Flicks Picks with Milwaukee Film: ‘The Sheep Detectives’
Watch “Flick Picks” with Milwaukee Film every Tuesday on “12 News This Morning” at 6 a.m.
OR MAKING A CRAFT TOGETHER. IT’S 645 AND THAT MEANS IT’S TIME FOR NEW FOOT PICKS. CHRISTOPHER MILWAUKEE FILM IN THE MOVIE PODCAST JOINS US LIVE. WITH WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK. GOOD MORNING CHRISTOPHER. FIRST UP, THE BLUE HERON IS A TRUE STORY. OR IS THE STORY ABOUT A FAMILY LOOKING FOR A FRESH START IN CANADA? YEAH. AND IT’S THE WINNER OF THE EMERGING FICTION JURY AWARD FROM THE RECENT MILWAUKEE FILM FESTIVAL. SO WE’RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE IT BACK. IT’S THE STORY OF A HUNGARIAN FAMILY THAT EMIGRATES TO SETTLE IN VANCOUVER, CANADA IN THE LATE 1990S. THE NARRATIVE IS TOLD THROUGH THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE YOUNGEST DAUGHTER IN THE FAMILY, AND WE SEE THEIR SON, JEREMY, BEGIN TO EXHIBIT EXHIBIT INCREASINGLY CONCERNING BEHAVIOR IN THEIR NEW HOME. THE FILM IS ABOUT FAMILY GRIEF AND MEMORY, AND DIRECTOR SOPHIE ROME-BARI HAS BEEN CALLED AN ARTIST TO WATCH THE FILM. HER FEATURE DEBUT IS LOOSELY BASED ON HER LIFE AND EXPERIENCES AND HAS EARNED MULTIPLE AWARDS AROUND THE WORLD. WE’RE VERY EXCITED TO BRING IT BACK FOR OUR BEST OF FEST SERIES. BLUE HERON STARTS THIS FRIDAY AT THE DINNER THEATER. VERY COOL. YEAH, IT LOOKS PRETTY INTERESTING THERE. I’M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEXT ONE, MAYBE FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. A NEW DOCUMENTARY GIVING AUDIENCES AN UP CLOSE LOOK AT INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM. FOR SURE, THIS IS REALLY EXCITING EVENT. SO IT’S CALLED STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE. SO THE DOCUMENTARY OFFERS AN INTIMATE COUNTERPOINT TO THE SHRINKING MEDIA OUTLETS, WEAPONIZED SOCIAL MEDIA, AND AN ADMINISTRATION THAT IS DELIBERATELY ERODING PUBLIC TRUST IN TRUTH AND REALITY. IT’S SET AGAINST SOME OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL STORIES OF OUR TIME, FROM THE WAR IN GAZA TO GLOBAL CLIMATE CATASTROPHE, AND THE FILM FOLLOWS THE INTREPID INDEPENDENT JOURNALIST AMY GOODMAN OVER 30 YEARS. THEY FOLLOW HER. SHE FACES OFF AGAINST FORCES TRYING TO SILENCE HER AS SHE BECOMES THE LEADER IN THE MOVEMENT FOR TRUTH AND AMPLIFYING VOICES THAT ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE MAINSTREAM. SO THE FILM STARTS THIS FRIDAY AT THE ORIENTAL THEATER, BUT SUNDAY, MAY 10TH, SPECIFICALLY AT NOON, WE HAVE A SPECIAL SCREENING WITH AMY GOODMAN HERSELF IN ATTENDANCE, ALONG WITH THE TWO OSCAR NOMINATED DIRECTORS, KARL DIEHL AND TLSN. SO THERE WILL BE A Q&A AFTER THE FILM THIS SUNDAY, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING TO HAVE HER. WOW, WHAT A GET THERE. THAT’S COOL. DEFINITELY GOING TO BE A GREAT DOCUMENTARY. CHECK OUT. FINALLY, A MOVIE BEING CALLED A CROSS BETWEEN KNIVES OUT AND BABE. YES, I AM WEIRDLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS MOVIE. NOW, IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING MORE FAMILY FRIENDLY FOR THE WEEKEND, HOW ABOUT MILWAUKEE’S NEW BEST FRIEND, HUGH JACKMAN? HIS NEW FILM IS COMING OUT THE SHEEP DETECTIVES. JACKMAN PLAYS A SHEPHERD WHO READS MURDER MYSTERIES TO HIS FLOCK OF SHEEP EVERY NIGHT BEFORE BED, WHICH IS THE CUTEST THING I’VE EVER HEARD. THEN, WHEN THE SHEPHERD IS SADLY FOUND DEAD ONE MORNING, THE SHEEP, HAVING LEARNED EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO KNOW FROM THEIR NIGHTLY STORIES, CAN TELL THAT THIS IS NO ACCIDENT. IT’S A MURDER. AND THEY HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO SOLVE THE CASE. YOU’VE ALSO GOT SOME GREAT ACTORS VOICING THE FLOCK REGINA HALL, PATRICK STEWART, BRYAN CRANSTON, JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS, TONS OF OTHERS. AND LOOK, I’M A 50 PLUS YEAR OLD MAN. BUT WHEN I SAW THE TRAILER FOR THIS MOVIE, I WAS LIKE, I AM IN. SO IT STARTS IN WIDE RELEASE THIS WEEKEND. THAT LOOKS GOOD. WE HAD A TEASE THAT HUGH JACKMAN SAID IT WAS LIKE THE BEST SCRIPT HE’S EVER READ. YEAH, HE’S REALLY SELLING IT. SONG SUNG BLUE TO THE SHEEP DETECTIVE. WHAT? WHAT CAN’T THAT MAN DO? TRULY VERSAT
Flicks Picks with Milwaukee Film: ‘The Sheep Detectives’
Watch “Flick Picks” with Milwaukee Film every Tuesday on “12 News This Morning” at 6 a.m.
Updated: 8:22 AM CDT May 5, 2026
Fresh off winning the “Emerging Fiction” award at the Milwaukee Film Festival, “Blue Heron” is back on screen at the Downer Theatre. The story tells the struggles and triumphs of a Hungarian family that moves to Vancouver, Canada.A new documentary takes audience members inside the world of investigative journalism. “Steal This Story, Please” follows the illustrious career of journalist Amy Goodman and her fight to bring truth to the masses.When a murder strikes a small-town farm, it’s up to a group of barnyard animals to solve whodunnit. “The Sheep Detectives,” starring Hugh Jackman (“Song Sung Blue”), is being hailed as “Knives Out” meets “Babe.”Watch “Flick Picks” with Milwaukee Film every Tuesday on “12 News This Morning” at 6 a.m.Get your tickets now:”Blue Heron””Steal This Story, Please!””The Sheep Detectives”
MILWAUKEE —
Fresh off winning the “Emerging Fiction” award at the Milwaukee Film Festival, “Blue Heron” is back on screen at the Downer Theatre. The story tells the struggles and triumphs of a Hungarian family that moves to Vancouver, Canada.
A new documentary takes audience members inside the world of investigative journalism. “Steal This Story, Please” follows the illustrious career of journalist Amy Goodman and her fight to bring truth to the masses.
When a murder strikes a small-town farm, it’s up to a group of barnyard animals to solve whodunnit. “The Sheep Detectives,” starring Hugh Jackman (“Song Sung Blue”), is being hailed as “Knives Out” meets “Babe.”
Watch “Flick Picks” with Milwaukee Film every Tuesday on “12 News This Morning” at 6 a.m.
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