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State of the Arts

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Tag: Film

A Belle and Sebastian album cover come to life

Euan KerrEuan Kerr September 3, 2014, 3:46 PM Sep 3, 2014
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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 →

MN Orchestra details holiday, pops, family schedule

Euan KerrEuan Kerr July 11, 2014, 12:02 AM Jul 11, 2014
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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 →

Don McKellar’s Grand Seduction

Euan KerrEuan Kerr June 13, 2014, 1:01 PM Jun 13, 2014
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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 →

Art Hounds

Art Hounds: Wild Ponies, surreal cinema, kabuki Bard

Chris RobertsChris Roberts June 5, 2014, 8:25 AM Jun 5, 2014
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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 →

‘Double’ director creates grimly dark world

Euan KerrEuan Kerr May 16, 2014, 11:59 AM May 16, 2014
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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 →

Barkhad Abdi of Minneapolis may have found his next film

MPR News Staff February 28, 2014, 6:31 AM Feb 28, 2014
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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 →

MSP International Film Festival unveils first eight films of 2014

Euan KerrEuan Kerr February 25, 2014, 11:58 AM Feb 25, 2014
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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 →

‘Omar’ director’s Oscar-nominated film explores love and betrayal

Euan KerrEuan Kerr February 21, 2014, 2:09 PM Feb 21, 2014
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Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad’s “Omar” is a universal story that just happens to be set in his troubled homeland. Read more →

The Cube Critics

Cube Critics: ‘Lego Movie’ is witty fun, while ‘Monuments Men’ fails to resonate

Chris RobertsChris Roberts February 7, 2014, 4:12 PM Feb 7, 2014
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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 →

The Cube Critics

Cube Critics: The Oscar-nominated shorts worth seeing

Chris RobertsChris Roberts January 31, 2014, 5:10 PM Jan 31, 2014
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MPR News movie critics Stephanie Curtis and Euan Kerr pick their favorite Oscar-nominated shorts. Read more →

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