Movies
TCD’s Milwaukee Film Fest Picks
The 5th annual Milwaukee Film Festival is in full swing, so check out our ever-updating daily guide to what's next on the big screen.
Oct 6th, 2013 by Third Coast Daily
“Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me”
The fantastic biopic looks at one of the most legendary cult bands in rock history, Memphis, Tennessee's Big Star.
Oct 5th, 2013 by Sahan Jayasuriya
“The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology”
Cultural critic Slavoj Žižek returns to the silver screen with a new works dissecting cinema and society in the wake of the global revolutionary wave of 2010-11.
Oct 3rd, 2013 by Ben Gucciardi
The Girls In The Band
The impeccably researched documentary sheds light on a little-known hiccup in the history of jazz: the refusal to accept female musicians.
Oct 2nd, 2013 by Gene Cawley
Classic fall offerings return
The MSO does Concertos for Orchestra, while classic autumnal events like Oktoberfest, ARToberfest, the annual Film Fest and the Alchemist Halloween show round out the week.
Oct 1st, 2013 by Danielle McClune
“Shorts: Let’s Get Animated”
The Milwaukee Film Festival brings you seven strange, dark and heartfelt international shorts, premiering Tuesday night at Fox Bay Cinema.
Sep 30th, 2013 by Danielle McClune
“After Tiller”
The four doctors still performing late-term abortions in the United States after the murder of high-profile doctor George Tiller are featured in this documentary, a never-simple look at an unseen side of the conflict.
Sep 30th, 2013 by Matthew Reddin
Lights up on the locals of MFF 2013
This year's Milwaukee showcase features films from Brad Lichtenstein, Drew Rosas and Nick Sommer, Faythe Levine and a variety of other new and returning voices.
Sep 28th, 2013 by Matthew Reddin
“Citizen Koch”
Carl Deal and Tia Lessin's documentary shows at the MKE Film Fest Sunday, cutting into the politics behind Scott Walker's recall election and the Citizens United ruling.
Sep 28th, 2013 by Gene Cawley
“Enter the Dragon”
The classic martial arts film, starring Bruce Lee, gets a special screening at this year's film festival.
Sep 27th, 2013 by Sahan Jayasuriya
“Ludwig II”
The beautiful, sprawling bio pic of Germany's "mad monarch" comes to the film fest. Friday's screening is already sold out!
Sep 26th, 2013 by Danielle McClune
Cinematic cliches, cinematic truths
James Ponsoldt's portrait of 21st-century American teenagers may be cringeworthy, but only for cutting too close to the occasionally-hokey reality of young love.
Aug 26th, 2013 by Ben Gucciardi
