Cinebuds

Because everyone loves a double meaning, Milwaukee Film took one look at the month of June, contemplated it being the start of summer as well as Pride Month, and came up with a movie series titled “ Summer CAMP! ” that covers the latter with just a sprinkling of the former. The 10 films selected for the monthlong run primarily reflect the Merriam-Webster definition of camp as “something so outrage...

We’re switching things up for this episode of Cinebuds and talking about … the theater! OK, sure, Dori and Kpolly talk about theaters all the time in the context of movies. For this installment, they’re talking about live theater being brought to movie theaters to give audiences the chance to experience live theater while sitting in a movie theater. Milwaukee Film has done this in the past and rec...

Reunited, and it feels so good ... After taking a breather during the Milwaukee Film Festival (more on that in a moment), Dori and Kpolly got back behind the microphone to talk about the latest Marvel movie, Thunderbolts* . Due in part to the break in recording, this might be the first time in Cinebuds history that a film changed its title between its release and getting discussed on the podcast —...

On this episode, Dori welcomes some very special guests to talk about a very important film:  Cycle . More than five years in the making,  Cycle takes an unflinching look at the patterns behind police violence in America through the story of Ty’rese West, an 18-year-old from Racine who was shot and killed by Mount Pleasant police officer Eric Giese in 2019 after being stopped for riding a bicycle...

Cinebuds is sponsored by Joe Wilde Co. The Milwaukee Film Festival doesn’t stop after week one, so neither do we! We’re into the second phase of the annual event, and in the extremely remote chance you thought Dori and Kpolly would run out of films to talk about, rest assured that the folks at Milwaukee Film have provided plenty to cover. Speaking of those folks, programming director Kerstin Larso...

OMilwaukee Film programming director Kerstin Larson joins Dori and Kpolly to talk about the return of the Milwaukee Film Festival, including some of their favorite selections from the two-week event: Sally , a documentary about Sally Ride, directed by Milwaukee native Christina Constantini, is the opening night film. Christina Costantini also directed Science Fair, which was an opening night film...

When you heard the news earlier this month that Val Kilmer died, your mind likely jumped to an image of him from one of his movies. Iceman from Top Gun was no doubt the one that most people conjured. Or was it Doc Holliday from Tombstone ? Or Jim Morrison from The Doors ? Or Madmartigan from Willow ? If you need evidence of Kilmer’s lasting impact on the film world, that should be enough. Even the...

We've got unicorns on the brain! 🦄 On this episode, Dori and Kpolly wrangle their thoughts around the mythically weird and wild recent release, Death of a Unicorn . Forget those glittery gallopers you might be used to. This one from A24 serves up some serious "don't mess with magical creatures" vibes. Our cinematic duo chat about whether this flick gives them the same excited feeling as those old...

We’re a scant two days into April, and Milwaukee Film has lined up a couple series that will keep your eyes glued to the big screen throughout the month — one of which gets all of our attention on this episode of Cinebuds . Because they’re naturally colorful characters, Dori and Kpolly of course wanted to talk about “ Animation April ,” which will cover nearly 40 years of the art form that brings...

On this episode, we dive into the new concert film  Lifers with two of the people who know it best because they lived it: Local H's Scott Lucas and cinematographer Wes Knot. They talk with Radio Milwaukee's Dori Zori about how the idea for  Lifers came about during Local H's COVID-delayed tour and how Lucas wanted to create something beyond a typical concert video, drawing inspiration from movies...

We don’t exactly keep rock-solid statistics for this sort of thing, but to the best of our recollection, this episode of Cinebuds sets a new land-speed record for sheer number of movies mentioned in a single episode. Given the topic, that shouldn’t come as a surprise. In addition to being a Cinebud, Dori Zori is 88Nine’s morning host and — this next one is an unofficial title — queen of the statio...

Cine Are you about to experience the most adorable episode of Cinebuds ever? It’s hard to say definitively, but considering the podcast has somehow never reviewed a film from the Paddington Cinematic Universe, the cute factor will be pretty high for this one. The latest entry in the series featuring the duffle-coat -wearing ursine, Paddington in Peru , puts the premise right there in the title. Pa...

