The 2017 Milwaukee Film Festival may have finished rolling its end credits last night (here's some live footage from inside the OnMilwaukee office today). Thankfully, however, most festival movies have a longer lifespan than just a few screenings during the last week of September and the first week of October. Some are in theaters (or soon to be on their way, hopefully). Others are sitting right on your laptop or TV at home, just waiting for you.
While watching these features on the big screen is always the optimal route, here are the best ways to catch up (legally; none of that illegal pirated poppycock) with some of the Milwaukee Film Festival movies you may have missed these past two weeks.
"A Life in Waves"
Currently available for rent on iTunes and Amazon
"After the Storm"
Currently available for to stream on Amazon Prime, as well as to rent on Amazon and iTunes. Also available on DVD and Blu-ray
"Afterimage"
Coming to Blu-ray on Oct. 24
"Aladdin"
Currently available on DVD, as well as Freeform cable network
"American Fable"
Currently available to stream on Netflix, as well as to rent on Amazon, iTunes and Google Play. Also available on DVD
"Aquarius"
Currently available to stream on Netflix, but also coming to DVD and Blu-ray on Nov. 14
"The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography"
Currently available to rent on Amazon. Also available on DVD
"The Ballad of Lefty Brown"
Expected in limited theaters on Dec. 15, with possible expansion to Milwaukee
"Big Sonia"
Expected in limited theaters on Nov. 17, with possible expansion to Milwaukee
"Chavela"
Coming to DVD on Feb. 2, 2018
"Citizen Jane: Battle for the City"
Currently available for rent on Amazon, iTunes and Google Play, as well as some television VOD services. Also available on DVD
"Columbus"
Currently showing at the Oriental Theatre
"The Dark Crystal"
Currently available for rent on iTunes and Amazon, as well as some television VOD services. Also available on DVD and Blu-ray
"Elián"
Currently available to stream on Amazon Prime, as well as to rent on iTunes and Google Play
"Ella Brennan: Commanding the Table"
Currently available to stream on Netflix. Also available on DVD
"Esteban"
Currently available to stream for Cinemax subscribers
"Everybody Knows ... Elizabeth Murray"
Coming to DVD on Oct. 24
"Graduation"
Currently available to stream on Netflix
"I, Daniel Blake"
Currently available to rent on Amazon, Google Play and iTunes, as well as some television VOD services
"In Search of Israeli Cuisine"
Currently available to rent on iTunes and Google Play, as well as some television VOD services
"Killing Ground"
Currently available to rent on iTunes and Google Play, but also coming to DVD on Nov. 7
"Landline"
Coming to DVD on Oct. 17
"Lemon"
Currently available to rent on Amazon, iTunes and Google Play, as well as some television VOD services. Also available on DVD on Nov. 21
"Like Cotton Twines"
Currently available to stream on Netflix, as well as available to rent on iTunes
"Like Crazy"
Currently available to stream on Netflix, as well as available to rent on Amazon, iTunes and Google Play. Also available on DVD
"The Lost World"
Currently available to stream on Epix, as well as to rent on Amazon. Also available on DVD and Blu-ray
"Love Jones"
Currently available on DVD
"Mali Blues"
Currently available on DVD
"Manifesto"
Currently available to rent on Amazon, iTunes and Google Play, as well as some television VOD services. Also available on DVD
"The Midwife"
Coming to DVD on Oct. 17
"Mune: Guardian of the Moon"
Currently available to rent on Google Play and Amazon, as well as some television VOD services. Also available on DVD
"The Ornithologist"
Currently available to stream on Netflix, as well as available on DVD
"Pecking Order"
For rent on Amazon and iTunes
"Person to Person"
Currently available to rent on Amazon, Google Play and iTunes, as well as some television VOD services. Also coming to DVD on Oct. 31
"Poltergeist"
Currently available to rent on iTunes and Amazon. Also available on DVD and Blu-ray
"Purple Rain"
Currently available to rent on iTunes. Also available on DVD
"Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan"
Currently available to stream on Netflix, as well as to rent on Google Play and Amazon. Coming to DVD on Nov. 7
"Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World"
Coming to DVD on Oct. 24
"Score: A Film Music Documentary"
Currently available to rent on iTunes, Amazon and Google Play, as well as some television VOD services. Also available on DVD
"Stop Making Sense"
Currently available to stream on Fandor, as well as to rent on iTunes and Google Play. Also available on Blu-ray
"Swim Team"
Coming to DVD on Nov. 7
"Tampopo"
Currently available to stream on Film Struck, as well as available on DVD
"Without Name"
Currently available to rent on iTunes and Google Play
"The Work"
Expected in limited theaters on Oct. 20, with possible expansion to Milwaukee
As much as it is a gigantic cliché to say that one has always had a passion for film, Matt Mueller has always had a passion for film. Whether it was bringing in the latest movie reviews for his first grade show-and-tell or writing film reviews for the St. Norbert College Times as a high school student, Matt is way too obsessed with movies for his own good.
When he's not writing about the latest blockbuster or talking much too glowingly about "Piranha 3D," Matt can probably be found watching literally any sport (minus cricket) or working at - get this - a local movie theater. Or watching a movie. Yeah, he's probably watching a movie.
