Oriental Theatre MKE

09/09/2026

We sure hope you landlubbers are ready for Marlo's staff pick The Spongebob Squarepants Movie screening 9/11 at 6 PM, things are about to get awfully spongey around here.

WHAT THE SCALLOP: mkefilm.org/goofygoober

09/08/2026

Presented in partnership with Sculpture Milwaukee and the Bronzeville Center for the Arts. The African Desperate screens 9/10 at 6:30 PM: mkefilm.org/desperate

The electrifying feature debut from renowned artist Martine Syms, The African Desperate brings her razor-sharp satire and vivid aesthetic inventiveness to a riotous coming-of-age comedy.

09/07/2026

Three friends in their mid-thirties as they road trip across the Midwestern United States in search of their friend who has seemingly disappeared off the grid.

Dreams in Nightmares screens 9/16 at 7 PM. Director Shatara Michelle Ford is expected for a Q&A following the screening in dialogue with local filmmaker and poet, Dasha Kelly: mkefilm.org/innightmares

This film is presented as part of our Cinematic Sisterhood series presented by Tracey B. Thomas. Series Community Partner Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee

09/06/2026

Aisha McAdams, a former competitive runner turned photographer, embarks on a journey to document the triumphs and struggles of famed ultra trailrunners, including Jim Walmsley and Eszter Csillag. Traveling to mythical races—the Western States Endurance Run in the mountains of eastern California, the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc in the French Alps—the film marvels at athletes who maintain their intensity as they run 100 miles of mountain trails while climbing thousands of vertical feet.

Learning To Fly from Director Max Lowe arrives 9/11: mkefilm.org/learningtofly

09/05/2026

Maybe the real treasure was going to see a movie with your good matey all along 🏴‍☠️💕

Join us for Captain Marlo's The Spongebob Squarepants Movie screening 9/11 at 6 PM: mkefilm.org/goofygoober

09/04/2026

Anchored by pitch-perfect performances—and featuring a blistering score by John Cale as well as covers of sixties hits by some of the nineties’ most iconic bands (R.E.M., Wilco)—I Shot Andy Warhol is an incisive portrait of a rebel without an outlet and the soon-to-be-lost generation she came to define.

The 4K restoration of I Shot Andy Warhol arrives at the Oriental Theatre MKE for a limited run starting 9/11: mkefilm.org/andywarhol

09/03/2026

A multi generational family of witches, cursed to be loveless for centuries, attempts to break the spell by confronting dark secrets and sacrificing for each other.

Join us this September for Practical Magic 2 arriving at our historic cinema on the 11th: mkefilm.org/practicalmagic2

09/02/2026

Programmer for a day Catherine chose Chinatown, screening 9/12 at 2:45 PM!

Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.

09/01/2026

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Lake Effect's Audrey Nowakowski goes to the projectionist’s booth at Milwaukee's Oriental Theater to find out what it takes to show movies on film.

09/01/2026

Presented in partnership with Sculpture Milwaukee and the Bronzeville Center for the Arts. Join us after the screening for a talkback about artist and filmmaker Martine Syms!

It’s MFA grad Palace Bryant’s final 24 hours in art school, and she is not going to the graduation party! She needs to get back home to Chicago from Upstate New York, but that means surviving a hazy, hilarious, and hallucinatory odyssey, stumbling from academic critiques to backseat hookups.

The African Desperate arrives 9/10 at 6:30 PM: mkefilm.org/desperate