Tom Fuchs

Reflecting on an unprecedented year for local film fans, considering ways to improve, and counting down the top 15 films of 2015. Plus: holiday film screenings, “Hateful Eight” opens, and more

Beginning at 2 a.m., the Marcus Majestic Theatre screened all six “Star Wars” films in succession before the premiere of “The Force Awakens.” Moviegoers writer Tom Fuchs endured the entire marathon.

Inspired by the “7 Days of Christmas” screenings at the Times Cinema and Avalon Theater, here are a few more films to add to the annual holiday canon. Plus: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” hits the big screen.

Milwaukee author Patrick McGilligan makes an appearance at Boswell Books to discuss his formidable new biography, “Young Orson: The Year of Luck and Genius on the Path to Citizen Kane.” Plus: the Downer Theatre celebrates 100 years, and more.

Here’s what to put on your holiday gift shopping list for the film lover in your life. Plus: rounding up what’s on the marquee around Milwaukee this week.

From a thriving film festival to blossoming local theaters to a great slate of Thanksgiving week movies, here’s what we’re thankful for in the local movie scene.

With events like Neil deGrasse Tyson’s “An Astrophysicist Goes to The Movies” and “Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage,” the Pabst Theater Group is developing new ways to bring movies to the masses.

A hand-picked selection of frightful films now available for streaming. Plus: see what’s on the marquee this week at UWM Union Cinema, the Avalon, Marcus Theatres, and more.

Prepare yourself for the week of horrors to come with our roundup of Halloween film screenings around the Milwaukee area.