‘Drive My Car’: Hamaguchi Takes the Wheel
By Greg Carlson [email protected] The first Japanese winners of the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival, Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe expand…
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This Is the Sound: Apichatpong Weerasethakul Contemplates ‘Memoria’
By Greg Carlson [email protected] In one of the best scenes of the year, Tilda Swinton’s Jessica Holland sits with audio engineer Hernan Bedoya (Juan…
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Making Beautiful Music in Zeeland
Trudy Wolf is a woman of many hats and has been making waves since she came to Zeeland Public schools in 1993. Zeeland, located…
Read NowPaul Thomas Anderson’s ‘Licorice Pizza’ Has All the Best Toppings
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Since his big-screen debut in 1996, Paul Thomas Anderson has made a series of rewarding movies as identifiable by their…
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Campion’s Triumphant ‘The Power of the Dog’ Will Be Award Season Contender
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Master filmmaker Jane Campion, notching a fresh Silver Lion win for Best Direction at the recent Venice Film Festival, returns…
Read NowMiddleton and Spinney Look for ‘The Real Charlie Chaplin’
By Greg Carlson [email protected] With almost surgical precision, filmmakers Peter Middleton and James Spinney dissect the life and work of “The Real Charlie Chaplin,”…
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Collecting Movies With Kathleen Loock
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Kathleen Loock teaches American Studies and Media Studies at the University of Hannover. She writes about remakes, sequels, reboots, and…
Read NowCreative Moorhead Connects Makers and Creates Public Art
By Alicia Underlee Nelson [email protected] Creative Moorhead is injecting new life into Moorhead’s art scene and revitalizing its downtown spaces. Artistic or handy people…
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Penny Lane Explains Why We Should Be Listening to Kenny G
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Filmmaker Penny Lane follows her thought-provoking examination of the Satanic Temple with a subject many would anoint as the Devil…
Read Nowfrom Punk to Polka
You may recognize Owen Hanson, from seeing him play with any number of folk punk projects throughout the past few years, such as his…
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Mia Hansen-Løve Goes to ‘Bergman Island’
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Had a home video copy made its way into his eclectic collection, one cannot help but wonder how Ingmar Bergman…
Read NowWes Anderson Publishes ‘The French Dispatch’
By Greg Carlson [email protected] The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun First, a note to the naysayers and cynics and grumps and…
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The Spice Must Flow: Villeneuve Takes Us to ‘Dune’
By Greg Carlson [email protected] The many media attempts at Frank Herbert’s epic space fantasy “Dune” speak to its lasting appeal and its potent impact.…
Read NowThe Nightmarish and Harmonious World of Adam Bursack
By Sarah Nour [email protected] On Sunday, November 7th, the Spirit Room will hold a reception for “Contaminated Nightmares,” their current exhibition of mixed-media pieces…
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The Spirit of Amanda Standalone
Amanda Standalone is a force, in fact one could say she’s an old soul with the Midas touch of musicality. You may have seen…
Read NowThe Evolution of Prof
and Jr Lacroix [email protected] Prof Comes to Town With a New Album, ‘Powderhorn Suites’ Minneapolis-based rapper Prof has undergone a number of changes within…
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Bharoocha Flexes ‘Golden Arm’
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Maureen Bharoocha’s “Golden Arm” applies the irresistible combination of long-haul trucking and competitive arm wrestling in the tradition of Menahem…
Read NowA Colorful Look at Baroness
By John Showalter [email protected] To say that John Dyer Baizley is a creative individual would be an understatement. Not only is he the vocalist…
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Collecting Movies With Anthony Strand
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Before she introduced us, mutual friend Morgan Davy told me that Anthony Strand had the uncanny ability to remember the…
Read NowDavid Chase Tells a New Sopranos Story in ‘The Many Saints of Newark’
By Greg Carlson [email protected] I love “The Sopranos.” I have spent many hours with the show, re-watching favorite episodes, reading popular and academic books…
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An Actor’s Life: Kilmer Talks About Being “Val” in Ting Poo and Leo Scott’s Doc
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Ting Poo and Leo Scott may be the directors of record, but “Val” unfolds almost purely as the kaleidoscopic personal…
Read NowA Little Joy Into Your Humdrum Lives: ‘Kid 90’
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Equally frustrating and fascinating, Soleil Moon Frye’s quasi-confessional nostalgia documentary “Kid 90” (2021) will attract pop culture consumers of a…
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18th Annual Studio Crawl
2021 marks the 18th annual FMVA Studio Crawl, the Fargo-Moorhead Visual Artists’ largest event. This year 38 participating local artists clean up their studios…
Read NowRemembering Matt Myers
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Matt Myers died unexpectedly on August 20 while exploring Iceland with Dr. Jacqueline Bussie, his partner of 38 years. We…
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