Movies

Milwaukee Film Festival: Youth
Milwaukee Film Festival

Youth

Milwaukee Film Festival to open with a likely award winner. First in a series of previews.

Grand Opening of Avalon Theater Announced

Grand Opening of Avalon Theater Announced

Refurbished, 1929, Spanish-Moorish theater reopens December 18 with The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies.

Movies: How Jeff Gendelman Created <i>The Surface</i>
Movies

How Jeff Gendelman Created The Surface

Hollywood producer’s 19-year journey leads to film set and shot in Milwaukee, now getting released nationally.

Milwaukee Film Festival: The Sequel
Milwaukee Film Festival

The Sequel

A week’s worth of fabulous film-going, told more or less movie-style.

Milwaukee Film Festival: Hitting the Home Stretch
Milwaukee Film Festival

Hitting the Home Stretch

More from film fan Jeramey on which movies you should catch, and which to skip.

Milwaukee Film Festival: <i>Hamlet A.D.D.</i> Is a Hoot
Milwaukee Film Festival

Hamlet A.D.D. Is a Hoot

Green-screen sendup of Shakespeare by local filmmakers was ten years in the making.


Milwaukee Film Festival: The Remarkable Story of <i>Finding Fela!</i>

Milwaukee Film Festival

The Remarkable Story of Finding Fela!

The African icon’s life is now a movie built on success of the Broadway musical. The back story of how it happened.

Milwaukee Film Festival (The Movie)

Milwaukee Film Festival (The Movie)

How did I get in this movie? A review of the first week and look ahead at the festival’s second week.

Film Festival Spotlight: <i>Revenge of the Mekons</i>
Film Festival Spotlight

Revenge of the Mekons

An interview with Joe Angio, Marquette grad and director of a new film about the British cult band The Mekons.

Milwaukee Film Festival: Jeramey’s Weekend Recap
Milwaukee Film Festival

Jeramey’s Weekend Recap

Reporting on a great opening weekend and five films I saw. Which are worth your time?

Film Festival Spotlight: PURGATORIO – A Journey into the Heart of the Border
Film Festival Spotlight

PURGATORIO – A Journey into the Heart of the Border

An interview with Rodrigo Reyes, director of a dream-like mosaic examining life at our southern border.

Milwaukee Film Festival: What’s Jeramey Watching?
Milwaukee Film Festival

What’s Jeramey Watching?

19 films in 15 days. Do they sell all you can eat popcorn?