Motion Picture Production and Distribution

Wild Things, Housebroken

At least Monsters University ain't Cars 2

Phyllis Kahn and Dean Urdahl want Minnesota to invest in the movie business

In 1995, Hollywood shot nine feature films in Minnesota, spending $128 million on in-state production costs. By 2007, that number had dropped to a single film, and $7 million.On Wednesday afternoon, Rep. Phyllis Kahn (DFL-Minneapolis) and Rep. Dean Urdahl (R-Action Township), announced their plans ... More >>

The Films of Kim Jong Il

You'll love the movies produced by the North Korean dictator. Or else.

Rage against the Machinima

YouTube's stars and multichannel networks are at odds over money and creative control as the site grows

Rise of the Guardians is a DreamWorks winner

Kids' mythical figures fight unbelief in inventive kids movie

Summer movie preview

A look ahead at the season's hottest films

U of M paper finds no link between movie piracy and box office sales in U.S.

​An academic paper co-written by a University of Minnesota economics professor finds there is little evidence for the notion that movie piracy reduces ticket purchases at movie theaters. That notion, of course, is often a crucial premise in the arguments made by supporters of legislation like SOPA ... More >>

John Sayles

Front Line Assembly

Sarah Vowell

Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2011

The Confession, The Sun Comes Up, The Lost Thing

Morgan Creek Vineyards open house this weekend

Drinking makes holiday shopping more fun​Does the thought of spending your Saturday navigating the parking ramp at MOA make your skin crawl? Fear not. Yes, you need to procure some holiday gifts. But you don't need to do it at the mall. Or sober, for that matter. Morgan Creek Vineyards is ... More >>

Crypticon

Pixar's Toy Story 3 turns morose

Advanced maturation of kid culture on display

GameWorks closing in Block E

​A year after announcing it wanted to sublease its space, GameWorks said it is closing its doors at Block E, as well as six other locations around the country. And while the local press has been quick to point out that this represents another step back for Block E, it's worth pointing out that ... More >>

Giamatti, del Toro cast in Three Stooges movie

We're laughing already. And not for the right reasons.

Film Highlight: Up

FireLake taste test: Can you ID the MN wine?

Blind taste a flight to see how Morgan Creek Vineyard's new Ten Thousand Vines stacks up against a French Pinot Noir and a Spanish Grenache blend.

Monsters vs. Aliens' 3-D effects win big

The beast, the bug, and the blob set the bar for future 3-D animation

Get real: Is 3D a cure-all for an ailing film economy?

DreamWorks says 3D helps "emotionally immerse" the audience

The Rising Stone

The director of 'JFK' was plotting his latest countermyth in 2001

Would you believe dead as a doornail?

The Perceptionists: Black Dialogue

The Tricky Master

Stephen Chow sells classic action anew in 'Hustle'

A Piece of the Action

The sexual harassment movie that Pawlenty won't pay to see

Walking on Thin Ice

Why is Governor Tim Pawlenty leaving Minnesota film out in the cold?

Where to Aim, When to Shoot

Film as a weapon in a time of war: Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival coverage.

Dis Bard

O forces Shakespeare to concede to Gore

What a Feeling

An Oak Street retrospective pulls us back to the flashy days of Eighties cinema

The Movie House Massacre

Swelling monsterplexes. Bankrupt chains. Cutthroat competition. A glut of screens leaves the national and local movie-theater business reeling.

Army of One

With Movie Wars, film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum positions himself as the last line of defense against Hollywood tyranny

He Walked With the Monster

The late screenwriter Curt Siodmak gave the Wolf Man his soul

Mouse Tracks

The Road to El Dorado turns the rape of the Americas into a ride through the Magic Kingdom

Saving Woody's Piggy Bank

Good Touch, Bad Touch

Produced and abandoned, the made-in-Minnesota wrestling comedy The Naked Man falls into a Hollywood sleeper hold

Redub the Dragon

Kill Shot

Drawn Out

Wonderboy

Fear and Loathing in Cannes

An outsider's diary from Le Festival, where world cinema meets Planet Hollywood

Thinly Veiled Dreams

Sell Out

Raiders of the Lost Art

Has the artsyplex boom housebroken the independent film? A partisan's manifesto.

Artsyplexing

Operation Re-dub

A Tale of Two Babylons

The State of the Movies

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

Circuit City