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Check out the full 2023 Milwaukee Film Festival program NOW

Matt Wild
April 6, 2023
The 2023 Milwaukee Film Festival is right around the corner—April 20 - May 4 around the corner, to be exact. You've seen the previous announcements about various films, but have you seen THE ENTIRE PROGRAM? Pro...

Nipple factories, Little Richard, ‘Star Wars Holiday Special’ doc coming to Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild
April 5, 2023
Hey! The 2023 Milwaukee Film Festival is right around the corner! From April 20 through May 4, the Oriental Theatre, the Avalon Theater, and Times Cinema will host 135 feature films and 148 short films. Some of...

2023 Milwaukee Film Festival’s Cream City Cinema program features true crime, beavers, more

Matt Wild
March 17, 2023
One of the best things about the annual Milwaukee Film Festival is the local love. In addition to hundreds of national and international selections, MFF includes dozens of locally produced feature films, short ...

2023 Milwaukee Film Festival is fast approaching. Here’s this year’s artwork.

Matt Wild
February 27, 2023
It's miserable outside today but guess what? We're less than two months away from the 2023 Milwaukee Film Festival! The 15th annual fest is set for April 20 through May 4 at the Oriental Theatre (and other thea...

2023 Milwaukee Film Festival will include ‘Metropolis,’ with live score from Anvil Orchestra

Matt Wild
February 22, 2023
It's miserable outside today but guess what? We're less than two months away from the 2023 Milwaukee Film Festival! The 15th annual fest is set for April 20 through May 4 at the Oriental Theatre (and other thea...

2022 Milwaukee Film Festival announces attendance, awards, 2023 dates

Matt Wild
May 10, 2022
The 2022 Milwaukee Film Festival wrapped last Thursday. Though it marked a return to in-cinema screenings after fully virtual outings in 2020 and 2021, it was very much a hybrid festival. Out of the 285 total f...

9 films to see during the final 3 days of the 2022 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild
May 3, 2022
Counting the single-film Opening Night, the 2022 Milwaukee Film Festival is a whopping 15 days long. That's a lot of days! Even more alarming: THERE ARE ONLY THREE DAYS LEFT. Yes, MFF2022 is set to wrap this T...

When and where to see all 14 Cinema Hooligante films at the 2022 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild
April 18, 2022
The 2022 Milwaukee Film Festival is set to take over the Oriental Theatre, Avalon Theater, and Times Cinema April 22 - May 5. The 14th annual fest will feature 134 features and 150 short films. Of those 134 fea...

Join us at Nice Times for “Bloody Sundays” during the 2022 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild
April 13, 2022
Back in the early-ish days of the Milwaukee Film Festival, Milwaukee Film and Milwaukee Record predecessor A.V. Club Milwaukee brought "Bloody Sundays" to The Hotel Foster. What could be better than Sunday morn...

The full lineup for the 2022 Milwaukee Film Festival is here, and it’s spectacular

Matt Wild
April 7, 2022
It's time to dig in. The 2022 Milwaukee Film Festival is set to return to Milwaukee movie screens April 21 - May 5. The 14th annual fest will feature 134 features and 150 short films from 43 countries. All f...

Milwaukee Film Festival will take place at Oriental, Avalon, Times theaters, include ‘The Thing’ on 35mm

Matt Wild
March 8, 2022
Guess what? The 2022 Milwaukee Film Festival is just around the corner! This year's fest is set for April 21 - May 5, and will include both in-person screenings and virtual screenings. We can't wait. About tho...

2022 Milwaukee Film Festival set for April 21 – May 5, intends to be in-person

Matt Wild
June 8, 2021
If it feels like the 2021 Milwaukee Film Festival just wrapped up, well, it kind of did. The event ran May 6-20; like the 2020 fest, it was all-virtual. But today, Milwaukee Film not only announced the dates fo...

2021 Milwaukee Film Festival announces (virtual) attendance, awards

Matt Wild
May 25, 2021
The 2021 Milwaukee Film Festival wrapped up last Thursday. Once again, it was a virtual fest, bringing hundreds of films directly to your TV, laptop, phone, tablet, etc. How many film minutes were viewed during...

Milwaukee’s ‘Bid Caller’ offers new perspective on old tradition of auctioneering

Carmella D'Acquisto
May 10, 2021
When filmmaker David Van Auken moved to Milwaukee, he was on a mission to find the city’s best tacos. But then he stumbled into a story that would shape his experience in Milwaukee, and inspire his new document...

15 picks for the 15 days of the (all-virtual) 2021 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild
May 6, 2021
Hey! The all-virtual 2021 Milwaukee Film Festival is happening...RIGHT NOW. From May 6-20, hundreds of feature films and shorts will be available for you to enjoy in the comfort of your own home. Find out how t...

Here’s the Cinema Hooligante lineup for the all-virtual 2021 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild
April 26, 2021
Hey! The annual Milwaukee Film Festival is happening a little early this year—like, May 6-20 early. Once again, the fest is all-virtual, meaning 89 can't-miss feature films (Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free!)...

LiveSCREAM Theater returns with four-film tribute to Kenosha native Bert I. Gordon

Matt Wild
April 21, 2021
Orson Welles was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin on May 6, 1915. Two short decades later, he took the world by storm as a theatre and radio sensation. A few years after that, he directed Citizen Kane, a film still c...

The 2021 Milwaukee Film Festival will be held in May, will still be virtual

Matt Wild
November 30, 2020
If you enjoyed the all-virtual Milwaukee Film Festival in October, another one is right around the corner. Milwaukee Film announced Monday afternoon that the 2021 Milwaukee Film Festival will not only be vir...

Stay at home this Halloween and watch all four episodes of LiveSCREAM Theater

Matt Wild
October 28, 2020
With Halloween just around the corner and a global pandemic raging out of control, it's a perfect time to shut up, stay at home, and watch some old horror movies! (Right?) And what better way to do just that th...

Milwaukee Record Recommended: October 26-29 (Milwaukee Film Festival edition)

Milwaukee Record Staff
October 26, 2020
Since Wisconsin is showing staggering COVID-19 numbers at the moment, we strongly suggest you stay inside and/or keep distance from others for the time being. Fortunately, the Milwaukee Film Festival is here to...
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