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John Ford

  • Movies

    April 13, 2011

    Robert Redford's The Conspirator

    Another dull history lesson

  • Arts

    November 17, 2010

    'Tis a Pity She's a Whore

    Another dull history lesson

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2010

    ''Tis a Pity She's a Whore' offers taboo twists

    Photo by Diane Mountford​John Ford's 'Tis a Pity She's a Whore offers a slight twist on Romeo and Juliet. Okay, the Jacobean playwright offered a really big doozy of a twist. In his play, the star-crossed lovers are brother and sister.

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    Director Brady Kiernan talks Stuck Between Stations, music, and Minneapolis

    Photo by Kris Drake​Local director Brady Kiernan knows how to work. Since finishing his film degree in 2002, he's made his mark on the Twin Cities scene the old fashioned way, through blood, sweat, and skill. Working his way up has paid off with project after project: he's produced multiple ... More >>

  • Movies

    October 7, 2009

    Oak Street Cinema revives Jean-Pierre Melville's film noir masterpieces

    French director is known as forefather of French New Wave cinema

  • Movies

    April 2, 2008

    Leatherheads stopped at fourth and inches

    George Clooneys ode to screwball comedies of yore is sooooo close. But yet.

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2007

    Thursday almost liveblog: Wild times

    George Clooneys ode to screwball comedies of yore is sooooo close. But yet.

  • Unknown

    June 6, 2007

    Sagebrush & Spaghetti

    George Clooneys ode to screwball comedies of yore is sooooo close. But yet.

  • Arts

    December 27, 2006

    Curtain Call

    Let's bring back the year's best (and worst) performances for one more round of applause (and jeers)

  • Movies

    October 4, 2006

    Bait and Switch

    'Departed' hero of the Hong Kong new wave returns the compliment

  • Movies

    July 12, 2006

    Broken-Headed Man Busts Butt, Nuts

    A decade after his award-winning doc on disabilities, Billy Golfus is still battling

  • Movies

    May 24, 2006

    The Bad Seeds

    Nick Cave's Western 'Proposition' plays like a threat

  • Sports

    September 7, 2005

    Et Tu, U.S.A.?

    HBO's 'Rome' is a clever mirror of modern class warfare

  • Arts

    April 14, 2004

    All We Are Is Dust In The Wind

    Starting gate labors over Steinbeck's dust-bowl epic

  • Movies

    October 8, 2003

    Vengeance Is His

    With the remorseful 'Mystic River,' Clint Eastwood gets even with Dirty Harry

  • Arts

    February 26, 2003

    Brothers in Arms

    A 14-film retrospective charts the turbulent partnership of Akira Kurosawa and his warrior muse

  • Arts

    January 8, 2003

    The Year In Film

    Three movie critics pick 21 favorites (and only one in common) from 2002.

  • Movies

    July 3, 2002

    Billy Come Lately

    A satirist's belated acclaim mirrors our own screwy self-image

  • Movies

    April 24, 2002

    Clawless

    Peter Bogdanovich loses it at the movies with 'The Cat's Meow'

  • Arts

    April 10, 2002

    Two Out of Three Ain't Bad

    The Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival's Middle Week Has Hits, Sleepers, and Snoozers

  • Movies

    January 23, 2002

    What Price Dignity?

    Dolores del Rio Spent Hollywood's Good Fortune on a Respectable Career

  • Arts

    January 9, 2002

    The Year in Film

    The National Entertainment State Stands Firm--Then Runs Away

  • Movies

    June 13, 2001

    Auteur Author

    The National Entertainment State Stands Firm--Then Runs Away

  • Arts

    May 23, 2001

    The Plaisir Principle

    Or, Cannes 2001: How to love the movies without hating yourself

  • Movies

    April 4, 2001

    Print the Legend

    In 40 self-sacrificing years at the helm of the University Film Society, Al Milgrom has seen his reputation grow to mythic stature. How this grumpy old man might cope with turning over his life’s work is another story.

  • Movies

    November 15, 2000

    Communication Breakdown

    The Japanese Eureka speaks volumes about inexpressiveness

  • Arts

    October 11, 2000

    Escape to New York

    After a summer full of multiplex fodder, the New York Film Festival provides an unpretentious showcase for arty cinema

  • Books

    August 16, 2000

    Christopher Frayling: Sergio Leone: Something to Do With Death

    After a summer full of multiplex fodder, the New York Film Festival provides an unpretentious showcase for arty cinema

  • Books

    June 21, 2000

    Paul West: O.K.: The Corral, the Earps, and Doc Holliday

    After a summer full of multiplex fodder, the New York Film Festival provides an unpretentious showcase for arty cinema

  • Arts

    January 12, 2000

    The Year in Film

    1999 brought a cinematic bounty to the art house and the multiplex alike

  • Books

    December 15, 1999

    The Loud Man

    A definitive biography captures the contradictions of John Ford, the meanest, greatest director of the Western

  • Movies

    July 22, 1998

    Virtual War

    A definitive biography captures the contradictions of John Ford, the meanest, greatest director of the Western

  • News

    June 10, 1998

    The Last Picture Show

    Movie theaters used to have majestic screens, rocking chairs, and real butter. Some still do.

  • Music

    January 14, 1998

    Frank Pahl: In Cahoots

    Movie theaters used to have majestic screens, rocking chairs, and real butter. Some still do.

  • Arts

    July 23, 1997

    Founding Father

    Oak Street Cinema rediscovers John Wayne as the "hero" we love to hate.

  • Feature

    May 21, 1997

    Internet, Book, Video, Music

    Art Crimes, Susan Welch, Amiri Baraka, Edward Humes, Garry Wills, The Wife, Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent, Sweet Nothing, Boz Scaggs, dEUS

  • Movies

    September 4, 1996

    Mean Scenes and GoodFolks

    Art Crimes, Susan Welch, Amiri Baraka, Edward Humes, Garry Wills, The Wife, Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent, Sweet Nothing, Boz Scaggs, dEUS

  • News

    January 31, 1996

    The State of the Movies

    Hollywood 1996: Things are changing, and it's all the same.

  • Arts

    December 6, 1995

    Spare Parts

    Hollywood 1996: Things are changing, and it's all the same.

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