The Minnesota Movie Digest: Issue No. 122

The Minnesota Movie Digest: Wallace and Gromit meet The Damned Nosferatu

Welcome to The Minnesota Movie Digest, the official newsletter from the Minnesota Film Critics Association (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 Minnesota Movie Digest 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.

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And now… The Minnesota Movie Digest.

Eli Brau – Cinephile Corner

Eli has a few new pieces this week over on Cinephile Corner. In their movie reviews section, he has reviews for the following new releases:

In their movie rankings section, he also released his first edition of the best movies of all time, which he plans to update annually moving forward.

Matt Clark – Kino Ventura

In his annual review, Matt recounts some of his favorite cinema-related activities, watching trends, as well as his top theatrical experiences from 2024.

Brian Eggert – Deep Focus Review

Brian reviewed the Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl and The Damned.

Brian also appeared on KARE 11 Saturday on December 28 to discuss A Complete Unknown, Nosferatu, and The Brutalist

Hunter Friesen (The Cinema Dispatch)

At The Cinema Dispatch, Hunter reviewed Unstoppable. He also posted his predictions for the 2025 Golden Globe Awards.

Kyle Goethe – Goat Film Reviews

Over on the GOAT Film Reviews site, you can find Kyle’s Early Review of Better Man, the Robbie Williams musical biopic with a twist!

On the GOAT Film Reviews YouTube Channel, you can find a Video Review for the 2023 film The Wait!

New Episodes of Kyle & Nick on Film: Anora (2024) and The Brutalist (2024).

Zach Hammill – Movie Friend

C.B. Jacobson – Picturegoer

In this week’s installment of the “Picturegoer” newsletter, Steve McQueen’s World War 2 drama “Blitz”; the stars and director of “The Big Heat” re-unite for “Human Desire”; Orson Welles works in color for the first time with “The Immortal Story”; Ernst Lubitsch and George Cukor fight for control of “One Hour With You”; Jackie Chan ups the ante in “Police Story 2”; and “The Monster Show”, a cultural history of the horror film by the late David Skal. Follow the link

Catherine Krummey – Veg Out Recipes

Catherine paired the first “Bridget Jones’s Diary” movie with dark chocolate sorbet and Veganuary favorite “Okja” with jambalaya on Veg Out. Plus, she published her best of 2024 series: Top 10 Pairings, Television, Movies Part One and Movies Part Two. She also continued her FYC Friday series with quick thoughts on “Touch,” “Lee” and more, and released a trailer for all of her 2025 pairings.

Tim Lammers – Forbes

Matthew Liedke – Liedke on Film

Liedke reviewed several award contenders at his site in recent weeks, including “The Last Showgirl,” “Nightbitch,” “Queer,” “Nosferatu,” “A Complete Unknown” and “The Brutalist.”