarily set elsewhere come and go, while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: loving when a v...

Milwaukee Film Festival announces 2025 attendance and winners, 2026 dates

Matt Wild

May 14, 2025

The 2025 Milwaukee Film Festival wrapped up last week. It was a blast! From April 24 through May 8, more than 200 feature films and short films screened at the Oriental and Downer theatres. There were Q&As,...

A clue-by-clue solution to our 2025 Milwaukee Film Festival treasure hunt

Matt Wild

May 9, 2025

In case you missed it, the 2025 Milwaukee Film Festival wrapped up Thursday night. It was a blast! (The line for the Closing Night film, Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, went around the block.) Oh, and something el...

‘Murder Cabin’ writer/co-director discusses Times Cinema premiere, Wisconsin-made horror

Tyler Maas

May 7, 2025

There's no shortage of horror films that have been set in Wisconsin. In recent years, independent filmmakers have also been known to shoot frightening footage within the borders of the state itself with more re...

Holy schnikes! We’re screening ‘Tommy Boy’ at Avalon Theater on May 21

Tyler Maas

April 24, 2025

Even now, close to three decades after his untimely death, Chris Farley still holds a special place in the hearts of Wisconsinites and comedy fans throughout the world. Heck, the Madison native and Marquette gr...

‘Green Blah’ co-director discusses Green Bay’s punk rock past before Milwaukee Film Festival screenings

Tyler Maas

April 23, 2025

Throughout the weekend, Green Bay, Wisconsin will be in the national spotlight on account of the NFL Draft coming to Titletown for the first time ever. Around the same time names of second and third round selec...