Tag: Milwaukee Film | Page 7 | Milwaukee Record

LiveSCREAM Theater: Watch ‘Attack Of The Giant Leeches’ with guests Jack Packard and Maggie Iken

October 9, 2019

Tuesday night, we grabbed some moonshine, hopped in a rickety canoe, and chilled out in an underwater leech grotto for the second installment of Milwaukee Record LiveSCREAM Theater. Yep, we watched 1959's Attac...

Milwaukee Film Festival adds ‘The Lodge’ to Cinema Hooligante program

Matt Wild

October 4, 2019

Hey! The 2019 Milwaukee Film Festival begins in less than two weeks! (It runs October 17-31.) Tickets are on sale NOW! The whole thing is going to be great, but the fest's Cinema Hooligante program (sponsored b...

Watch the first episode of Milwaukee Record LiveSCREAM Theater, ‘Night Of The Living Dead’

Matt Wild

October 3, 2019

This past Tuesday, we unleashed the first episode of our new live-on-the-internet YouTube series, Milwaukee Record LiveSCREAM Theater. The eternally awesome and witchy Tigernite joined host Matt Wild (that's me...

Coming this October to an internet near you: Milwaukee Record LiveSCREAM Theater!

Matt Wild

September 24, 2019

From October 17 through the 31st, the 2019 Milwaukee Film Festival will light up local screens with more than 300 films. Milwaukee Record is once again the proud sponsor of the festival's "Cinema Hooligante" pr...

MTV and Apollo documentaries will open and close 2019 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

September 24, 2019

From October 17 through the 31st, the 2019 Milwaukee Film Festival will light up local screens with more than 300 films. You already know about the "Cinema Hooligante" program (sponsored by Milwaukee Record!) a...

MFF2019’s Cinema Hooligante program is ridiculously great, gloriously geeky

Matt Wild

September 12, 2019

Since the dawn of time (a.k.a. 2014), Milwaukee Record has been a proud sponsor of the Milwaukee Film Festival's Cinema Hooligante program. A place for all things weird, wacky, bloody, and bizarre, it's our kin...

‘Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me’ (with guests Sheryl Lee and Ray Wise) slated for 2019 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

September 5, 2019

AHHHH! Coming this fall (October 17-31) to the 2019 Milwaukee Film Festival: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me with special guests Sheryl Lee (Laura Palmer) and Ray Wise (Leland Palmer)! Yes! Not only will Milwauke...

Coming soon to Cinema Hooligante: ‘The Blair Witch Project’ and ‘Shrek Retold’

Matt Wild

August 6, 2019

If you’ve been to the Milwaukee Film Festival in the past five years, you've probably encountered a peculiar set of films called Cinema Hooligante. This often bloody, disturbing, sick, subversive, and just plai...

“Look for more” within the campaign art for the 2019 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

July 30, 2019

It's still summer, but it's never too early to start thinking about the Milwaukee Film Festival. The 2019 installment—the festival's 11th—is set for October 17-31 at the Oriental Theatre, Avalon Theater, Times ...

Marielle Allschwang and Milwaukee Film to celebrate “The World of Mary Nohl”

Matt Wild

July 11, 2019

Mary Nohl casts a long shadow over Milwaukee art. Her (in)famous "Witch's House" in Fox Point—and its yard decorated with the artist's idiosyncratic concrete sculptures—is both a local curiosity and an "art env...

Milwaukee Film secures 1925 Wurlitzer pipe organ (not pictured) for Oriental Theatre

Matt Wild

May 9, 2019

If you've been to the Oriental Theatre lately and have sensed something...missing, you're not alone. For nearly a year, the historic East Side movie palace has been without a pipe organ. Wasn't it great when th...

We’re teaming up with Milwaukee Film to bring you Cinema Hooligante films all year long

Matt Wild

May 1, 2019

If you've been to the Milwaukee Film Festival in the past five years, you've probably encountered a peculiar set of films called Cinema Hooligante. This often bloody, disturbing, sick, subversive, and just plai...

New concession stand, better sound coming soon to Oriental Theatre

Matt Wild

April 22, 2019

It's been less than a year since Milwaukee Film took over operation of the historic Oriental Theatre. In that time, the ever-busy nonprofit arts organization has made a number of improvements to the 91-year-old...

Thurston Moore will perform live score to James Nares’ ‘Street’ at Oriental Theatre August 16

Matt Wild

April 19, 2019

Today in Wow, This Sounds Great news, Sonic Youth co-founder Thurston Moore is slated to perform a live score to artist James Nares' Street at Milwaukee's Oriental Theatre on Friday, August 16. Wow, this sounds...

What if we told you Saturday’s screening of ‘The Matrix’ at the Oriental was free for furloughed workers?

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 23, 2019

The country is now 33 days into a government shutdown and, despite the pleas of the Milwaukee Common Council, it doesn't look like things are going to change anytime soon. Hundreds of thousands of government wo...

On The Record #149: Appreciating ‘MacGruber’ with Kristopher Pollard

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 21, 2019

Spread the word, ya friggin' turds. Ignoring the advice of pretty much everyone we asked, Milwaukee Record decided it would be a good idea to show MacGruber at Avalon Theater this month. As the January 23 scree...

Milwaukee Film announces 2019 festival dates, opens call for entries

Matt Wild

January 15, 2019

Is it too early to get excited for the 2019 Milwaukee Film Festival? It is never too early to get excited for the 2019 Milwaukee Film Festival. So here we are, in January, getting pumped for something that's pr...

15 standout moments from the 2018 Milwaukee Film Festival

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 5, 2018

Is it over? Is it really over? Boo. Yes, after 15 days, countless films, and one long weekend to let it all soak in, the 2018 Milwaukee Film Festival is officially in the books. The tenth annual fest was an abs...

Here’s what we’re seeing this week at the 2018 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

October 29, 2018

It's sad but true: the 2018 Milwaukee Film Festival is in its final days. Still, there's plenty to see and enjoy before the 15-day fest wraps up on November 1 . Here's what we're seeing this week (complete with...

The time we showed ‘The Human Centipede’ at Hotel Foster during the Milwaukee Film Festival: An oral history

Josh Hoppert

October 23, 2018

According to the nation's top scientists, 2013 occurred approximately five years ago. The Seattle Seahawks won the Super Bowl, Linda Ronstadt was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and the Milwauke...

Tagged Milwaukee Film