My wildly ambitious, never-gonna-happen-but-I’ll-try-anyway MFF25 itinerary Matt Wild April 22, 2025 The 2025 Milwaukee Film Festival cometh! From April 24 through May 8, 96 feature films and 112 short films will light up the screens of the Oriental and Downer theatres. (The full lineup can be found HERE. Tick...
When and where to see the Cinema Hooligante films at the 2025 Milwaukee Film Festival Matt Wild April 21, 2025 The 2025 Milwaukee Film Festival begins...this week! From April 24 through May 8, 96 feature films and 112 short films will light up the screens of the Oriental and Downer theatres. Tickets and passes are avail...
We created a scavenger hunt for the 2025 Milwaukee Film Festival. Here’s the first clue. Matt Wild April 17, 2025 In case you missed it, the 2025 Milwaukee Film Festival is set to run April 24 – May 8. It'll feature approximately 200 feature-length and short films from around the world (and Milwaukee, of course) screening ...
Check out the full lineup and program guide for the 2025 Milwaukee Film Festival Matt Wild April 4, 2025 We're mere weeks away from the 2025 Milwaukee Film Festival. The 17th annual fest will take over the Oriental and Downer theatres—along with other swaths of the East Side—April 24 through May 8. It's gonna be g...
Milwaukee Film reveals more MFF25 selections, Opening Night film and party Matt Wild March 19, 2025 The 2025 Milwaukee Film Festival is just around the corner—April 24 - May 8, to be exact. It will feature approximately 200 short and feature-length documentary and fiction films from around the world (and Milw...
Here’s the schedule for Oriental Theatre’s David Lynch retrospective Matt Wild March 13, 2025 If you're a David Lynch obsessive like we are, you've been mainlining Lynch movies, Lynch TV, Lynch documentaries, Lynch music, and Lynch clips ever since the director's death in January. Ugh. Just typing that ...
Oriental, Downer theaters will go cashless beginning March 10 Matt Wild March 3, 2025 The 2025 Milwaukee Film Festival is set to run April 24 through May 8 at the Oriental Theatre and Downer Theatre. (Sorry, MFF films won't be screening at the Avalon or Times this year.) It will feature approxim...
2025 Milwaukee Film Festival reveals first films, will be at Oriental and Downer only Matt Wild February 18, 2025 The 2025 Milwaukee Film Festival is set to run April 24 – May 8. It will feature approximately 200 short and feature-length documentary and fiction films from around the world (and Milwaukee, of course). Advanc...
Oriental Theatre: “We’re never going to have” reclining seats or whatever (thank goodness) Matt Wild February 6, 2025 We're about two and a half months away from the 2025 Milwaukee Film Festival, which runs April 24 - May 8. And while the fest is amazing for 15 days, the Milwaukee Film-operated Oriental Theatre is amazing all ...
Spring has sprung with the artwork for the 2025 Milwaukee Film Festival Matt Wild January 30, 2025 Have you been outside today? It's pretty nice! True, spring is still months away, but at least it kinda-sorta feels like spring today. And here's another taste of spring: the just-released artwork for the 2025 ...
Milwaukee Film announces new executive leadership Press Release January 13, 2025 Milwaukee Film Announces New Executive Leadership MILWAUKEE – Monday, January 13th – Milwaukee Film Inc., the nonprofit organization which produces the nationally recognized Milwaukee Film Festival and operate...
Whoa! Here’s the schedule for Milwaukee Film’s “Keanuthon” Matt Wild October 28, 2024 If October is prime time for horror movies, what should folks binge in November? Thanksgiving movies? Christmas movies? Planes, Trains And Automobiles 24/7? If you're Milwaukee Film, the answer is a little more...
Watch “too-gross-for-theaters” trailer for 1994 Milwaukee-made horror film ‘Aswang’ Matt Wild October 17, 2024 It's the spooky season, and Milwaukee Film is currently neck-deep in its vampire-tastic "Bite Club" series. On Saturday, October 26 at the Oriental Theatre, that series will go local with a screening of the 199...
Here’s the lineup for Milwaukee Film’s inaugural Dialogues Documentary Festival Matt Wild September 4, 2024 The annual Milwaukee Film Festival has long been the star of Milwaukee Film's year-long programming, but a new festival is poised to become another big event for the ever-busy nonprofit. Enter the inaugural ...
Milwaukee Film announces lineup of films in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month 2024 Press Release August 27, 2024 Milwaukee Film Announces Lineup of Films in Honor of Hispanic Heritage Month 2024 Hispanic Heritage Month 2024 films to play at the Oriental Theatre this October MILWAUKEE – Monday, August 26th – Milwaukee Fi...
Milwaukee Film announces refocus on foundational mission of connecting community through cinema Press Release August 9, 2024 Milwaukee Film Announces Refocus On Foundational Mission Of Connecting Community Through Cinema Changes Will Ensure Future Sustainability and Success Milwaukee, WI – Friday, August 9th – Milwaukee Film, the o...
Coming this August to Oriental Theatre…creepy kids! Matt Wild July 30, 2024 Back in May, Milwaukee Film celebrated Mother's Day with a monthlong program of "Cool Moms" films at the Oriental Theatre. In June, in honor of Father's Day, it was time for the "Hot Dads" to step up. So what's...
Turn up the heat with some “Hot Dads” this June at Oriental Theatre Matt Wild May 29, 2024 Dads. They can be great. They can be funny. They can be competent. They can be bumbling. And yes, they can be HOT. So this June, why not make Father's Day a monthlong celebration and check out Milwaukee Film's ...
Milwaukee Film Festival announces 2024 attendance, 2025 dates Matt Wild May 2, 2024 The 2024 Milwaukee Film Festival drew a total of 32,624 attendees, Milwaukee Film announced Thursday. MFF2024 ran April 11-15 at the Oriental Theatre, Downer Theatre, Avalon Theater, and Times Cinema. It includ...
16 reasons to get excited for the 2024 Milwaukee Film Festival Matt Wild April 10, 2024 Here we go! The 2024 Milwaukee Film Festival is set to light up the city April 11-25. During that two-week stretch, a whopping 131 feature films and 169 shorts will screen at the Oriental Theatre, Downer Theatr...