When you subtitle your film The Burden of Black Genius , it’s clear you’re going to venture into heavy territory. That’s something Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson hasn’t shrunk from since adding the job title of director to his extensive resume, and it serves him well again in Sly Lives! To properly navigate the ins and outs of this complex look at a complex man, Dori and Kpolly call on the services of...

The Captain America wing (heh) of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has carved out a logical space over the course of its four movies. Sure, they have the whiz-bang action sequences and solid acting performances as the other MCU entries — most of them anyway — but they’re also palpably political thrillers.  The same is true of the latest entry in Cap’s corner, Captain America: Brave New World, which m...

Live from Milwaukee ... Too easy? Sure. But appropriate considering the subject of this episode, in which we find out hosts diving into Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music . While not a movie, per se, the documentary does have movie-ish qualities rolled up into its 3-hour runtime --- most prominently in the meticulous approach of its director, Questlove. The co-founder of The Roots has...

This year for Black History Month, Milwaukee Film tapped its new Black Lens programmer Ty Williams to curate selections that examine various aspects of the Black experience. We didn’t just want to share his picks (although we do that below), so we invited Williams to join this episode of Cinebuds to take us deeper into this month’s programming. As is usually the case when we talk with creatively m...

With some movies, you don’t want to know what you’re in for. Processing the unexpected is part of the experience, whether it’s a great twist ( The Usual Suspects ). or a jaw-dropping comedic element ( Something About Mary ). Other films absolutely require some form of preparation. Nickel Boys is one of those. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, Nickel Boys — as the synop...

One of the prominent talking points around recent Best Picture nominee The Brutalist is the level of commitment it asks of its audience. Tipping the scales at a hefty 214 minutes, the film is thoughtful enough to include an intermission as it tells a tale about the complexity of creation, collaboration and capitalism. With more than three and a half hours of movie to talk about, our hosts have amp...

There are some things that are never a good idea. Eating Tide pods, for instance. Then there are things that deserve selective engagement — facing your fears, if you will. In the movie-watching realm, the horror genre falls into this general area because it’s frequently cited as the segment certain people simply will not venture into. Occasionally, however, a film comes along that at the very leas...

When filmmaker Wendy Schneider started going to Aztalan Cycle Club in Lake Mills as a curious fan 20 years ago, there was a lot she didn’t know. She didn’t know she’d be moved by the young girls racing motorcycles on the quarter-mile dirt oval. That she would form a strong connection to one particular racer, Charlotte Kainz, and her family. That a car accident would derail the project and a tragic...

A familiar face from the Cinebuds crew returns to join Dori Zori and Kristopher Pollard for a lively chat about their favorite films of 2024! Who could it be? Tune in to this episode to uncover the mystery guest and their top movie picks

Adapting a beloved Brodway musical is a road fraught with danger. Just ask Dear Evan Hansen . From box-office receipts alone (more than a half-billion dollars worldwide as of this writing), we know Wicked managed to avoid any sleep-inducing poppies and flying monkeys waiting for it on the path to success. But movie executives and movie audiences have very different definitions of “good,” and we on...

Even before the casting was announced, we knew the success or failure of this film would hinge on the performance of the actor at its center. Ultimately, that task fell on the physically slight but thespian-ly broad shoulders of Chalamet, who in the past few years has established himself as one of the more reliably solid actors in Hollywood. From a breakout performance in Call Me by Your Name to t...

Traditions make the holiday season what it is. Chestnuts roasting on an open fire. A treasured decoration hanging in a place of honor on the tree. The annual viewing of Stanley Kubrick’s psycho-sexual thriller  Eyes Wide Shut . Maybe you don't venture outside the lines quite that much, but Milwaukee Film's "Season's Screenings" holiday series sure does. In honor of the adventurous range of selecti...

Our two very definitely not old hosts welcome another very definitely not old guest and first-time  Cinebuds visitor: Molly Snyder from OnMilwaukee!!! The young-at-heart trio talk about the newest gem in Aubrey Plaza's acting crown, My Old Ass .  In the new movie, an 18th-birthday mushroom trip brings Elliott face-to-face with her wisecracking 39-year-old self. When the older Elliott starts handin...