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Top Ten
The Pioneer Press is publishing a round-up of top five lists, rather than top tens, but I have heard from some readers who are curious about my top ten (and I ended up having to figure out the top ten...
View ArticleSummer Night July 25 Sure Was Smiling
At this point, the Ingmar Bergman film, “Smiles of a Summer Night” is probably best remembered for the art it has inspired — and, this week, it inspired a ton of Twin Cities theater. Coincidentally, on...
View ArticleThe Hands Of “The Clock” Keep Turning
I finally re-visited “The Clock,” the Walker Art Center’s 24-hour-long assemblage of film clips that are synched to whatever time you happen to be there watching. I was there from just before noon...
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Big Movies Return to the Zoo
If you wanted to see "Godzilla" really, really big, then you may have already notice that the IMAX theater at the Minnesota Zoo has been closed for a little while. But, if you want to see "Maleficent"...
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The Fault In The Twin Cities’ Stars
Local fans of John Green’s blockbuster young adult novel, “The Fault in Our Stars,” are doing their part to make sure the movie’s stars come to town. An online poll at...
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How’d They Make That Young Actor Look Like Josh Brolin?
The resemblance between Josh Brolin and Tom Lipinski, the actor who plays a younger version of Brolin in "Labor Day," opening Friday, is so incredible that you may think special effects are involved....
View ArticleI, Chris Hewitt Think “I, Frankenstein” Is Awful
By Chris Hewitt chewitt@pioneerpress.com “iFrankenstein” is a new product from Apple that plays mp3s and lets you re-animate your loved ones. I wish. Actually, it’s “I, Frankenstein” and what does it...
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Where I Will Be June 14, Mesmerized
About 18 months ago, when New York’s Museum of Modern Art was showing “The Clock,” I got excited about it and started asking around here — mostly at the Walker, which seemed like the best place for it...
View ArticleClaire Denis Goes Very, Very Dark
I wish I’d gotten to this sooner to give moviegoers a little more notice but: My apologies and you only one more chance, tonight, to see Claire Denis’ “Bastards.” The French-language film, a...
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“Bad” Is Not The Word For “Bad Grandpa”
Because it’s largely a gross-out comedy and because it’s from the people who brought us the “Jackass” movies, it’s not surprising that “Bad Grandpa” is not being taken very seriously. I get that, but I...
View ArticleThe Review That Took Six Years To Write
“How far in advance do you see the movies you review?” is a question I get a lot. In general, the answer is a week or two in advance, although a month or two isn’t out of the question (I saw “Brokeback...
View ArticleWhat Is Oprah Doing With Terrence Howard?
I received a call from a reader who did not leave a phone number, so I couldn’t get back to him but it occurred to me this might be a question others have, anyway: Why did my review of “The Butler”...
View ArticleCan’t See Everything
Checked out the IMDB Top 250 lately? The movie website’s list of the movies its readers rank as the best 250 of all time is notoriously suspect, and not just because a cadre of fans makes sure “The...
View ArticleBig Joy at “Big Joy”
The Walker is showing a documentary Thursday that’s sometimes feels like a of holy grail of American experimental filmmaking. The full title is “Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton” and it’s a...
View ArticleHappy 114th, Alfred Hitchcock!
I love Alfred Hitchcock and I love lists, so I’m celebrating the birthday of the Master of Suspense with this list of my 11 favorite Hitchcock films. Go see ‘em! 1. “Shadow of a Doubt” — Also...
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Trip Down Coming-of-Age Movie Memory Lane
Here's a fun idea: The upcoming teenage romance, "The Spectacular Now," which stars Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley, is paying tribute to its roots with a series of screenings of beloved movies to...
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My Weird Relationship With “Before Sunrise”
Sometimes, I secretly think I’m the only person who has ever really seen the Richard Linklater film, “Before Sunrise,” which stars Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy as young people who meet on vacation in...
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Paul Bunyan Strikes Back
Babe, the Blue Ox, doesn't last long and Paul Bunyan isn't quite like you remember him, either, in "Axe Giant: The Wrath of Paul Bunyan," which is playing June 5 at Minneapolis' Trylon Microcinema....
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Filmzilla: Final Wars
For years, my answer when anyone asked me where they could locate a DVD of an independent or foreign film was: Filmzilla (actually, it used to be Village Video before the store moved and changed its...
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