Cinema Hooligante Brings Blood, Bodily Fluids, & Late Night Frivolities to the Milwaukee Film Festival

If I’ve learned anything about living in Milwaukee its that the city loves movies, especially those weird, gross sort of flicks that get you riled up. A number of the city’s theaters have a storied history of running late night movies including the longest continuously running “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” screening. They’ve also got fantastic cheese, they love biking and “happy hour” is really called “after work until bed”. Don’t hassle me I’m local.

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Luckily the 6th season of the Milwaukee Film Festival brings back “Cinema Hooligante” for its 3rd year. Sponsored by the city’s cultural attaché of record Milwaukee Record, the late night film series will feature new releases and vintage flicks. Highlights include Álex de la Igelsia’s “Witching and Bitching” (“Las Brujas de Zugarramurdi”), Bradley King’s “Time Lapse”, and David Wnendt’s “Wetlands” (“Feuchtgebiete”...I’ll let Joe pronounce that for you). Included in the program is the 50th anniversary screening of “Dr. Strangelove” and a 30th anniversary screening of “This is Spinal Tap”.

The rest of the festival offers hundreds of features and shorts from across the globe. Of special attention for you freaks is the incredible, indefatigable “Hamlet A.D.D” from local filmmakers Andrew Swant and Bobby Ciraldo. You know, they’re the guys responsible for “What What (In My Butt)”. The documentary “Psychopath” from Manny Marquez follows an Oklahoma man’s attempts to build a haunted theme park. And there is the always popular, very uncomfortable “The Best Damn F*#@ing Midnight Program” of shorts films.

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Fistfulls of hair-of-the-dog may be had at the annual “Bloody Sunday” at The Hotel Foster. Bathe thyself in cold pizza, a bloody mary, and constant horror movies.

The Milwaukee Film Festival will run from September 25th to October 9th. Check out the full Cinema Hooligante line-up over at Milwaukee Film’s site.

Andy

Former Managing Editor

Andy is an editor for Grim magazine from Anatomy of a Scream.