Balkowitsch Shows New Perspective on Current Work
On August 20, the Spirit Room in Downtown Fargo will be hosting an opening reception for Shane Balkowitsch’s exhibition, “Northern Plains Native Americans: A…
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Reminiscing and recalibrating with Laura Jane Grace
by Dylan Bender | Aug 17, 2022
Against Me! Vocalist Laura Jane Grace has been finding a way to navigate a new world for artists, created by a post-pandemic world. Her…
Read NowCollecting Movies With Raymond Rea
by Sabrina Hornung | Aug 17, 2022
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Filmmaker and educator Raymond Rea, who recently retired from Minnesota State University Moorhead, made an indelible impact on the Fargo-Moorhead…
Read NowBrand and Hyde Make Sex Work in ‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’
by Sabrina Hornung | Jul 24, 2022
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Available on Hulu and in a limited theatrical engagement following its premiere as part of the Sundance Film Festival in…
Read NowDPRCA continues longstanding theatre tradition
by Sabrina Hornung | Jul 20, 2022
It wasn’t long after the founding of the railroad and river town of New Rockford that entertainment venues started to put down their own…
Read NowBringing the dust home: Bindle Fest III
by Michael Strike | Jul 20, 2022
Bindle Fest is coming back to Fargo, and the third time’s the charm for this sprawling DIY fest hosted across the Fargo/Moorhead area. Since…
Read NowMadison Cunningham reveals and confesses: concert at Fargo Brewing August 2
by Brittney Goodman | Jul 20, 2022
The HPR caught up with singer-songwriter Madison Cunningham to talk about her upcoming album, “Revealer,” and her August 2 concert at Fargo Brewing. This…
Read NowWe’ve had one, yes, but what about a second breakfast?
by Dylan Bender | Jul 20, 2022
This Minot festival promises food, music and merriment.
Read NowWomen Helping Women: Lessin and Pildes Meet ‘The Janes’
by Sabrina Hornung | Jul 20, 2022
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Directors Tia Lessin and Emma Pildes, anticipating the recent Supreme Court decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade, began work…
Read NowRaiff Asks Johnson to Dance in ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’
by Sabrina Hornung | Jul 20, 2022
By Greg Carlson [email protected] “Cha Cha Real Smooth” is writer/director/actor Cooper Raiff’s follow-up to “Shithouse,” and the titles of both films disguise, or at…
Read NowDecker Adapts YA Novel ‘The Sky Is Everywhere’
by Sabrina Hornung | Jul 3, 2022
By Greg Carlson [email protected] While some Josephine Decker fans have decided to turn up their noses at her adaptation of Jandy Nelson’s 2010 YA…
Read NowA Parent Suffering From Mental Illness: Dolan’s ‘You Are Not My Mother’
by Sabrina Hornung | Jun 25, 2022
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Kate Dolan’s dark and atmospheric feature debut “You Are Not My Mother” lives at the fringes of folk horror, but…
Read NowTalia Osteen’s Feature Debut ‘Sex Appeal’ Sends Positive Message
by Sabrina Hornung | Jun 20, 2022
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Talia Osteen’s high-concept “Sex Appeal” is more charming than it has any right to be. Osteen’s feature directorial debut, which…
Read NowPhilippe Follows the Yellow Brick Road in Fascinating ‘Lynch/Oz’
by Sabrina Hornung | Jun 20, 2022
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Alexandre O. Philippe has steadily become one of the most devoted contemporary chroniclers of our silver screen dreamworlds. The roots…
Read NowUnrelenting brutality upon the unprepared
by HPR Contributor | Jun 18, 2022
By Martin Beckman and Jordan Tepley High Plains Reader: Just to fill in the people that are unfamiliar. Who are y’all and could you…
Read NowState of the stages: entertainment venues in the Red River Valley
by Brittney Goodman | Jun 15, 2022
The High Plains Reader reached out to many owners, operators, managers, and caretakers of performance venues in our area to see the “state of…
Read NowA Sharp Scalpel: Cronenberg Cuts ‘Crimes of the Future’
by Sabrina Hornung | Jun 5, 2022
By Greg Carlson [email protected] The newest David Cronenberg feature, “Crimes of the Future,” shares its name with the director’s own 1970 film, but the…
Read NowOkuno Watches the ‘Watcher’ in Strong Debut
by Sabrina Hornung | May 30, 2022
By Greg Carlson [email protected] In Chloe Okuno’s feature debut “Watcher,” which premiered in the U.S. Dramatic Competition during the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, a…
Read NowGarland’s Beastly ‘Men’
by Sabrina Hornung | May 23, 2022
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Novelist/screenwriter/director Alex Garland has earned a sizable and devoted following over the years. His previous two feature directorial efforts, “Ex…
Read NowNoise, an almost inescapable part of life
by Michael Strike | May 18, 2022
The word noise can mean so many different things. But here in Fargo, our Noise scene is thriving as what many consider to be…
Read NowMariama Diallo’s ‘Master’ Calls Out the Horrors of Racism
by Sabrina Hornung | May 18, 2022
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Writer-director Mariama Diallo’s satirical short “Hair Wolf” attracted attention at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, earning a jury award for…
Read NowFamiliar Lands and New Traditions at the Rourke
by Sabrina Hornung | May 18, 2022
Artwork: Woodcut by Danielle Gravon titled “Allegory of Fargo Winter I” On June 18, the Rourke will be holding their 62nd annual Midwestern Preview,…
Read NowPoehler’s ‘Lucy and Desi’ Looks at the Love and Work of Hollywood Icons
by Sabrina Hornung | May 8, 2022
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Photo credit: Amazon Studios Amy Poehler’s nonfiction feature debut as director is a solid and informative account of the inextricably…
Read NowRory Kennedy’s Lacerating ‘Downfall: The Case Against Boeing’
by Sabrina Hornung | May 1, 2022
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Speaking Truth to Power and Profit Filmmaker Rory Kennedy lays out damning evidence in “Downfall: The Case Against Boeing,” which…
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