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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...

Here’s the Cinema Hooligante lineup (and everything else) for the 2024 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild
March 27, 2024
Let's dive right in: The 2024 Milwaukee Film Festival will take place April 11-25. A whopping 131 feature films and 169 shorts will screen at the Oriental Theatre, Downer Theatre, Avalon Theater, and Times Cine...

We ARE serious: David Zucker will attend screening of ‘Airplane!’ March 16 at Oriental Theatre

Matt Wild
March 7, 2024
Joey, do you like endlessly quotable and ridiculously absurd movies from 1980 that feature Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar? ("Tell your old man to drag Walton ...

Milwaukee Film will take over operations of Downer Theatre in April

Matt Wild
March 5, 2024
Roughly six months after abruptly closing, the Downer Theatre (2589 N. Downer Ave.) has a new lease on life. And it's thanks to an expected savior: Milwaukee Film. Yes, Milwaukee Film announced Tuesday that ...

Milwaukee Film to screen ‘Saltburn’ and other anti-Valentine’s Day films for “Love Hurts” series

Tyler Maas
February 5, 2024
Have you seen Saltburn yet? It's one of 2023's most talked-about films for good reason. By now, you've probably either witnessed or heard about , that part where , and the unforgettable moment when . It's a fun...
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