The Minnesota Movie Digest: Issue No. 140

The Minnesota Movie Digest: Nonnas Fight a Clown in a Cornfield

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:

He also reviewed the following Mission: Impossible movies in anticipation of The Final Reckoning:

Brian Eggert – Deep Focus Review

On Deep Focus Review, Brian reviewed:

Fight or Flight
- Clown in a Cornfield
- Henry Johnson
- Friendship
- Caught by the Tides

For his Patreon subscribers, he wrote a new Reader’s Choice review about Paul Thomas Anderson’s Hard Eight (1986). Check out his Patreon page.

C.B. Jacobson – Picturegoer

In this week’s issue of the “Picturegoer” newsletter, Marvel attempts a reinvention with “Thunderbolts*”; James Coburn and Nick Nolte as broken, bottled up father and son in “Affliction”; Tyrone Power in “The Black Swan” (no, not that one); Peter Falk and John Cassavetes are “Mikey and Nicky”; John Barrymore as “Svengali”; and another episode of ’60s “Star Trek”. Follow the link: https://picturegoer.substack.com/p/picturegoer-vol-3-issue-14-thunderbolts

Catherine Krummey – Veg Out Recipes

Catherine has a new review on The Feed: “Fight or Flight.” She also published a new franchise list on Letterboxd: Predatory Practices.

Erik Larson – Hamline Oracle

Erik published one movie review this week, a review of Akira Kurosawa’s classic 1963 film “High and Low,” in anticipation of Spike Lee’s upcoming remake later this summer.