Fargo Proud: Northern Lights Films Debuts Another Feature at Sundance
Early 1960s Oklahoma is an ideal setting for classic coming of age themes in Martha Stephens’s “To the Stars.” Richer in characterization and emotion…
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‘Small Talk,’ Big Themes
by Gabrielle Hersch | Mar 20, 2019
With the 19th annual Fargo Film Festival underway this week, film lovers and filmmakers are flocking to the Fargo Theatre to catch screenings. One…
Read NowVoting for Pedro: ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ Turns Fifteen
by Greg Carlson | Mar 13, 2019
Bonafide modern classic “Napoleon Dynamite” celebrates fifteen years of sweet jumps with a victory tour featuring stars Jon Heder and Efren Ramirez. As part…
Read NowBathtubs Over Broadway
by Greg Carlson | Mar 6, 2019
Whisenant and Young Sing the Praises of the Industrial Musical in “Bathtubs Over Broadway”
Read NowHorns Up for Lane’s ‘Hail Satan?’
by Greg Carlson | Feb 13, 2019
Documentarian Penny Lane adds another entertaining movie to her filmography with an inside look at the recent rise of the Satanic Temple. As a…
Read NowThey’ll Love Me When I’m Dead
by Greg Carlson | Feb 6, 2019
While his Fred Rogers documentary “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” arguably captured more attention than any nonfiction feature released in 2018, Morgan Neville’s other…
Read NowSandi Tan’s ‘Shirkers’ Is an Indie Filmmaking Dream Deferred
by Greg Carlson | Jan 30, 2019
“Shirkers” is title to both an uncompleted Singapore-based road movie starring Sandi Tan that was shot in the summer of 1992 and the autobiographical…
Read NowTwo Hearts: The Love and Loss of Pawlikowski’s ‘Cold War’
by Greg Carlson | Jan 23, 2019
Another stunning work of perfectly placed ellipses and calculated restraint, Pawel Pawlikowski’s “Cold War” is a film filled with images as iconic and austere…
Read NowBefore the Court: Leder Looks at Early Work of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
by Greg Carlson | Jan 16, 2019
Compared to the Betsy West and Julie Cohen documentary “RBG,” Mimi Leder’s period biographical slice “On the Basis of Sex” is nowhere near as…
Read NowA Heavenly Binoche ‘Let the Sunshine In’ for Claire Denis
by Greg Carlson | Jan 9, 2019
The sensational Claire Denis adds another wonderful work to her impressive filmography with “Let the Sunshine In.” An ode to many things, including restless…
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