Things have settled into a groove with the 2026 Milwaukee Film Festival. Just in time for an early trip to see THE LAST CRITIC on a Sunday morning essentially being a late career spotlight on legendary rock music critic Robert Christgau, although everyone calls him Bob in the movie. THE LAST CRITIC is kind […]
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Judging by the crowd on Saturday night, the idea that Gen Z is not interested in sex is overstated. Certainly, that’s the thesis of Gregg Araki’s new film which prescribes loosening up and letting go of your puritanical hangups as a cure for being directionless and miserable all the time. The setup is certainly echoing
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This month, Nat, Cody, and Robert journey to rural America to talk about belief and UFOs in 1981’s/1985’s UFOria. John Binder’s UFOria seemed like it had the ingredients to be a modest hit. And maybe it would have been one if released in 1981 or 1982 with its combination of ordinary people struggling with relationships,
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After the parties, it’s time to get down to business for the 2026 Milwaukee Film Festival. And part of that is tackling big subjects in documentary form. PUBLIC ACCESS aims to recapture a large chunk of a breakthrough in public expression via a look at the good, the bad, and the pornographic that would make
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It’s been a stormy week, but that’s passed as the 2026 Milwaukee Film Festival kicked off. Milwaukee Film always aims to get it started with a party and the choice of film for opening night, UECK, about much beloved Milwaukee Brewers broadcasting icon was guaranteed to do so. The love for Bob Uecker was
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This month, Robert and Nat go it without an under the weather Cody. To make up for that absence, we are joined by Hunter Fagan of Dis-Order and Grim Grinning Hosts to talk Jules Verne and Ray Harryhausen in 1961’s MYSTERIOUS ISLAND. There was a Jules Verne boom in cinemas in the 1950s and 1960s
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