This week’s 7 best off-the-grid movie picks
Found Footage Festival: Dumpster-diving auteurs Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett are back with another Thanksgiving weekend stop of the Found Footage Festival, the collection of goofy videos found at rummage sales, thrift stores and industrial warehouses. The drill: Prueher and Pickett curate and offer running commentary on the offerings; the new lineup includes a 1989 video “Secret Video Game Tricks,” starring a Milwaukee then-teen who’ll be at the show. 8 p.m. Saturday at Turner Hall Ballroom, 1040 N. Phillips Ave. $15 at the door. Info:
“Monrovia, Indiana”: Frederick Wiseman, the dean of cinema-vérité documentary, turned his lens on an entire town in this, his latest movie, capturing everyday life in a rural community in the heartland. 7 p.m. Thursday at UWM Union Cinema, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd. $5, free for UWM students and Union Cinema members. Info:
“The Crow”: Brandon Lee followed in his father’s footsteps — sadly, in more ways than one — as the charismatic hero who comes back from the dead to avenge his and his girlfriend’s murder in this smart, dark 1994 cult favorite. Lee, 28 at the time, died in an accident on the set. (His father, martial arts legend Bruce Lee, died of a cerebral edema at age 33.) 9 p.m. Friday at the Times Cinema, 5906 W. Vliet St.; DJs from WMSE-FM start spinning at 8 p.m. $5. Info:
“Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us”: Pokémon master Ash and his beloved Pikachu save the day in the latest big-screen incarnation of the gotta-catch-’em-all game/series. 12:55 p.m. Saturday and 7 p.m. Monday and Wednesday at AMC Mayfair Mall and Marcus Theatres’ Hillside, Majestic, Menomonee Falls, Ridge, Saukville
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“Superman: The Movie”: For many movie fans of the Man of Steel, there’s only one son of Krypton — Christopher Reeve. You can see him go up, up in the sky again with this 40th anniversary screening of the movie that helped jump-start the comic-book-movie era. 7 p.m. Sunday at Marcus Theatres’ Majestic, Menomonee Falls, Ridge and South Shore cinemas. $12.50. Info:
“The Killing”: Stanley Kubrick’s second feature-length film, released in 1956, stars Sterling Hayden as the hapless, ambitious crook behind a racetrack heist. 6:45 p.m. Tuesday at the Oriental Theatre, 2230 N. Farwell Ave. $11, $9 for Milwaukee Film members, $8 for seniors 60 and older, $6 for kids 12 and younger. Info:
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“Coby”: This documentary follows a 23-year-old in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, who goes through gender transformation en route to “becoming” Coby, examining the changes affecting the lives of all who love them. The screening is co-sponsored by the Milwaukee LGBT Film/Video Festival. 7 p.m. Wednesday at UWM Union Cinema, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd. $5, free for UWM students and Union Cinema members. Info: