Films: Milk Punch + Florence 

Not Rated –  PG13 Age Appropriate 

Milk Punch 90 minutes / Florence 30 minutes 

Extra screening of sold-out show from the Wisconsin Film Festival!

Milk Punch (2000) – Directed by Erik Gunneson 

Flash back to the Madison of the 1990s with this vintage indie. When Buddy and Carl’s prized automobile—a mint 1972 Delta 88 that somehow catches every yellow light—is stolen by a couple of slackers taking it for a joyride, they take off in ice-cold pursuit. As the two duos circle the Madison streets casually playing cat-and-mouse and shooting the breeze, this consummate hangout movie becomes a veritable catalog of local lore. Get misty-eyed at glimpses of long-gone local favorites like O’Cayz Corral, and take comfort in the places that appear to have not changed a single thing in the intervening decades, like the immortal Le Tigre Lounge. And when was the last time you hit up Milty Wilty’s drive-in restaurant in Wautoma? All these amiable misadventures are set to a wall-to-wall soundtrack of underground bangers including a track by Madison legends Killdozer, a live concert by the Blue Meanies, and a countrified cover of a Shellac deep cut. Filmed on beautiful 16mm, this very analog winner is looking fresh as the day it was shot in a new, cleaned-up 4K scan—now it’s time for someone to press the soundtrack on vinyl. This screening celebrates the 25th anniversary of Milk Punch’s world premiere at the 2000 Wisconsin Film Festival.

Florence (2025) – Directed by Aaron Greer  

In 1989, while doodling in driver’s ed class, a 15-year-old wrote a love poem. That poem would later become a song, and that song would later become a regional hit, but no one quite remembers how. “Florence” is a nostalgic, sometimes wistful, often funny celebration of the fleeting nature of creativity, memory, youthful stardom, and the music that shaped us, featuring legendary Wisconsin band Little Blue Crunchy Things.

General Seating. Presented on the Drury Stage.