Gina Powers Is Outlaw Country
By Kris Gruber [email protected] 20 May 2021 During the course of our interview Gina Powers frequently stopped to console Atomic Coffee patrons wrestling with…
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Ten Years of D Mills and the Thrills: A Conversation with Diane Miller
https://www.facebook.com/brittney.goodman.3 20 May 2021 Has it really been 10 years of D Mills and the Thrills?? Yes it has! Ten years ago, Diane was…
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Rose Glass Makes Memorable Feature Debut with ‘Saint Maud’
by Greg Carlson [email protected] 16 May 2021 Another movie long-delayed by the pandemic, “Saint Maud” can finally be viewed on Amazon Prime and several…
Read NowRob Garver Examines the Life of Pauline Kael in “What She Said”
By Greg Carlson [email protected] 07 May 2021 Hard to say whether non-cinephiles will be interested enough to watch a feature-length documentary about a movie…
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Agrelo Celebrates the Beginning of America Icon in ‘Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street’
29 April 2021 As tantalizing subject matter goes, the topic of Marilyn Agrelo’s “Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street” is as much…
Read NowFantasy and Reality in Ben Hozie’s ‘PVT Chat’
Fantasy and Reality in Ben Hozie’s ‘PVT Chat’ By Greg Carlson [email protected] 23 April 2021 Talented hyphenate Ben Hozie breaks through with “PVT Chat,”…
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Venturia ND native pens new book
Florence Dockter Scherbenske has authored a new book, “My Impossible Dream: You Can Do It Too, Germans from Russia Immigrant Grandparents Ethnic Lifestyle.” Florence…
Read NowThe Tim(e) for Music Is Now
18 March 2021 Many of the talented musicians in the Fargo-Moorhead area are natives of the area. Others, like Tim Gibson, may not have…
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HPR: 52nd Annual UND Writers Conference Issue
Spring is almost here, and we might even be venturing outdoors to experience the warmth of the sun. After 2020, which feels like it…
Read NowFor the love of logophiles: Moorhead Friends supports local writers
Moorhead Friends Writing Group gathers virtually to administer advice.
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Between exile and memory: women writers and NDSU Press
When four gentleman scholars came together seventy-one years ago to establish the North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, they might have been hard-pressed to…
Read NowSpring Fling with Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented some interesting challenges for music and the arts, and the realm of classical music is no exception. Even nationally…
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Color Fest: The City of West Fargo wants YOU to Help Paint the Town
Color Fest: The City of West Fargo wants YOU to help paint the town By Sabrina Hornung [email protected] On Saturday May 8 from 10…
Read NowSamantha Stark’s ‘Framing Britney Spears’
By Greg Carlson [email protected] 18 April 2021 Validated and legitimized by a kind of inflated imprimatur as an episode in “The New York Times…
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The Master’s Voice: Monro’s ‘Kubrick by Kubrick’
The Master’s Voice: Monro’s ‘Kubrick by Kubrick’ By Greg Carlson 09 April 2021 Joining the group of nonfiction portraits that includes “Stanley Kubrick: A…
Read NowEnd of the Line: The Women of Standing Rock (2021)
02 April 2021 Kring’s ‘End of the Line’ Part of North Dakota Environmental Rights Film Festival One of several powerful films included in the…
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Collecting Movies With Toby Jones
Collecting Movies with Toby Jones (2021) By Greg Carlson [email protected] 28 March 2021 Toby Jones is an Emmy-nominated writer, director and cartoonist from Fargo,…
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‘Freeland’ Screening in Virtual 2021 Fargo Film Festival
An engrossing portrait that takes viewers deep into the world of marijuana farming in Northern California’s Humboldt County, “Freeland” rumbles along on the strength…
Read NowTom Brandau (1960-2021)
Tom Brandau (1960-2021) By Greg Carlson [email protected] When I first made his acquaintance, I didn’t think I liked Tom Brandau. And I was certain…
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Collecting Movies with Dava Whisenant
By Greg Carlson [email protected] 19 February 2021 Photo courtesy Mari Mur. Dava Whisenant received the Best New Documentary Director Award at the 2018 Tribeca…
Read NowSiren song: Sabrina Doyle’s ‘Lorelei’ part of virtual Fargo Film Festival
Filmmaker Sabrina Doyle’s “Lorelei” aims for hardscrabble, working-class romance. Good onscreen chemistry between Jena Malone and Pablo Schreiber lifts the filmmaker’s debut feature out…
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Stalking Chernobyl: Exploration After Apocalypse
By Greg Carlson [email protected] 18 February 2021 Filmmaker and activist Iara Lee’s “Stalking Chernobyl: Exploration After Apocalypse” ventures into the sites and surroundings of…
Read NowConsidering Reality: Rodney Ascher’s “A Glitch in the Matrix”
By Greg Carlson [email protected] 2/5/21 Rodney Ascher’s previous two nonfiction features, “Room 237” and “The Nightmare,” played out like the cinematic equivalent of staying…
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