Movies
February 22
image of two women in a diner, opening a briefcase

Review: Two 'Drive-Away Dolls' are on a road trip to Goofytown

Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan star as friends who get in over their heads when they tangle with gangsters.
Movies
February 21
photo of Zendaya, surrounded by extras

Review: 'Dune: Part Two' delivers on the thrilling promise of 'Part One'

The humanity gets lost but the second half of the sci-fi epic is one triumphant scene after another.
Variety
February 20
Hilary Swank plays a struggling hairdresser who finds a sense of purpose in "Ordinary Angels."

Review: With misguided focus, 'Ordinary Angels' is far from extraordinary

Hilary Swank's character does feel real and her motivations don't gel.
Movies
February 20
photograph of filmmakers Tricia Cooke and Ethan Coen, masked, on set

Ethan Coen's first solo feature film is a Coen brothers-y comedy

He wrote it with wife Tricia Cooke and will team with her again before rejoining brother Joel.
Movies
February 19
Director Patrick Coyle watched actor Adam Bartley work a scene in "Unholy Communion," a film rooted in St. Paul. Coyle wrote the script based off of l

Murder mystery movie 'Unholy Communion' filmed in St. Paul

A first-time author and a longtime director have teamed up to make a noir shot along the city's West 7th corridor, "like a sound stage in itself."
Variety
February 15
Dakota Johnson plays a New York City paramedic who flits from the past to the future to the present without much control in "Madame Web."

Review: Dakota Johnson's 'Madame Web' lacks a much needed venom

There's no spirit in the script, filmmaking or acting.
Local
February 13
Ben Wang, of Northfield, will star in the next "Karate Kid" movie, which is scheduled for a December 2024 release.

Minnesota's Ben Wang cast as next 'Karate Kid,' will join Jackie Chan, Ralph Macchio onscreen

The latest installment in the long-running franchise is scheduled for a December 2024 release.
Movies
February 13
image of actor Kingsley Ben-Adir as Bob Marley

Come for Bob, stay for Rita in 'Bob Marley: One Love'

Lashana Lynch is outstanding as the legendary musician's talented, principled wife.
Local
February 11
Daniel Durant signed the national anthem before the NFL Super Bowl 58 football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers.

CBS snubs Duluth's Daniel Durant, other American Sign Language performers during Super Bowl

The "CODA" actor and "Dancing with the Stars" contestant was one of three Deaf performers who sang ahead of kickoff.
Movies
February 7
a woman and a man in bed in "Lisa Frankenstein"

Review: Diablo Cody's 'Lisa Frankenstein' is assembled from parts of better films

It's an attempt at comedy and romance. Neither works.
Variety
February 7
Juliette Binoche as Eugenie and Benoît Magimel as Dodin in "The Taste of Things."

Review: 'Taste of Things' flavorfully blends food and romance

Juliette Binoche plays an amazing cook/muse.
Variety
February 6
Maggie Hennefeld, left, and Michelle Baroody are bringing their favorite rare and restored films from the big Italian film festival Il Cinema Ritrovat

Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour brings rare films to the Twin Cities

The festival features new restorations of films from around the world at the Main Cinema and the Heights Theater.
Variety
February 6
The 12 best things to do and see in the Twin Cities this week

The 12 best things to do and see in the Twin Cities this week

Critics' picks for entertainment in the week ahead.
TV & Media
February 2
Larry David, left, and Jeff Garlin whine their way through final season of "Curb Your Enthusiasm."

TV shows to watch: 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' goes out kicking and screaming

What TV critic Neal Justin is watching this week.
Local
February 1
Ryan Gosling as Ken and Margot Robbie as Barbie in Warner Bros. Pictures' "Barbie," a Warner Bros. Pictures release. (Courtesy of Warner Bros. Picture

Where in the Twin Cities can you see the 2024 Academy Award nominees?

Itching to catch "Oppenheimer" and "Barbie" on the silver screen again or for the very first time? We've got you covered.
Variety
February 1
Daniel Scheinert speaks after “Everything Everywhere All at Once” won the award for best picture at the 95th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre i

Your guide to the 2024 Oscars

The 96th Academy Awards will be handed out March 10 at 6 p.m.
Movies
February 1
Man holding a woman's hand in one hand and a gun in the other

Review: 'Argylle' socks it to audiences with too many twists

Bryce Dallas Howard and Sam Rockwell star in the shaky spy spoof.
Local
January 26
Actor Timothée Chalamet stopped by Hibbing High School during a rehearsal of the drama department's production and spent some time chatting with the

Actor Timothée Chalamet visits Hibbing High School, Duluth to prepare to play Bob Dylan

Chalamet, who visited Dylan haunts in Hibbing and Duluth, will play the singer in an upcoming biopic.
Stage & Arts
January 25
Lori Vega (Maxine Hadley) and Gretchen Egolf (Margot Wendice) in "Dial M for Murder" at the Guthrie Theater.

A mistress of shivers plunges into Guthrie's 'Dial M for Murder'

Senior artistic producer Tracy Brigden, who is staging the show, shares her passion for murder-mysteries with Minnesotans.
Movies
January 23
Image of Greta Gerwig directing Ryan Gosling on the set of "Barbie."

The biggest snubs and surprises in the 2024 Oscar nominations

Long story short: "Barbie" got hosed.

Movies

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