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WMSE’s Friday Night Freak Show returns to Times Cinema May 20 with ‘Better Off Dead’

April 14, 2022

In case you missed it, the Times Cinema (5906 W. Vliet St.) reopened earlier this month with a new programming format. Yes, more than two years after closing due to COVID-19, the cozy neighborhood cinema is bac...

Celebrate the life of David Bowie with January 10 screenings of ‘Labyrinth’ and ‘Cat People’ at Avalon Theater and Times Cinema

Tyler Maas

December 16, 2019

The world became a darker place on January 10, 2016. That day, the death of David Bowie left a gaping hole in the hearts of music fans throughout the world. Few, if any, mortals could equal the body of work and...

Times Cinema prepares to beam down “Sci-Fridays” movie series

Matt Wild

April 3, 2019

Do your weekends need a blast of geeky air? Of course they do. Well, if Friday nights with Svengoolie on MeTV and Joe Bob Briggs on Shudder aren't enough, you'll soon have another option. Times Cinema has annou...

Strangers’ lives entangle in Milwaukee-made feature, ‘Lesser Beasts’

Tyler Maas

May 8, 2018

In addition to the all-around excellence of the Milwaukee Film Festival and frequent screenings of time-tested favorites and cult classics (cough!) at the city's various neighborhood theaters, the state of cine...

Here are the “holiday” movies screening at Avalon Theater, Times Cinema, and Rosebud Cinema in December

Tyler Maas

November 21, 2017

If Andy Williams is to be believed, we’re getting close to the most wonderful time of the year. While Black Friday madness, frigid temperatures, and dreadful seasonal ditties like “It’s The Most Wonderful Time ...

Stand-Up Cinema will return to mock ‘The Room’ in May

Tyler Maas

April 25, 2017

Back in 2014, Milwaukee comedian Ryan Lowe's "Stand-Up Cinema" injected MST3K-like movie commentary from local comics, as well as elements of stand-up, sketch, and self-shot video vignettes to such film classic...

Times Cinema and Avalon Theater revive holiday classics for “5 Days Of Christmas”

Tyler Maas

November 22, 2016

WMSE’s Friday Night Freak Show is returning to Times Cinema

Matt Wild

July 28, 2016

//Rejoice, lovers of cult films and darkened theaters: After a 10-year break, WMSE's once-mighty Friday Night Freak Show is returning to the Times Cinema. Hell yes.The original incarnation of the midni...

Summer Film Camp breaks out kid-friendly matinees

Tyler Maas

June 1, 2016

//With their movie series put together in accordance with Halloween and Christmas, anime nights, unique monthly themes like "Antihero April" and "Martial Arts May," honoring fallen music greats, not to men...

We’re showing ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ at Times Cinema

Tyler Maas

May 20, 2016

//Being exactly a month out from summer, the temptation to cut class or call in sick to work is only growing with each temperate and sun-soaked day. While the rest of the world toils away, you'd probably l...

Times Cinema will screen ‘Purple Rain’ next week

Tyler Maas

April 21, 2016

//On the off chance you've been waiting in line for a $1 Jimmy John's sub and this is the first thing you're reading all day, boy, we have some bad news. Prince passed away. Beyond being among the greatest...

Here’s what’s screening at “Shocktoberfest” at the Avalon, Rosebud, and Times

Matt Wild

October 6, 2015

It’s a scientific fact that nothing beats October. The weather is awesome, Halloween is lurking around the corner, and businesses go nuts with “Rocktober” and “Shocktober” events. In the case of the latter, the...

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