Movies

Sundance Film Festival 2013 preview: Minnesota filmmakers join the star-studded throng

By Jim Brunzell III, The Optimistic Pessimist

Scarlett Johansson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Don Jon's Addiction. Image courtesy Sundance Institute and Thomas Kloss.

Starting on Thursday, January 17 and running through Sunday, January 27, the 2013 Sundance Film Festival will take place in Park City, Utah (and in a few surrounding cities, including Salt Lake City). Streets are closed, theater doors are unlocked, grocery stores and restaurants are packed—this is all the craziness that occurs when somewhere between 40,000-50,000 people attend the opening weekend of the biggest film festival in the United States.

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MOVIES | 85th Academy Awards nominations announced

By Barb Teed, TC Daily Planet

Emma Stone and Seth MacFarlane. Photo © A.M.P.A.S.

Nominations for the 85th Academy Awards were announced January 10 by this year's Oscar host, Seth MacFarlane, and actress Emma Stone.

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Gordon Parks film goes beyond Life photos, Shaft movie to reveal his life's work

By Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

To call Gordon Parks (1912-2006) a Renaissance man might be an understatement to those who knew the late photographer, filmmaker, writer and composer.

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My thoughts on Django and black male agency

By Lolla Mohammed Nur, Brown Ink

I watched Django Unchained last night, and in one word, I thought the movie was epic. I’m not even really that into westerns and I think it’s a classic, hands down, the best movie of 2012.

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Best movies of 2012

By Jim Brunzell III, The Optimistic Pessimist

Dreama Walker in Compliance

After seeing close to 45 films this December for consideration for my Top Ten films of 2012, it all comes to down to this: a list which represents an obscene number of hours logged sitting, standing, lying down, getting up before sunrise, staying up well into the night with restless mornings and nights, driving and walking though blizzards, downpours, heat waves, and your typical 72-and-sunny days to get to the theater, plop down in front of the computer, and/or kick back in the recliner chair to watch hundreds of movies.

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