Singin’ in the Hurricane: Chazelle Takes Us to Wild, Old Hollywood in ‘Babylon’
By Greg Carlson [email protected] How many “Babylon” reviews and essays will at some point use the words orgiastic and overlong to describe Damien Chazelle’s…
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Elvis Mitchell Asks ‘Is That Black Enough for You?!?’
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Veteran critic Elvis Mitchell’s excellent documentary/essay “Is That Black Enough for You?!?” gazes deeply and lovingly at the rich and…
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A Portrait of the Portrait Artist: ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’
By Greg Carlson [email protected] “Citizenfour” Oscar-winner Laura Poitras profiles photographer and activist Nan Goldin in “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed.” Like its talented…
Read NowDunham Adapts ‘Catherine Called Birdy’
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, “Catherine Called Birdy” lands on Amazon Prime Video following a short…
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Dreaming Big: Gary Greff on the Future of the Enchanted Highway
If you’ve ever driven down the Enchanted Highway, the 32-mile ribbon of road connecting Regent to Gladstone in western North Dakota, home to the…
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‘The Pez Outlaw’ Dispenses Entertaining Tale
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Amy Bandlien Storkel and Bryan Storkel dispense delights of all kinds in their breezy documentary “The Pez Outlaw,” an imaginative…
Read NowMarc Shaffer Explores the Legend of Helios in ‘Exposing Muybridge’
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Photography buffs and silent film aficionados will enjoy Marc Shaffer’s feature documentary “Exposing Muybridge,” a visually engaging account of curious…
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‘Both Sides of the Blade’: Denis and Binoche Team Again in Silver Bear Winner
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Known in the original French as “Avec amour et acharnement” (“With Love and Fury” or “With Love and Relentlessness”), the…
Read Now‘Nothing Compares’: Ferguson Covers O’Connor in Strong Music Doc
By Greg Carlson [email protected] In “Nothing Compares,” director Kathryn Ferguson builds an airtight case for the reevaluation of music icon Sinead O’Connor, the Irish…
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Morgen Keeps His ‘Lectric Eye on Icon Bowie in ‘Moonage Daydream’
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Veteran documentarian Brett Morgen clamps down on the experimental and the experiential in “Moonage Daydream,” an odyssey traversing the starfields…
Read NowFilm Review: Prince-Bythewood’s ‘The Woman King’
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Writing recently in The New Yorker, Julian Lucas shares commentary that places into context the ongoing controversies assailing Gina Prince-Bythewood’s…
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Wilde Directs Pugh in Midcentury Modern Thriller ‘Don’t Worry Darling’
By Greg Carlson [email protected] The chatter surrounding director Olivia Wilde’s new movie “Don’t Worry Darling” reached fever pitch in the days leading up to…
Read NowSmoczyńska Introduces ‘The Silent Twins’
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Making her English-language feature debut, Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Smoczyńska fails to replicate the quality and originality of either of her…
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19th Annual Fargo-Moorhead Studio Crawl
Tour the studios of some of F-M’s most popular artists The Fargo-Moorhead area’s largest art event, the Studio Crawl, is just around the corner—October…
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By Scott Ecker [email protected] I cover two new movies a week for my podcast “All Screens Great & Small” with my co host J.D.…
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Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Kunstler Sisters Direct Documentary Version of Jeffery Robinson’s Presentation “Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America” Directors Emily…
Read Now‘Neptune Frost’: Uzeyman and Williams Project the Future
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Co-directed by Saul Williams (who also wrote the screenplay and music) and Anisia Uzeyman (who also photographed and co-art directed),…
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Freakscene: Reichenheim Tells the Dinosaur Jr. Story
By Greg Carlson [email protected] With the documentary feature “Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.,”director Philipp Reichenheim (who also uses the handle Philipp Virus) compiles…
Read NowTaylor Brorby’s ‘Boys and Oil: Growing Up Gay in a Fractured Land’
I have just read a book that affected me unlike anything in years…perhaps ever. Riveted, I tackled it in less than eighteen hours. Being…
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Diwan Adapts a Timely ‘Happening’
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Audrey Diwan’s “Happening,” which premiered at the 2021 Venice International Film Festival and screened in the Spotlight section of Sundance…
Read Now‘Nope’: Peele Goes West in Imaginative Genre Mash-Up
By Greg Carlson [email protected] In addition to boasting one of the year’s best titles, Jordan Peele’s mind- and genre-bending mash-up “Nope” is big and…
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Tedeschi Trucks Band at Bluestem Amphitheater
During a short break in their Wheels of Soul Tour with Los Lobos and the Gabe Dixon Band, I had a chance to speak…
Read NowThe Gina Powers Cinderella story
Fargo artist signs Nashville recording contract To say the 2020s got off to a rough start might be the understatement of the century, but…
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