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Milwaukee Film announces Cultures & Communities festival headliners

July 10, 2023

MILWAUKEE FILM ANNOUNCES CULTURES & COMMUNITIES FESTIVAL HEADLINERS Popular Television Star and Legendary Hip Hop DJ to Headline 2023 Festival Events MILWAUKEE – Monday, July 10, 2023 – Milwaukee Film is ...

See ‘Southland Tales’ at Oriental Theatre, complete with director Q&A, Rebekah Del Rio performance

Matt Wild

June 9, 2023

In 2006, director Richard Kelly followed up his beloved cult classic Donnie Darko with the wildly ambitious, wildly bizarre, and just plain wild Southland Tales. The film...well...it was about...um, er...we'll ...

Milwaukee Film Festival celebrates increase of in-person attendance by 58%, honors 2023 Audience Award-winning films

Press Release

May 10, 2023

Milwaukee Film Celebrates Increase of In-Person Attendance by 58% at The 2023 Milwaukee Film Festival and Honors its 2023 Audience Award-Winning Films Milwaukee Film is also pleased to announce the dates for t...

Milwaukee Film and PBS Wisconsin to host premiere of LGBTQ+ history documentary ‘Wisconsin Pride’

Press Release

May 9, 2023

MILWAUKEE FILM AND PBS WISCONSIN TO HOST PREMIERE OF LGBTQ+ HISTORY DOCUMENTARY WISCONSIN PRIDE Gala event to include the film's cast and crew, as well as gay rights leaders from across the state MILWAUKEE – ...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Oriental Theatre is a majestic movie palace of memories

Matt Wild

May 5, 2023

Some Milwaukee things come and go, while some Milwaukee things become iconic. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: the Oriental Theatre! Is it possible to take something extraordinary—some...

Business To Business: The Vanguard co-owner Jim McCann values Milwaukee Film

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 3, 2023

With our “Business To Business” series, we’re offering business owners in and around Milwaukee a platform to acknowledge other local establishments and area entrepreneurs they appreciate. This week: The Vanguar...

My wildly ambitious, never-gonna-happen-but-I’ll-die-trying MFF2023 itinerary

Matt Wild

April 20, 2023

From April 20 through May 4, the 2023 Milwaukee Film Festival will screen 135 feature films and 148 short films at the Oriental Theatre, the Avalon Theater, and Times Cinema. Using the magic of a Milwaukee Reco...

Prep for ‘Hundreds Of Beavers’ at MFF2023 with pre-premiere Beaver Bash at Von Trier

Matt Wild

April 19, 2023

From April 20 through May 4, the 2023 Milwaukee Film Festival will screen 135 feature films and 148 short films at the Oriental Theatre, the Avalon Theater, and Times Cinema. It's gonna be great. What are we mo...

When and where to see all 14 Cinema Hooligante films at the 2023 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

April 17, 2023

The 2023 Milwaukee Film Festival is mere days away! From April 20 through May 4, 135 feature films and 148 short films will screen at the Oriental Theatre, the Avalon Theater, and Times Cinema. And, as always, ...

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 ...

Milwaukee Film’s Women’s History Month lineup includes newly crowned greatest film of all time

Matt Wild

February 28, 2023

In case you missed it, the most recent Sight & Sound poll named 1975's Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles as the greatest film of all time. (Vertigo and Citizen Kane came in at #2 and #3, r...

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...

Oscar shorts, family films coming to Oriental Theatre

Matt Wild

February 17, 2023

If you're in the market for catching up on this year's crop of Oscar-nominated short films and enjoying the original Muppet Movie on the big screen, have we got some news for you. Beginning Friday, February ...

Here are the films and events coming to Milwaukee Film’s Black History Month celebration

Matt Wild

January 6, 2023

February is Black History Month, and, for the fifth consecutive year, Milwaukee Film and its Black Lens program are going all out with a monthlong lineup of screenings and events. Want to see 1985's The Last Dr...

2022 Cultures & Communities Festival opens Wednesday, closes Sunday with ‘Butterfly In The Sky’

Matt Wild

September 13, 2022

If you need an occasional reminder that Milwaukee Film is more than just the Milwaukee Film Festival, here you go: From September 14-18, Milwaukee Film will host the second annual Cultures & Communities Fes...

Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin will perform a live score to ‘Suspiria’ October 30 at Oriental Theatre

Matt Wild

August 31, 2022

Back in 2018, Milwaukee moviegoers were treated to a screening of Dario Argento's 1977 classic giallo film Suspiria at the Oriental Theatre. But it wasn't just any screening—it came complete with a live score f...

Oriental Theatre will screen 4K restorations of David Lynch’s ‘Lost Highway,’ ‘Inland Empire’

Matt Wild

July 26, 2022

Don't you love it when Milwaukee movie palace Oriental Theatre screens David Lynch films? WE DO. Now, a few years after that screening of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, the Oriental is set to screen A.) one of ...

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