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Film

Rtusha Kulkarni and Julia Marshall of the student group MinneCinema Studios watch a play back of their submission for the 48 Hour Film Horror Project. Participating groups were given 48 hours to create an original horror movie, which will be shown at the Mall of America on Thursday evening.

Students undertake scary film fest

by Chance Wellnitz
Published October 22, 2015
A University of Minnesota student group, MinneCinema Studios, made a horror film for the 48 Hour Film Festival Project.
Breann Thorne and Corey Smith in This Loneliness. This Loneliness will be featured in the Twin Cities Film Festival which runs at the Showplace ICON from Oct. 21-31

‘Midwestern miserablism’

by Chance Wellnitz
Published October 22, 2015
Q&A with writer-director C.B. Jacobson, who helmed Twin Cities Film Festival’s “This Loneliness.”

Moving forward in environmental lit and film

by Isabella Romano
Published October 20, 2015
"This Changes Everything," originally a book about the front lines of the climate crisis, has been adapted into a documentary.

Minnesota children return to their roots

by Isabella Romano
Published October 1, 2015
A documentary follows 14 Guatemalan-American children as they return tand meet their families.
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival founder Al Milgrom poses at Espresso Royale on Thursday afternoon. Milgroms documentary The Dinkytown Uprising will premiere at  the festival on April 12th.

There’s a Riot Goin’ On

by Grant Tillery
Published April 9, 2015
Al Milgrom’s latest film, “The Dinkytown Uprising,” gives a look at Dinkytown’s past.
University of Minnesota graduate Justin Schell works on finishing touches to his documentary We Rock Long Distance at his apartment in Minneapolis on Saturday.  Schell has been making documentaries for about 7 years, and this is his first feature length documentary.

Hip-hop without borders

by Jackie Renzetti
Published February 5, 2015
“We Rock Long Distance” features three Minneapolis hip-hop artists as they trace their cultural roots.
 Alex J. Berliner/AB Images for Paramount Pictures

Q&A: Hans Zimmer

by Laini Devin
Published November 20, 2014
Grammy-award winning composer Hans Zimmer spoke with A&E about his latest intergalactic endeavor, "Interstellar."

Q&A with Joshua Oppenheimer: Grappling with “The Act of Killing”

by Joe Kellen
Published March 6, 2014
Oscar-nominated director Joshua Oppenheimer discusses his powerful film “The Act of Killing” with A&E.

The African connection

by Thomas Q. Johnson
Published November 14, 2013
“Remembering Nokutela” set to screen at the Images of Africa film festival beginning this weekend at St. Anthony Main Theatre

Something for everyone Underground

by Callie Sacarelos
Published October 3, 2013
The Minneapolis Underground Film Festival is for all types of film and people.

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