By Greg Carlson [email protected] Finnish filmmaker Hanna Bergholm’s feature debut “Hatching” is a satisfying creature-feature delight. A coming-of-age, body horror nightmare with a sharp…
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By Greg Carlson [email protected] Robert Eggers’s friend Robert Pattinson tries out “I’m vengeance” as the Batman’s latest cinematic catchphrase. In “The Northman,” Alexander Skarsgård’s…
Read NowUkrainians are much on our minds right now, with the Last World War apparently beginning in their country. North Dakota has a smattering of…
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By Greg Carlson [email protected] The Daniels – Kwan and Scheinert – further cement their cult status with the hellzapoppin and appropriately titled “Everything Everywhere…
Read NowBy Greg Carlson [email protected] “Cow,” Andrea Arnold’s first nonfiction feature, opens theatrically and on-demand in the United States on April 8. The talented writer-director,…
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By Greg Carlson [email protected] Abiding enthusiasm for continued discussion of the life and work of Stanley Kubrick manifests once again in feature-length documentary “A…
Read NowBy Greg Carlson [email protected] Krystin Ver Linden’s feature debut “Alice” premiered in the U.S. Dramatic Competition section at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and…
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Paper shortages and supply chain problems be damned. I’m here to report that the state of literary arts in our region is well and…
Read NowIn my experience of writing about music, two things have always stood out about local music acts, one being how much excellent musical talent…
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By Greg Carlson [email protected] Filmmakers Kevin Smokler and Christopher Boone have added a worthwhile document to the group of movies devoted in one way…
Read NowBy Greg Carlson [email protected] Director Mimi Cave’s feature debut “Fresh” was one of the highlights of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival’s Midnight section. Working…
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By Greg Carlson [email protected] The complexities and contradictions of Bill Cosby are the very essence of W. Kamau Bell’s incredible “We Need to Talk…
Read NowCharlie Berens is a man of many hats. The creator of the “Manitowoc Minute” is a newsman, comedian, writer and musician. We had the…
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By Greg Carlson [email protected] The only nonfiction film to be selected for the 2022 Sundance Film Festival’s Spotlight section – a prestige category highlighting…
Read NowHPR first caught wind of Begonia one hot day at Winnipeg Folk Fest in 2019. Even though we were trying not to wilt from…
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By Greg Carlson [email protected] Nicole Rodenburg is the New York-based actor, writer and director. She’s known for her work developing new plays with our…
Read NowIs there a more wholesome American pastime than watching people hit each other with folding chairs and slam each other through tables? There is…
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This March, the 22nd Fargo Film Festival will be in person at the Fargo Theatre, after two years of virtual screenings and events. The…
Read NowBy Greg Carlson [email protected] In “Parallel Mothers,” the excellent melodrama from master filmmaker Pedro Almodovar, Penelope Cruz’s Janis Martinez wears a Dior shirt emblazoned…
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By Greg Carlson [email protected] No doubt many cinephiles first encountered the tale of the charismatic French volcanologist couple Katia and Maurice Krafft in Werner…
Read NowBy Greg Carlson [email protected] Céline Sciamma follows “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” – arguably her best film in an already sensational career –…
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By Greg Carlson [email protected] Multiple observers have pointed to filmmaker Sean Baker’s practice of extending radical empathy to the characters who inhabit his fascinating,…
Read NowBy John Showalter [email protected] Over the five years that I have written for High Plains Reader, I have made no secret of the fact…
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