Film

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

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...

Take a trip with the artwork for the 2024 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

February 2, 2024

Believe it or not, we're roughly two months away from the 2024 Milwaukee Film Festival. It's true! The 16th installment of the annual cinematic blowout is set for April 11-25. The full lineup won't be revealed ...

Times Cinema will stop screening “regularly scheduled repertory films,” only do special events

Matt Wild

February 2, 2024

Today in Milwaukee-movie-theater-shakeup news, the venerable Times Cinema (5906 W. Vliet St.) announced that, going forward, it will be "utilizing the venue to hold special public or private events in place of ...

We’re screening ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. The World’ at Avalon Theater

Tyler Maas

January 25, 2024

First off, thanks to everyone who came to last night's sold-out screening of Wild At Heart. It was a great time, but as awesome as it was, we feel like we've really 1UPed ourselves with next month's film select...

‘Hundreds Of Beavers’ (the film, not the real beavers) will return to Oriental Theatre January 31

Matt Wild

January 24, 2024

If you attended the 2023 Milwaukee Film Festival and you have vague memories of a bunch of costumed critters running around outside the Oriental Theatre, it wasn't a dream (and it wasn't just another night on t...

Here’s the lineup for Milwaukee Film’s 2024 Black History Month celebration

Matt Wild

January 8, 2024

February is just around the corner, and with it, Black History Month. Looking for a way to celebrate Black History Month on the silver screen—specifically the silver screen of Milwaukee's gorgeous Oriental Thea...

Rockin’ good news: We’re screening ‘Wild At Heart’ January 24 at the Avalon

Matt Wild

December 28, 2023

Even with films like Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive under his belt (not to mention the third season of Twin Peaks), David Lynch's Wild At Heart is the director's most wonderfully garish creation. The 1990 cri...

Run to our December 27 screening of ‘The Fugitive’ at Avalon Theater

Matt Wild

November 30, 2023

All right, listen up, ladies and gentlemen, we're screening 1993's The Fugitive at the Avalon Atmospheric Theater on Wednesday, December 27. Runtime of the film, barring trailers and messages from screening spo...

Found Footage Festival talks new volume, ‘Chop & Steele’ documentary, West Allis thrift stores before Milwaukee show

Rick Katschke

November 20, 2023

Over the past decade, it has become a tradition to have a Found Footage Festival show in Milwaukee around either Thanksgiving or Christmas. That continues this year as Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher of the Found ...

Bay View ‘Bridesmaids’ apartment gets screen time in another film

Tyler Maas

November 20, 2023

Today in short, harmless articles that are sure to inspire a few "wAiT, tHiS iS nEwS?!???" comments from cool and easygoing people on Facebook comes a little Milwaukee-specific tidbit related to a film that was...

Take a peek at Oriental Theatre’s newly restored 1925 Wurlitzer pipe organ

Matt Wild

November 3, 2023

Milwaukee Film's recent restoration of the Oriental Theatre has turned the stunning East Side movie palace into a really, really stunning East Side movie palace. But one element has been missing: a big ol' pipe...

Oh my gosh! We’re screening ‘Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar’ at Avalon Theater on November 29

Tyler Maas

October 26, 2023

Iron your best pair of culottes and reschedule your Talking Club session because Milwaukee Record is screening Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar this fall! This ultra rare big screen showing of the 2021 comedy—...

Oriental Theatre will soon feature a spiffy “new” (a.k.a. restored) 1925 Wurlitzer pipe organ

Matt Wild

October 23, 2023

Explore unlikely world of Kenosha horror hosts in new documentary, ‘I’m Your Host’

Matt Wild

October 18, 2023

There's something weirdly comforting about horror hosts. Watching old black and white horror flicks in the middle of the night can be a lonely experience, but toss in a campy/corny host dressed like a vampire—t...

Heeeeeere’s the “Shocktoberfest 2023” film lineup!

Tyler Maas

October 5, 2023

It’s a scientific fact that nothing beats October. The weather is awesome, Halloween is lurking around the corner, and businesses go nuts with events and promotions ending with the "tober" suffix. Now that "spo...

Wolfman’s got….! We’re screening ‘The Monster Squad’ October 25 at Avalon Theater

Matt Wild

September 21, 2023

The 1980s were loaded with "kid adventure" films: The Goonies, Explorers, Flight Of The Navigator, etc. But how many of those "kid adventure" films had the kids squaring off against Dracula, the Wolfman, Franke...

Downer Theatre has closed (for now?)

Matt Wild

September 19, 2023

UPDATE (9/20/23): In a press release, President of the Downer Avenue Business Improvement District Michael DeMichele says, "We have high hopes in finding a solution that continues to respect the tradition and h...

‘Stop Making Sense,’ Jerry Harrison will return to Oriental Theatre this fall

Matt Wild

September 14, 2023

It's a testament to how spoiled we are in Milwaukee that, when you receive a press release announcing that the 1984 Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense will screen at the Oriental Theatre, and that Tal...

Here’s the film lineup for the 2023 Cultures & Communities Festival

Matt Wild

September 11, 2023

From Thursday October 5 through Thursday, October 12, Milwaukee Film's 2023 Cultures & Communities Festival will take over the Oriental Theatre—and much of the city itself.The "eight-day convergence of ...

Help Milwaukee filmmaker Frankie Latina fund his third feature, ‘Skinny Dip’

Matt Wild

August 29, 2023

Back in 2009, Milwaukee enfant terrible filmmaker Frankie Latina made a splash with Modus Operandi, a delightfully sleazy, Z-grade exploitation flick co-produced by Sasha Grey and starring Danny Trejo. It was t...