Film

Here’s the 2016 Milwaukee Bike-In Movie Series schedule

June 3, 2016

//We aren't sure how we (and seemingly everyone else) missed this, but arguably the best summer movie series in the city released its film lineup late last month. Between the third Friday of each June thro...

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...

Milwaukee Film Festival unveils 2016 campaign art, launches early ticket sales

Matt Wild

May 12, 2016

//It's practically obscene to think about fall when summer is still around the corner (and during our Summer Preview Week, no less), but it's easy to let things slide when it comes to the Milwaukee Film Fe...

The last (alleyway) picture show? Paul’s Alley Cinema and the dying art of renegade showmanship

Justin Kern

May 5, 2016

//Paul Dorobialski saw the light. The blaring white light from a city utility pole, to be precise, the one that had been burned out or smashed or painted over since the early 1990s. The existence of this l...

“Martial Arts May” kicks off at Avalon Theater

Tyler Maas

April 28, 2016

//With tonight's showing of A Clockwork Orange being the final screening of Avalon Theater's well-received "Antihero April" film series, the Bay View cinema (that also brought you "Shocktoberfest" last Oct...

No, the next ‘Star Wars’ movie will NOT be filmed near Green Bay

Matt Wild

April 25, 2016

We have a bad feeling about this: Have you seen that article floating around Facebook about how the next Star Wars movie will be filmed near Green Bay, Wisconsin? Have you "liked" or shared said article about h...

It’s twue, it’s twue! Mel Brooks will host a screening of ‘Blazing Saddles’ at Riverside Theater

Matt Wild

April 25, 2016

//No matter where you fall on the all-important/clickable "Is political correctness ruining comedy?" debate, it's safe to say a movie like Mel Brooks' 1974 opus Blazing Saddles could never be made today. T...

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...

Avalon brings ‘The Big Lebowski’ and more back to big screen in “Antihero April” series

Tyler Maas

March 25, 2016

//It's safe to say the Avalon has been killing it lately. The Bay View theater's recent Hayao Miyazaki anime film series went over so well that they've extended the screenings into April at Times Cinema, i...

We’re showing ‘Major League’ at the Avalon

Tyler Maas

March 22, 2016

//Making no secret that 2016 will be a rebuilding campaign, the Milwaukee Brewers will begin the season April 4 with a team composed of unknown youngsters, unproven prospects, stopgap veterans, a star play...

Filmmaker Jennifer Reeder talks feminism, the Midwest, cat films

Ashley Altadonna

February 29, 2016

//In Jennifer Reeder's film A Million Miles Away, we witness teenage girls communicating with one another via subtitles, and sometimes wittily cryptic emojis. They whisper plans of starting bands, revoluti...

2016 Milwaukee Film Festival now accepting entries

Matt Wild

February 23, 2016

//Autumn may be a looong way off—hell, it's not even spring yet—but when it comes to the Milwaukee Film Festival, we're happy to skip ahead a few seasons. Here's why: Today, Milwaukee Film announced that i...

Miyazaki films coming to Avalon Theater in March

Matt Wild

February 17, 2016

//Few filmmakers embody the phrase "living legend" more than Hayao Miyazaki. For more than 30 years, the Japanese director/producer/animator has transcended both culture and medium with a slew of stunningl...

Oh god yes! Avalon is screening ‘When Harry Met Sally…’ on Valentine’s Day

Tyler Maas

February 5, 2016

//Ever since we finally convinced the Avalon to show Wet Hot American Summer last September (no big deal!), the Bay View theater has rolled out a steady stream of celebrated cinema classics to coincide wit...

Here’s the limited edition screen print for Christopher Lloyd’s ‘Back To The Future’ screening

Matt Wild

February 4, 2016

//Back in December, the space-time continuum was briefly disrupted when it was announced that Christopher Lloyd would be coming to the Riverside Theater Saturday, February 20 for a screening of the 1985 bo...

Celebrate Groundhog Day with ‘Groundhog Day’ at Avalon Theater

Tyler Maas

January 20, 2016

//While Milwaukee's cruel arctic temperatures suggest winter might never end, spring will eventually come. It has to, right? As we bundle up and wait, at least we can look forward to Groundhog Day. No matt...

They made ‘SLC Punk 2’ for some reason and you can see it at The Oriental (but there’s a catch)

Tyler Maas

January 15, 2016

//Remember SLC Punk? "Kind of, I guess," you say? Hey! It was pretty okay at the time. Who could forget the 1998 cult classic wherein Bob the straight edge guy died, Devon Sawa had a bunch of LSD absorb in...

Avalon to honor David Bowie with midnight screening of ‘Labyrinth’

Tyler Maas

January 11, 2016

//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 immeasurable influence the singer-songwriter managed in...

I saw ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ at the Oriental Theatre at 4:15 a.m. and it was glorious

Matt Wild

December 18, 2015

//Back in October, a galaxy-full of Star Wars fans descended on the Internet, Death-Star-trench-run-style, to buy advance tickets to Star Wars: The Force Awakens. I was not among them. Instead, as untold m...