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Movies For Grown-Ups: ‘Past Lives’ and ‘You Hurt My Feelings’ Are Both Fine, I Guess

Celine Song and Nicole Holofcener peer into everyday dilemmas without cutting too deep.

June 16, 2023

What I Watched in the 2nd Week of the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival

Was the best movie I saw also the longest? Yep, sometimes that's just how it goes.

April 28, 2023

An Educated Guesser’s Mini-Guide to the 2023 Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival

Intimidated by the MSPIFF schedule? Don't know where to start? Let's give you a hand with that.

April 12, 2023

‘Return to Seoul’ Is a Complex, Brilliant Journey Into the Past. ‘Spinning Gold’ Is Garbage.

You can watch a fantastic character study or a dreadful biopic—the choice is yours.

March 31, 2023

‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Cements Keanu Reeves’s Status as the Anti-Tom Cruise

The John Wick saga ends with imaginatively violent set pieces you'd expect. Too bad it's not really over.

March 29, 2023

Don’t You Just Hate When a Movie Gets Worse Halfway Through?

'Of an Age' and 'Close' both start strong.

February 17, 2023

Dead Men Walking: ‘Living’ and ‘A Man Called Otto’ Both Have One Foot in the Grave

Two new remakes translate superior movies into English, for those of you who can't read.

January 18, 2023