9th F-M LGBT Film Festival
IF YOU GO FM LGBT Film Festival September 11-16 Fargo Theatre, 314 Broadway N, 701-239-8385
Read NowCinema · 2017
Brent Brandt bringing a little bit of Hollywood to town
by Greg Carlson | Sep 6, 2017
IF YOU GO An evening with Sean Astin Wednesday, September 13, 7pm Fargo Theatre, 314 N Broadway, Fargo
Read NowThe Safdie Brothers serve up a ‘Good Time’ in gritty thriller
by Greg Carlson | Sep 1, 2017
Joshua and Ben Safdie, the NYC brothers whose independent spirit draws from a wide range of cinematic sources, reach their widest audience yet with…
Read NowRare Louise Brooks classic now on Blu-ray
by Christopher P. Jacobs | Aug 30, 2017
Just released to Blu-ray August 22 is one of the favorite films by noted director William Wellman, who had made the very first Best…
Read NowRemembering a movie icon on Blu-ray
by Christopher P. Jacobs | Aug 23, 2017
Wednesday, August 23, marks the untimely death at age 31 of movie superstar and international sex symbol Rudolph Valentino. Sicilian-born Valentino had become the…
Read NowStart your engines: Soderbergh is back with “Logan Lucky”
by Greg Carlson | Aug 23, 2017
Steven Soderbergh’s “Logan Lucky” ends the filmmaker’s short-lived “retirement” from directing theatrically-released features, and his return to cinemas is a welcome one. Extending his…
Read NowLowery’s ‘A Ghost Story’ will haunt you
by Greg Carlson | Aug 16, 2017
Filmmaker David Lowery has a very compelling tale to tell in “A Ghost Story.”
Read NowEmoji movie as ‘meh’ as its protagonist
by John Showalter | Aug 9, 2017
When I first caught wind that there was going to be a movie centered around emojis several months ago, I spent plenty of time…
Read NowA riot going on: Bigelow revisits “Detroit”
by Greg Carlson | Aug 9, 2017
Kathryn Bigelow, to this day the only woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director, makes an admirable if flawed attempt to fictionalize…
Read NowNew to Blu: Classic art film disguised as war film
by Christopher P. Jacobs | Aug 2, 2017
Kino Lorber released “Hell in the Pacific” to Blu-ray earlier this summer.
Read NowBeing served: ‘Beatriz at Dinner’
by Greg Carlson | Aug 2, 2017
“Beatriz at Dinner,” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January and is now making a modest theatrical run.
Read NowTwo recent Blu-rays: Japanese takes on World War II
by Christopher P. Jacobs | Jul 26, 2017
Noted American director Josef von Sternberg flourished in the late 1920s and 1930s, especially remembered for his silent classics “Underworld” (1927), “The Last Command”…
Read NowSpace oddity: Besson brings “Valerian and Laureline” to the big screen
by Greg Carlson | Jul 26, 2017
Luc Besson’s “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” — touted as the costliest independent motion picture ever made — simultaneously melts eyeballs…
Read NowBob Hope film classics new to Blu-ray
by Christopher P. Jacobs | Jul 19, 2017
Earlier this month four of Hope’s best films from the late 1940s and early 1950s came out in impressive Blu-ray editions from Kino Lorber.
Read Now‘Okja’ is some pig
by Greg Carlson | Jul 19, 2017
Title creature Okja is a massive mash-up of solid hippo and floppy-eared, saucer-eyed adorableness.
Read NowLive music making movies live
by Christopher P. Jacobs | Jul 12, 2017
IF YOU GO: MSUM Summer Cinema Series Monday, July 17, 7:30-10pm Weld Hall, MSUM Campus, 6th Ave S & 12th St S, Moorhead
Read NowCoppola Wins Cannes Best Director for “The Beguiled”
by Greg Carlson | Jul 12, 2017
Set during the Civil War, “The Beguiled” was first a 1966 novel by Thomas Cullinan.
Read NowThe lure of the mummy continues
by Christopher P. Jacobs | Jun 28, 2017
“The Mummy” (1932), starring Boris Karloff, is easily the best of these and all the later mummy movies.
Read Now‘S Is for Stanley’ shares stories of Kubrick as told by his driver
by Greg Carlson | Jun 28, 2017
Now available on Netflix following a lengthy film festival run, Alex Infascelli’s “S Is for Stanley” is required viewing for Kubrick obsessives and cinephiles.
Read NowCrime, passion, and both together in new Blu-rays
by Christopher P. Jacobs | Jun 21, 2017
All were made by major filmmakers with famous stars, yet each is relatively obscure today and deserves to be better-known.
Read Now“Thoroughbred”: Cory Finley’s promising Sundance debut
by Greg Carlson | Jun 21, 2017
One of the most sure-footed debuts at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, the movie is certain to attract a devoted audience when distributed by…
Read NowLegendary tough guys on Blu-ray
by Christopher P. Jacobs | Jun 14, 2017
Kirk Douglas (1917- ), Burt LancasteKirk Douglas (1917- ), Br (1913-1994), and James Cagney (1899-1986) are iconic movie “tough guys” who had long film…
Read NowHawks into doves: ‘Wonder Woman’ arrives
by Greg Carlson | Jun 14, 2017
Things are a lot more exhilarating when she’s around.
Read NowFar, far away and far, far out
by Greg Carlson | Jun 7, 2017
“Star Wars Nothing But Star Wars” celebrates 40 years of the franchise
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