As any fan of the Scottish band Belle and Sebastian might expect, Stuart Murdoch, the band’s central figure, is direct — to a point — about his directorial debut “God Help the Girl.” “These are characters that I love, and people that I know and then bits of my own past, but I am not Read more →
Minnesota Orchestra fills out the rest of its 2014-15 performance schedule by revealing the Live at Orchestra Hall series, its holiday concert offerings, and the family concerts. Read more →
A couple of weeks back on Cube Critics, I mentioned to Stephanie the Movie Maven how a film which opened just with sound of waves washing on a beach had transported me. I’ll admit it was a bit of a tease. I wanted to talk about the experience rather than the movie, which wasn’t going to open for a Read more →
Some delectable southern songcraft, a Chilean surrealist filmmaker’s return to the big screen and a Kabuki-style production of “12th Night,” all have the hounds buzzing this week. (Want to be an Art Hound? Sign up!) Soap Factory Executive Director Ben Heywood thinks we should suspend all relatively empty forms of pop culture consumption until we’ve Read more →
Director Richard Ayoade takes on Dostoyevsky’s dark novella about a man confronted by a new work colleague who not only looks just like him, he begins to take over his life. Read more →
The Minneapolis resident, who will find out Sunday whether he wins an Oscar for his role in “Captain Phillips,” is up for a starring role in “The Place That Hits The Sun.” Read more →
The Minneapolis St Paul International Film Festival released the names of eight of the more than 200 films going to be shown at the fest this year, which runs April 3-19. The full line up will be released early in March. “Club Sandwich” (Fernando Eimbcke, director; Mexico, 2013) A deadpan coming of age story set Read more →
Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad’s “Omar” is a universal story that just happens to be set in his troubled homeland. Read more →
Don’t roll your eyes if your kids want to see “The Lego Movie,” says Stephanie Curtis. The film comes down to the question: Will you follow the instructions or will you not? It’s witty and fun, with great voices from Chris Pratt, Liam Neeson and Will Arnett. “The Monuments Men,” on the other hand, failed Read more →
MPR News movie critics Stephanie Curtis and Euan Kerr pick their favorite Oscar-nominated shorts. Read more →
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