Movies & TV - Oct. 28, 2008
Minch launches "Brutal" film during horror season
Halloween seems like the perfect time for local musician Nuna Minch to premiere his home-grown horror flick, "Brutal," for Milwaukee audiences. And people seem eager to get the first look at it.
Tags: Nuna Minch, Paddy Fineran, Downer Theatre, Brutal

Movies & TV - Aug. 30, 2008
Metcalf's Screening Room: "Hamlet 2"
It might be silly, but OnMilwaukee.com movie expert Mark Metcalf enjoys "Hamlet 2" because it shows real affection for the people and the effort.
Tags: hamlet 2, steve coogan, downer theatre, team america, south park, monty python, will ferrell

Milwaukee Buzz - Nov. 21, 2007
Milwaukee's unofficial remaining old-school landmarks
In this increasingly homogenized city, a handful of Milwaukee's under-the-radar landmarks seem like anachronisms, businesses from another era. Yet they persevere.
Tags: American Science and Surplus, At Random, Downer Theatre, Dretzka's Department Store, Glorioso's, Jim's Time Out, Nite Owl Drive-In, Oriental Theatre, Winkie's, Wolski's Tavern

Music - Oct. 1, 2007
Tom Petty movie to screen at the Downer
"Runnin' Down A Dream," director Peter Bogdanovich's film about Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, will screen at the Downer Theatre Oct. 15, a night before its DVD release.
Tags: tom petty, runnin' down a dream, peter bogdanovich, downer theatre

Movies & TV - Sept. 2, 2007
Dafoe coming back to Film Festival, new trailer on YouTube
It's time to get ready for the Milwaukee International Film Festival.
Tags: MIFF, Milwaukee International Film Festival, Willem Dafoe, Oriental Theatre, Downer Theatre

Movies & TV - April 25, 2007
A movie date with mom
Instead of buying your mom a bouquet of flowers, take her to a movie for Mother's Day. Sunday, May 13, the Downer Theatre along with 99 other movie theaters around the country, will serve up "Waitress" as a special treat.
Tags: movies, waitress, keri russell, downer theatre

Movies & TV - Oct. 20, 2005
"Peas at 5:30" is a modern-day fairy tale
Lars Buchel's "Peas at 5:30" is nothing short of a fairy tale. Amidst painted skies, poetic rainfalls and breakfast on the beach, two people, connected through tragedy and happenstance, get tangled up in an enchanted fantasy where beauty takes many forms.
Tags: Peas at 5:30, Times Cinema, Downer Theatre, Lars BuchelFor peo

Movies & TV - Oct. 11, 2002
"8 Women" is silly, colorful murder-musical
It's safe to say that everything in this film is overdone, but overdone to perfection. Set on a snowy Christmas Day in the French countryside during the 1950s, "8 Women" is a visual delicacy that's part murder mystery, part musical and all comedy.
Tags: Amelie, French, French film, France, musical, Downer Theatre, Oriental Theatre