‘Back to the Future’ and the anatomy of fun
Many people cite “Back to the Future” as their favorite movie. It is, as has been the case for a majority of the films…
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Byrdwatchers: Gunther and Schwam provide sex education
by Greg Carlson | Jul 13, 2026
The provocatively titled documentary “Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story” educates viewers with a history lesson covering the wild high seas of a…
Read NowPerry explores the video rental store in ‘Videohaven’
by Greg Carlson | Jul 6, 2026
Alex Ross Perry's “Videoheaven” is "a nearly 3-hour long analysis of the rise and fall of brick and mortar movie rental."
Read Now‘Supergirl’ makes a wobbly test run
by Greg Carlson | Jul 1, 2026
For the devoted readers held in thrall to the stirring and poignant source material, the movie stings with disappointment...
Read NowA half century of ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’
by Blaise Balas | Jun 21, 2026
Ken Kesey’s 1962 novel “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” is among the most famous stories of the American counterculture. Adapted for the screen…
Read NowHPR talks with actor Stephen Tobolowsky
by Greg Carlson | Jun 8, 2026
High Plains Reader film critic Greg Carlson chatted with actor Stephen Tobolowsky ahead of his appearance in Fargo.
Read NowAnd it’s a beautiful day: Coen brothers’ ‘Fargo’ 30 years later
by Blaise Balas | Apr 14, 2026
"Fargo” endures as an American masterpiece and has not lost its unsettling appeal over the past three decades.
Read NowFargo Theatre Centennial Film Series: ‘Fargo’ — in conversation with Peter Stormare
by Greg Carlson | Apr 13, 2026
HPR film editor Greg Carlson spoke with "Fargo" actor Peter Stormare ahead of his “return” visit to Fargo.
Read NowPoitras and Obenhaus honor Hersh in ‘Cover-Up’
by Greg Carlson | Mar 2, 2026
The great documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras had to work diligently to convince Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh to be the subject of one of…
Read Now2026 Fargo Film Festival arrives on the centennial of the Fargo Theatre
by Reagan Mueller | Feb 23, 2026
The 26th edition of the Fargo Film Festival provides a beacon of warmth for the FM community and beyond. Beginning March 17 and concluding March…
Read NowHinds and Manville take a ‘Midwinter Break’
by Greg Carlson | Feb 23, 2026
Rather than a complex and nuanced presentation of spousal disharmony, “Midwinter Break” opts for a hammer instead of a scalpel.
Read NowCheers to 100 years of the Fargo Theatre
by Sabrina Hornung | Feb 16, 2026
There’s a certain kind of magic to the Fargo Theatre. It’s a place to escape to for the small fee of the price of admission.…
Read NowLove and hate: Fennell goes to ‘Wuthering Heights’
by Greg Carlson | Feb 16, 2026
Literature purists who will judge Emerald Fennell’s decadent, gorgeous, horny and high-calorie interpretation of “Wuthering Heights” on the basis of its fidelity to the 1847…
Read NowDavis spend ‘The Best Summer’ with Beastie Boys and friends
by Greg Carlson | Feb 9, 2026
For the Generation X members obsessed with the incredible 90s music scene that gave us everything from the DIY exuberance of riot grrrl founding…
Read NowLowthorpe adapts popular memoir ‘H is for Hawk’
by Greg Carlson | Feb 4, 2026
A little more than a decade following the publication of the popular Helen Macdonald memoir upon which it is based, a feature film version…
Read NowDaCosta visits ‘The Bone Temple’
by Greg Carlson | Jan 26, 2026
The versatile Nia DaCosta follows her underseen and underappreciated “Hedda” (one of my 2025 favorites) with the first female-helmed entry in the 28 Days/Weeks/Years Later…
Read NowReichardt pulls a heist: ‘The Mastermind’
by Greg Carlson | Jan 19, 2026
There is a great scene in the middle of Kelly Reichardt’s excellent movie “The Mastermind” when protagonist James Blaine Mooney (Josh O’Connor) is chastised…
Read NowNaomi Jaye Directs Britt Lower in ‘Darkest Miriam’
by Greg Carlson | Jan 12, 2026
Writer-director Naomi Jaye adapts fellow Canadian Martha Baillie’s 2009 novel “The Incident Report” as a potent and introspective character study. Retitled “Darkest Miriam,” Jaye’s movie…
Read NowFastvold marks the agony and the ecstasy if ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’
by Greg Carlson | Jan 5, 2026
Director Mona Fastvold’s “The Testament of Ann Lee” frequently writhes and gesticulates with a hypnotizing mysticism that mirrors the fervor of its title character. At…
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