The Alliance Lately: Issue No. 112

The Alliance Lately: Your Monster is A Real Pain

Welcome to The Alliance Lately, the official newsletter from the Minnesota Film Critics Alliance (MNFCA)!

The MNFCA is a collective of individuals dedicated to celebrating and critically examining the art of film. In this recurring publication, we’ll share a selection of insightful film reviews, absorbing essays, and interviews with film professionals.

Each issue of The Alliance Lately features a diverse array of perspectives and content. Our members have shared their most recent work with us, covering the latest releases and revisiting classic films that dissect the craft of filmmaking. Explore the links below and get a front-row seat to critically examine the art of film.

Check out the MNFCA Members page to meet our all-star lineup.

And now…The Alliance Lately.

Joe Botten (The MN Movie Man)

Heading into Halloween week, The MN Movie Man’s 31 Days to Scare is pulling out the big frights.  Hope you have your mad monster party selections ready to go!  If you don’t, check out some ideas here!

For new releases, Joe has reviews of Your Monster (a film he first saw back in January at its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival), I Will Never Leave You Alone, and two films that played at the Twin Cities Film Festival and are out now, Don’t Move and Magpie.  

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Matt Clark

Matt attended his favorite horror movie mini-thon: The Super Spook Show Spectacular!

Brian Eggert (Deep Focus Review)

Brian covered the new release Your Monster. He also wrote about Conclave, Magpie, Unstoppable, Nightbitch, and A Real Pain for the Twin Cities Film Fest.

For his Patreon subscribers, Brian continued his coverage of Netflix’s 2021 Fear Street trilogy with Part Two: 1978 and Part Three: 1666 for his month of exclusive horror reviews.

Hunter Friesen (The Cinema Dispatch)

At The Cinema Dispatch, Hunter reviewed Magpie and A Real Pain as part of his coverage of Twin Cities Film Fest.

Jay Gabler

For the Duluth News Tribune, Jay interviewed composer Ryan Homsey about his score for the documentary Merchant Ivory.

Kyle Goethe

Over at the GOAT Film Reviews website, Kyle has a review for the new release Conclave.

In addition, Kyle is continuing his yearly 31 Days of Horror event:

Kyle Goethe & Nicholas Palodichuk

Eric Houston

Movie Man Eric Houston takes a look at the history of England’s most famous comedy troupe with Monty Python: Completely Different.

Catherine Krummey

Catherine paired the cult favorite 2013-2015 TV show “Hannibal” with beet burgers on Veg Out. Plus, she has a new review of “Conclave” on The Feed and she also published a Twin Cities Film Fest recap. Additionally, the “Demons & Monsters & Creatures, OH MY!” series she is co-hosting continued with more scary season films and shows.

Matthew Liedke

At his site, Liedke reviewed October releases Joker: Folie à Deux, Piece by Piece, The Outrun, and The Apprentice.

Ruth Maramis

Ruth reviewed four films as part of the Twin Cities Film Fest: A Little Family Drama, Magpie, Luther: Never Too Much, and Camp Ricstar.

Paul McGuire Grimes (Paul’s Trip to the Movies)

Paul has a variety of new updates this week:

Iconic Scream Queens – Paul Interviews Jamie Lee Curtis, Heather Langenkamp, and Neve Campbell

CONCLAVE review

CONCLAVE interviews with Ralph Fiennes and Edward Berger

Twin Cities Live 10/18 – Paul Interviews Heather Langenkamp and Robert Englund to Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET

Mark McPherson (Movies With Mark)

Brian Orndorf (Blu-Ray.Com)

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