She’s Alive: Stone and Lanthimos Bring ‘Poor Things’ to Life
By Greg Carlson [email protected] In a movie year that brought to life an iconic plastic fashion doll and a theoretical physicist who ushered in…
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Garden of Evil: Jonathan Glazer Goes to ‘The Zone of Interest’
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Loosely based on the 2014 novel by Martin Amis, Jonathan Glazer’s adaptation of “The Zone of Interest” makes a perfect…
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Stealing Time: Moreno’s ‘The Delinquents’
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Bubbling up on multiple 2023 best-of lists and qualified for a possible Oscar nomination as Argentina’s international feature entry (prior…
Read NowExhibition Honoring Scandinavian Folk Art Opens at ND Heritage Center & State Museum
Pieper Bloomquist, an artist and oncology nurse based out of Grand Forks, has been interested in art since she was a child living in…
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Advance Base with Waldemar, Ornamental Horticulture (new!), and Hopechest
The Aquarium, 226 Broadway North upstairs, Downtown Fargo Friday, December 8, 7:30-11pm Doors 7:30 pm // Music 8 pm 21+ // $10 advance //…
Read NowGreen Checks In to ‘The Royal Hotel’
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Australian filmmaker Kitty Green’s brilliant nonfiction movies, including the superb “Casting JonBenet,” laid the groundwork for the director’s recent interest…
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Secrets, Lies, and Shiny Things: Fennell Invites Us to ‘Saltburn’
By Greg Carlson [email protected] “Saltburn,” the highly anticipated follow-up to “Promising Young Woman” – which earned Oscar gold for Best Original Screenplay – doesn’t…
Read NowA Disturbance in the Force: The Star Wars Holiday Special Gets Feature Documentary
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Aired just one time on CBS the evening of November 17, 1978, “The Star Wars Holiday Special” was the first…
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Art Imitates Life in Wing, North Dakota
A trio of Burleigh County artists are making their mark in Wing, North Dakota, to promote local foods and are quite literally painting the…
Read NowPayne and Giamatti Reunite for ‘The Holdovers’
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Focus Features gets a nifty opening credits layout as part of a throwback sequence capitalizing on the heavy New Hollywood…
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Keep the Home Fires Burning: Coppola Imagines ‘Priscilla’
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Several reports discussing behind-the-scenes communications and differences of opinion between Priscilla Presley (credited as one of the new film’s executive…
Read NowFourth Reichardt-Williams Collaboration: All About ‘Showing Up’
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Despite accusations that not a lot happens in “Showing Up,” the Kelly Reichardt feature starring Michelle Williams that debuted at…
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Martin Scorsese Examines Grim Racist History: ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Doing press for “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Martin Scorsese has defended the movie’s three and a half hour running…
Read NowTugboats and Tugged Hearts: Rebecca Miller’s ‘She Came to Me’
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Peter Dinklage plays a creatively blocked opera composer married to Anne Hathaway’s frustrated therapist in Rebecca Miller’s “She Came to…
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Airport Art at MSP: Ben Owen Interview
Airports have become increasingly popular art and music venues over the last decade. from Amsterdam’s Schiphol International Airport to Chicago’s O’Hair to Minneapolis–Saint Paul…
Read NowThe ultimate folk punk collaboration
The Dropkick Murphys collaborate with Nora Guthrie, daughter of Woody Guthrie and founder of the Woody Guthrie archive, on two albums.
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You Beautiful Doll: Gardner’s ‘Living With Chucky’ a Family Affair
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Kyra Elise Gardner, the daughter of special effects legend Tony Gardner, writes and directs “Living With Chucky,” an affectionate labor-of-love…
Read NowIs there anybody out there? ‘The Space Pen Club’ and beyond
North Dakota native Martin Keller is no stranger to the pen, in fact, he went from working as a freelance journalist and staff writer…
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Sweet Autumn Treat: Anderson Shares ‘Sugar’ and Three More on Netflix
By Greg Carlson [email protected] As reactions and reviews of Wes Anderson’s return to the world of Roald Dahl attest, the quartet of short story…
Read NowCastel’s ‘My Animal’ a Fresh Take on the Werewolf Movie
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Filmmaker Jacqueline Castel’s “My Animal” premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival in January, but its vibes are better suited…
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Schrader Concludes His ‘Man in a Room’ Trilogy with ‘Master Gardener’
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Many films have used the unsettling revelation of tattoos as a device to startle the viewer with a visual roadmap…
Read NowThe Studio Crawl Is Celebrating Its 20th Year
The Fargo Moorhead Visual Artists’ much-lauded neighbor lovin’ Studio Crawl is just around the corner – October 7 and 8, noon to 6pm. During…
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‘Bottoms’ Up: Seligman and Sennott Re-Team for Wild Comedy
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri play best pals PJ and Josie, woebegone nerds hot for cheerleaders Brittany (Kaia Gerber) and…
Read NowRegan Takes Sundance Grand Jury Prize with Debut ‘Scrapper’
By Greg Carlson [email protected] In Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner “Scrapper,” her feature debut as writer and director, Charlotte Regan establishes a much more…
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