Film

R.I.P. Milwaukee musician, ‘American Movie’ co-star Mike Schank

October 13, 2022

Milwaukee musician Mike Schank, best known as the co-star of the 1999 documentary American Movie, has died. A friend confirms to Milwaukee Record that Schank "passed away early this morning in his mother's arm...

Milwaukee Public Library’s video homage to Stephen King is perfect

Matt Wild

October 5, 2022

Along with being awesome in general, Milwaukee Public Library is awesome at social media. MPL's Twitter and TikTok accounts are loaded with funny, cheeky, and delightfully DIY videos. And a new video celebratin...

We’re screening a 4K restoration of ‘The Lost Boys’ at Avalon Theater on October 26

Matt Wild

September 29, 2022

What do you get when you combine a wickedly dark vampire movie with a teenage adventure film, and then spike it with a cast of '80s icons, the future director of Batman & Robin, a terrific soundtrack, a ter...

Here’s what’s screening at “Shocktoberfest VII” at Avalon Theater and The Times Cinema

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 26, 2022

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...

Bring your old home movies to “Home Movie Day” at UWM on October 15

Matt Wild

September 15, 2022

Folks of a certain age with oodles of fond and/or cringe-y memories recorded on old VHS tapes or DV tapes or even film reels take note: On Saturday, October 15, the UWM Archives and the UWM Film Studies Departm...

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...

We’re screening ‘The Wedding Singer’ at Avalon Theater on September 28 and you’re reaping all the benefits

Tyler Maas

September 1, 2022

September is a month that's synonymous with weddings. The month—which straddles the end of summer and the start of autumn—is among the most popular times for people to tie the knot. With that in mind...and beca...

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...

Times Cinema to screen five Steven Spielberg classics during “Spielberg September”

Tyler Maas

August 25, 2022

Steven Spielberg needs no introduction, so we won't give him one. Instead, we'll keep this short and just let you know Times Cinema will be celebrating the iconic filmmaker throughout the month of September by ...

Kevin Smith will host a screening of ‘Clerks III’ at Pabst Theater on November 5

Matt Wild

August 16, 2022

Does the world really need another Clerks film? Sure, why not! Hell, perhaps director Kevin Smith can make an even better case for the upcoming film when he screens it at Milwaukee's Pabst Theater on Saturday, ...

Spend a day at Lake Park Golf Course in strangely hypnotic ‘Lake Park Golf Course’ video

Matt Wild

August 5, 2022

Milwaukee's Lake Park is an absolute gem. In addition to its sprawling paths, its towering lighthouse, and its gorgeous views of Lake Michigan, the East Side park boasts a 3-par, 18-hole golf course. It's calle...

We’re screening ‘Gremlins 2: The New Batch’ at Avalon Theater on August 31

Matt Wild

July 28, 2022

Director Joe Dante injected plenty of dark and subversive humor into 1984's Gremlins (look no further than the infamous "Santa Claus" story), but when it came time to direct the sequel six years later, Dante we...

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 ...

2022 Cultures & Communities Festival will feature Rosa Parks doc, Prince concert film, more

Matt Wild

July 21, 2022

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

Celebrate Dr. Destruction’s induction into Worldwide Television and Radio Horror Host Hall of Fame

Matt Wild

July 19, 2022

It's weirdly comforting to know that, despite massive changes in the entertainment industry in the last 70 years, the institution of the TV horror movie host survives to this day. Svengoolie, Elvira, and Joe Bo...

Twisted Dreams Film Festival will return with Lloyd Kaufman, live-scored ‘Nosferatu,’ more

Matt Wild

July 19, 2022

Has it really been more than two years since we physically attended Milwaukee's Twisted Dreams Film Festival? Back in 2019, we saw the legendary Joe Bob Briggs give his excellent "How Rednecks Saved Hollywood" ...

Batter up! We’re screening ‘A League Of Their Own’ at Avalon Theater on July 27

Tyler Maas

June 30, 2022

Last night, an enthusiastic audience joined us at Avalon Theater for a screening of Blade. While that’s certainly a tough act to follow, we think you’re going to have a ball at next month’s screening. Join us a...

That time I went to a real ‘Blade’ blood rave

Rob Wieland

June 22, 2022

Blade has one of the best opening action sequences of all time. (Chances are, if you've seen the movie, "Confusion" by New Order is already playing in your head.) It introduces the daywalker wordlessly. It sets...

Oriental Theatre’s COVID-canceled ‘Cats’ screening claws its way back to July 23

Matt Wild

June 16, 2022

It's been two loooooong years since Milwaukee's Oriental Theatre announced that, thanks to an online petition, it would screen the misbegotten 2019 film version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's misbegotten 1981 stage m...

Black Lens program will celebrate Tupac Shakur with ‘Juice’ screening, career retrospective

Matt Wild

June 9, 2022

Thursday, June 16, 2022 will be / would have been Tupac Shakur's 51st birthday. (Is it mind-boggling to think that Shakur would have been only 51? Yep.) To mark the occasion, Milwaukee Film's Black Lens program...