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Argo bargains for Hollywood love

Ben Affleck's return holds out hope for classic Hollywood

Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal face Iran trial this week

Shane Bauer is from Onamia. His mother lives in Pine City.​It's been a long journey for Shane Bauer from Onamia to Tehran, but that's where he stands trial Wednesday on spy charges. One of three Americans arrested two years ago while hiking in the mountains of Kurdistan on the Iranian border, ... More >>

Sarah Palin plays political football with Iran hostages in inscrutable Twitter rant

Shane Bauer can't count on Mama Grizzly.​We can probably all agree that a public Twitter account isn't the best place to shoot for nuance in U.S. diplomatic relations. But that didn't stop U.S. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley. We also can't be too surprised that Sarah Palin would pick ... More >>

Get Him to the Greek: See it or flee it?

Get Him to the Greek​Get Him to the Greek is a mess as a movie--but that doesn't mean it isn't funny. Besides Russell Brand's new film, your best bet might be a movie made in 1927--the newly restored classic Metropolis, in a weeklong run at the Lagoon. OPENING SEE: Get Him to the Greek Jonah ... More >>

Cindy Hickey leaves Iran without imprisoned son Shane Bauer

Iranian authorities allowed three imprisoned Americans to visit with their mothers, but turned a deaf ear to pleas for their release​The mothers of three Americans imprisoned in Iran are heading home today empty-handed, their pleas for the release of their children failing to move authorities ... More >>

Shane Bauer embraces mom after 10 months in an Iranian prison

Screengrab via BBCThe imprisoned hikers are reunited with their mothers​Ten months after her son, Shane Bauer, and two other American hiking friends were tossed in an Iranian prison for illegally crossing the border with Iraq, Cindy Hickey threw her arms around him in an emotional downtown Teh ... More >>

Cindy Hickey, in Muslim garb, arrives in Iran seeking Shane Bauer's release (Video)

Cindy Hickey speaks with reporters​Cindy Hickey, of Pine City, and two other mothers are one step closer to seeing their kids, imprisoned for the last 10 months in an Iranian prison. She, Nora Shourd and Laura Fattal have arrived in Iran. They were granted visas and permission to visit the th ... More >>

Shane Bauer's mom, Cindy Hickey, heads to Iran (Video)

Photo: shanebauer.netShane Bauer​Pine City's Cindy Hickey, the mother of imprisoned freelance journalist Shane Bauer, will join the mothers of two other detainees on a flight to Iran either today or tomorrow to try and win their release. The three were issued visas last week. "We're positivel ... More >>

Shane Bauer's mom scores Iran visa

Via ShaneBauer.netImprisoned in Iran, Shane Bauer may soon get a visit from his Minnesota mom​Pine City's Cindy Hickey is one step closer to visiting her son Shane Bauer in an Iranian prison, after the government there issued visas to her and the mothers of the two other hikers being held as s ... More >>

Pen Pals Lecture Series: Azar Nafisi

Eco-activist Mark Knapp sought by authorities for identity theft

The former Green Party candidate is caught up in a gold scheme

Minnesotan Shane Bauer among three set for trial in Iran

The Pine City native and two friends have been held in an Iran prison since July, accused of spying.

Michele Bachmann: Crazy like a fox

The Minnesota congresswoman gives Sarah Palin a run for her money

MNDaily admits attraction to Ahmadinejad

The Minnesota Daily's Arts and Entertainment section had an interesting choice for their list of people they can't help but be attracted to.

Minnesota's legislators didn't get Obama's Mideast memo

Divestment bill will withdraw pension funds from Iran's oil sector

MSPIFF: Reviews of the rest

Il Divo glitters among duller bulbs like The Girl From Monaco, Just Another Love Story

Clinton calls for release of N.D. journalist held in Iran

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for the release of a North Dakota journalist and Minnesota college graduate being held in Iran.

Nam Le

Iranian Football

Top gridiron recruit Willie Mobley has one eye on the Big Ten and the other on geopolitics

Goal(s)!

Iranian director scores with sports movie as social commentary

The 20 megaton news quiz, answered

When Good Science is Bad Politics

A troublesome family of synthetic chemicals called PFCs—many of them produced in Minnesota—is turning up in the bodies of people and animals worldwide. So why did the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency force its leading PFC researcher, Dr. F

Our Cameras, Ourselves

Seeing is still believing in 'Women With Vision'

Oil Spill

Petroleum-based spy thriller fails to strike black gold

Jeff Clark: Music and Suicide

Mullah Meets Megaton

It's time for the U.S. to put up its nukes

Get Me Gwyneth

How to remake the New York Film Festival's arthouse esoterica for the midwestern megaplex

Where to Aim, When to Shoot

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

Round and Round

Jafar Panahi's The Circle is a vicious one

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.

Escape to New York

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

Clashback

A bio-doc looks at the punks who changed the complexion of white rock

Over There

While American critics script eulogies for foreign film, this year's festival at Cannes suggests that reports of its death are an exaggeration

An Art Center of One's Own

The Year in Film

The movies of '98 posed the question: Haven't we seen this somewhere before?

Life and Nothing More

Lifesaver: Babek Ahmed Poor in Abbas Kiarostami's Where Is the Friend's House?

Suddenly Saddam

It should be remembered that the first plant Saddam used to make chemical weapons was built by the American multinational Bechtel with money supplied by the U.S. Agriculture Department.

CLINTON WATCH

Bombs Away

Ordinary People

Festival Highlights