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In search of the best movie theater seats in Milwaukee

August 26, 2026

Have you ever thought about your favorite spot to sit at the movies, and what makes it the best? Do you have a method to your madness, or are you just grabbing whatever you can when the option to pre-purchase i...

Malkovich! Yep, we’re screening ‘Being John Malkovich’ September 16 at the Avalon

Matt Wild

August 20, 2026

Welcome to the 7 1/2 floor of the Mertin-Flemmer building! As you will now be spending your workday here, it is important that you learn a bit about the history of this famous floor... Or you could learn a b...

We’re writing an article about how we’re screening ‘Adaptation’ at Avalon Theater on August 19

Matt Wild

July 16, 2026

To begin.... Coffee would help us think. Coffee and an Egg McMuffin from our favorite McDonald's. The one on 1st and National. We open on the trailer to Adaptation! You know, the fantastic 2002 Spike J...

Do you think y’all can handle this? We’re screening ‘The Foot Fist Way’ at Avalon Theater

Tyler Maas

June 18, 2026

Before he was Kenny Powers, Neil Gamby, Jesse Gemstone, or part of the Alien cinematic universe, Danny McBride first made his mark as Fred Simmons—a small town Taekwondo instructor with an inflated ego and a de...

Heads/Up: We’re screening ‘Face/Off’ at Avalon Theater on June 17

Tyler Maas

May 21, 2026

Thank you to everyone who made it out to last night's SOLD OUT Milwaukee Record screening of To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar at Avalon Theater. What a night and what a movie! So how are we ever...

We’re showing ‘To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar’ at Avalon Theater

Tyler Maas

April 16, 2026

Thanks to everyone who braved the elements and navigated the flood waters in order to watch Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story with us last night. It was a great time, and we're excited to follow it up with another...

Come to our ‘Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story’ screening (and after party) on April 15

Tyler Maas

March 19, 2026

Most people have one of three experiences with Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. They either love it, they’ve never seen it but are sure to love it once they finally do, or they saw it and kind of liked it initia...

We’re screening ‘Ghost World’ at Avalon Theater on March 18

Tyler Maas

February 19, 2026

Today in things that will probably make you feel old comes the realization that Ghost World is turning 25 this year. Yes, the dark comedy and certified cult classic based on the Daniel Clowes comic by the same ...

We’re screening ‘Jackie Brown’ at Avalon Theater on February 18

Tyler Maas

January 22, 2026

It's honestly pretty tough to follow this month's screening of Children Of Men, but dammit, we must! And without patting ourselves on the back too much, Jackie Brown might be the best way to handle the almost i...

Mentally prepare yourself to watch ‘Children Of Men’ with us at Avalon Theater

Tyler Maas

December 18, 2025

Imagine, if you can, a bleak and dystopian version of the world in the mid-2020s in which violence and division run rampant. Inhumane and deplorable immigration policies enacted by a totalitarian government are...

Here’s the lineup for Neighborhood Theater Group’s “Ho Ho Holiday Movie Bash”

Tyler Maas

December 3, 2025

Now that Thanksgiving is behind us and the city is currently covered in snow, it’s safe to say it: the holidays are right around the corner. Along with their approach also comes another annual seasonal traditio...

Party like it’s 2032 and watch ‘Demolition Man’ at Avalon Theater on December 17

Tyler Maas

November 20, 2025

Now that we've entered the final six weeks of the year, we can't help but look ahead to the future. No, not 2026. We're talking about taking a 115-minute trip to the year 2032 when we screen Demolition Man at A...

You probably think we’re screening ‘The Greasy Strangler’ on November 19

Josh Hoppert

October 16, 2025

If you missed last night’s screening of Death Becomes Her at Avalon Theater, we hope you had a nice time watching some other Isabella Rossellini movie instead. The screening for November is now ready to roll an...

Live forever at our screening of ‘Death Becomes Her,’ October 15 at Avalon Theater

Matt Wild

September 18, 2025

The spooky season is upon us, which means oodles and oodles of spooky movies! Or, in the case of our screening of Death Becomes Her, set for Wednesday, October 15 at the Avalon Atmospheric Theater, darkly funny...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

We’re screening ‘Total Recall’ at Avalon Theater on April 23

Tyler Maas

March 20, 2025

If you were one of the many folks who attended last night's screening of Tremors at Avalon Theater: 1. Thank you, and 2. We think you're really going to like next month's film selection. On Wednesday, April 23,...

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