Bill Murray

The Hangover, Part III: Funny, but not quite loveable

The Wolf Pack trilogy ends right where it began

Brian Scolaro

Top 10 films of 2012

From Tarantino's Django Unchained to Anderson's The Master

Hyde Park on Hudson depicts a randy Roosevelt

Bill Murray is a marvel as FDR

Yelawolf at Epic, 10/19/12

YelawolfWith Vajra, Trouble Andrew, and RittzEpic, MinneapolisOctober 19, 2012  Yelawolf was in a weird mood from the jump on Friday night at Epic. And by jump I mean the shocking plummet he took from the second-floor balcony at the club in the beginning of his set. Hands down the most memorabl ... More >>

Lowertown plans for new bars, bakery, and restaurants

It's a Saturday morning after a successful trip to the St. Paul Farmers Market. You got your fresh flowers, snap peas, and bunches of basil, but now you've worked up an appetite and are craving a sit-down breakfast that doesn't leave grease on your spoon. Sorry, Mickey's -- not always in the mood to ... More >>

Movies much anticipated in 2012

Red Tails, This Is Forty, and more

microseries at microcinema

Buffalo Wild Wings and the triumph of the chicken wing

How a regional delicacy took over fast casual dining

Sex and the City 2: See it or flee it?

Sex and the City 2​You've got 10 bucks and two hours, and you don't want to waste any of it. We can help. Here's our guide to the best and worst movies this weekend. OPENING FLEE: Sex and the City 2 The four aging BFFs struggle on with work-life challenges (Miranda), child-care dilemmas (Cha ... More >>

Iron Man 2, Ajami, and more: A weekend movie guide

​You've got 10 bucks and two hours, and you don't want to waste any of it. We can help. Here's our guide to the best and worst movies playing this weekend. OPENING SEE: Ajami A contemporary crime drama edged with Greek tragedy, Ajami is set in a volatile, rundown quarter of Jaffa in Israel. The ... More >>

Hot Tub Time Machine pays homage to Hughes-era '80s classics

Craig Robinson, John Cusack star

Har Mar Superstar in Ghostbusters 3: The Facebook campaign

It worked for Betty White, right?

7 great marijuana scenes in movies

Some of the finest uses of pot in modern cinema, compiled for your pleasure.

Imagination Movers

Comedy Corner Underground squashed by police who want no funny business

Benny Quash, Bob Edwards, and Marck Dickhut become outlaws of comedy

Charlie Rudd gets called up... to God

From fastballs to communion. Chewing tobacco to holy water.

The Wet Spot: Getting laid on New Year's Eve

It's December 31. Time to get your freak on.

Minnesota Republicans out Franken on lesbian jokes

A mixed-up and confused Bob Dylan pic tops this week's pop culture picks

St. Paul Saints vs. Ibaraki Golden Golds

Strangers on a Train

Wes Anderson's Road-Trip Tale of Brotherly Love Stings with the Depth (Yes, Depth) of His Whimsy

How to Make Out at the Movies: Summer Cinema in the Rough

The Godfather of First and Fifth

You can learn a lot about a city by standing in the same place for 25 years

Not So Hot...

Air conditioning helps as sequels and remakes compete for your summer movie dollar

Sampling the Merchandise

'Shopgirl' actor-author can't cut the mustard, but licks the jar

The Encyclopedist of the Grind House: Tarantino on Film

Stranger Than Paramour

Jarmusch's Don Juan courts the big questions in 'Broken Flowers'

Don't Laugh, You're Next

Meet two men who have the stones to face death

7/18: Morning Communique

The Autograph Man

What ever happened to Buddy Holly's fishing license?

Cannes's Killer Movies

Competition was brutal at the world's most cutthroat film festival

In Over His Head

As a filmmaking metaphor, 'The Life Aquatic' is all wet

A Movie Under The Influence

'Coffee and Cigarettes' catches a momentary buzz

She's Gotta Shoot It

Female filmmakers buck the stats in 'Women with Vision'

Strangers in the Night

A guy walks into a bar...

The Year in Film

Four critics pick 40 or so favorites--and fail to agree on a single one

Artists of the Year

Iraq. SARS. Jay Leno, Still on television practically every night. Yeah, 2003 was about as much fun as a social disease.

Local Music Yearbook '03

We Sang. We Danced. We Set things on Fire. And Sometime after the Bar Closed, We Wrote It All Down for You.

Soul as a Weapon

Why Siddhartha and The Waterboys matter

Spike and Sofia on the Skids?

Opposite aesthetics would seem to spell splitsville for indie cinema's power couple

Faraway, So Close

'Lost in Translation' revels in the beautiful nowhere

Body Politics

The Farrelly Brothers go deeper into humanity in Osmosis Jones

DV or Not DV?

That was the question at the South by Southwest Film Festival, where digital video reigned and good ol' film went south

All the Pretty Courses

Hollywood's holiday menu is impeccably presented but predictably low in nutrition

Hamlet Machine

Michael Almereyda's contemporary Hamlet projects tragedy onto the screen of corporate culture

Stay Hungry

Surviving the book wars and outfoxing the wolves with the Hungry Mind's David Unowsky

The Fox Hunt

Rupert Murdoch's minions chase "reality" with a sympathy for law and order and an appetite for destruction

Big Man(child) on Campus

Art of Conviction

Inmate artists and prison instructors talk about life on the inside