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by Sabrina Hornung | Cinema | November 12th, 2023
…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.comFocus Features gets a nifty opening credits layout as part of a throwback sequence capitalizing on the heavy New Hollywood nostalgia that suffuses Alexander Payne’s comic melodrama “The Holdovers.” Reuniting with “Sideways” star Paul Giamatti, Payne’s new movie is his first feature since the bizarre 2017 sci-fi misfire…
by Sabrina Hornung | Gadfly | November 11th, 2023
…By Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.com“Trump Cabinet Member: ‘If a Document Has a Staple in It, Don’t Give It to Trump.’”Among the most fascinating papers in the world would be the transcripts of Donald Trump from the elite universities he attended. What courses did he take? What were his major studies? His speech…
by Sabrina Hornung | Cinema | November 5th, 2023
…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.comSeveral reports discussing behind-the-scenes communications and differences of opinion between Priscilla Presley (credited as one of the new film’s executive producers), the late Lisa Marie Presley (who died in January), and others with financial and personal interests in the legacy of Elvis add a fascinating intertextual layer to…
by Sabrina Hornung | Gadfly | November 4th, 2023
…By Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.comWell, Whaddaya Know! Barbarians Have the Same Life Expectancy!A barbarian is defined as one belonging to a people or tribe considered to be a primitive civilization filled with fierce, brutal, and cruel persons who are uncultured and insensitive. If there has been a century in the history of…
by Sabrina Hornung | Cinema | October 31st, 2023
…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.comDespite accusations that not a lot happens in “Showing Up,” the Kelly Reichardt feature starring Michelle Williams that debuted at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, admirers of the brilliant filmmaker’s impressive oeuvre won’t be dissuaded from spending time in the Reichardt cinematic universe. Reichardt’s feel for and investment…
by Sabrina Hornung | Gadfly | October 28th, 2023
…By Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.comEverybody Needs to Understand Critical Economic and Racial FactsOnce in a great while one runs across an innocent-looking article that is like a combined X-ray, sonogram, and MRI examining your country. Daniel Immerwahr in the October 23 New Yorker in “The Pitchfork of History: Beyond the myth of…
by Sabrina Hornung | Cinema | October 22nd, 2023
…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.comDoing press for “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Martin Scorsese has defended the movie’s three and a half hour running time (presented during its theatrical engagement with no intermission), but the results on the screen do the real talking. The master director’s latest American original – a sturdy…
by Sabrina Hornung | Best Bets | October 22nd, 2023
… Thursday, November 2, 6-9pm 704 1st Avenue North, Fargo Join us as we celebrate the opening of recent exhibitions. An eventful night full of live music, food, drink, fun and art as we welcome Amy Fill, Gallery Director at the University South Dakota, to discuss Oscar Howe and the importance…
by Sabrina Hornung | Gadfly | October 21st, 2023
…By Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.comHow many centuries have religions been fighting each other in the Middle East?In the early foggy, frosty morning of December 25, 1914, before cannons roared and bullets whizzed, songs of Christmas were heard by German troops in the trenches on the Western Front. It was “all quiet on…
by Sabrina Hornung | Best Bets | October 18th, 2023
…Monday, November 13, 2023, 9:30am-2pm Register now at ndsu.edu/visit “Thinking about transferring to NDSU? Learn about the admission process, scholarships, financial aid, academic offerings, student organizations, internships. You will also have the opportunity to tour campus, meet with an academic department and eat at one of our dining centers. Optional…